Further Reading:
See my previous post to read more and see examples/
A useful guide to social media avatar sizes.
Facebook: Lets you display up to a rectangular image 180 pixels wide x 540 pixels tall while showing avatars of 50×50 pixels elsewhere.
LinkedIn: Sidebar images measure 40 × 40 pixels and profile page images can be 80×80 pixels.
Twitter: Profile pages display images at 73 × 73 pixels while showing avatars at 48 × 48, 31 × 31 and 24 × 24 pixels elsewhere.
Google: Gmail (96 × 96 pixels) and Friend Connect (both 82 × 82 and 40 × 40 pixels) use different images, the image sizes aren’t too different.
Yahoo!: Pulse is Yahoo’s Facebook-like site. The Profile page has your square image at 128 x 128 pixels, but the most-used size is the reduced 32 x 32 that appears near comments.
Myspace: Allows up to 158 × 158 pixels for an image on the profile page, and uses 28 × 28 pixel icons everywhere else.
Images in Motion: This is just heart-stopping and life-changing. This great link to a google doc slideshow (link provided by Jorge Parra from Prodig Forum) is a great reminder of how the digital medium and the internet are changing the ways we can all create and absorb music, video and images. See the slideshow
There are 130 pages of thought provoking content with great highlights from all the sections including audio, video, animation, advertising, tech, art and many many more.
Currently planning and designing new social media photography service. The growth in social media website’s and services has meant that many people are using image avatars as a way to stand out from the crowd. While the principles of taking the portrait are the same the attention is shifted to making the image have more appeal and personality when seen at smaller size and with a smaller pixel count.
A professional portrait reflecting your personality, saying something about who you are can be very enticing. I will also be posting some advice on how to take your own images for use on website profile pages or social media. I would welcome any feedback or suggestions for this service.
Social Media Avatar Photography
