Apparatus and methods for facial detection are disclosed. A plurality of images of an observed face is received for identification. Based at least on two or more selected images of the plurality of images, a template of the observed face is generated. In some embodiments, the template is a subspace generated based on feature vectors of the plurality of received images. A database of identities and corresponding facial data of known persons is searched based at least on the template of the observed face and the facial data of the known persons. One or more identities of the known persons are selected based at least on the search.