Noun
beauty shot (plural beauty shots)
(advertising, photography) A close-up of the product being advertised.
Synonym: hero shot
Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit. Vera Farmiga