Photo ID Picture-Taking Suggestions
We hope these hints for taking great ID pictures with your digital camera are helpful to anyone taking photographs for your organization. |
- Set the digital camera to a medium to low resolution, such as 640 x 480. You will not need a super hi-resolution pictures for ID badge photos, which are usually smaller than 2.5" x 2.0" (H x W).
- Turn time and date stamps off.
- If equipped with a flash, set it to "flash fill".
- Ensure that the strongest light sources are to the front of your photo subject, and try to balance the light so the left- and right-side of the face are lighted equally.
- Have the person being photographed stand against a neutral, but non-white backdrop or background. We use light blue.
- Wherever possible, use the same backdrop or background for all employees - this ensures that your ID cards look uniform across your organization.
- Let the person know what to do. Should they smile or remain serious? Are his/her hair and clothing adjusted as needed?
- Hold the camera still or put it on a tripod to ensure you get a clear picture.
- Frame the picture to capture the person from the chest up and leave a small margin above the head. This will minimize cropping and other adjustments when processing the ID cards.
- Check the photo before releasing the employee back to their job. You'll want to be sure it is focused & framed properly, and is something your employee will be proud to display.
- When storing the photo to a hard-drive or thumb-drive, rename the .jpg photo file to the person's name. For example 'MarySmith.jpg'.
- If you are a client of our ID card service-bureau, send or upload finished pictures to us in the method provided by your account representative.
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If you have any questions about taking pictures to send to our ID card service bureau, please contact your account representative at +1 888.485.4696 or +1 704.535.5200.
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