You need to do what you agreed to do beforehand. AnsibleMedia’s guidelines are something you can relate to future customers before shooting, but for now you should give the client what they expect.
But the fact is that your job with headshots is to help the client sell themselves. Making judgements on how they portray that self, especially if it’s about something as sensitive and personal as their face, is a crappy attitude.
You need to do what you agreed to do beforehand. AnsibleMedia’s guidelines are something you can relate to future customers before shooting, but for now you should give the client what they expect.
But the fact is that your job with headshots is to help the client sell themselves. Making judgements on how they portray that self, especially if it’s about something as sensitive and personal as their face, is a crappy attitude.