photo ID - taking pictures
|
|
photo ID - taking pictures |
| Tiffany Badges |
|
|
|
|
Taking Photo ID pictures is now easier than ever, thanks to today's high quality digital cameras. You won't need a top of the range model either, any basic digital camera will do the job. The following techniques also apply to non-digital ID photography. 1. Setting Up Ideally, you should choose one room or office where all the photos will be taken. This room should have as much natural light as possible. Set up your camera and subject chair as close as possible to the window and if you can mount the camera on a tripod, so much the better. To maintain a consistent image for all your staff photos you should try to erect a single colour (usually blue or red) backdrop behind the subject, make sure its big enough and close enough that it fills the photo completely. If you are taking lots of pictures, have your staff arrive in staggered intervals. Make sure you have enough batteries, film or digital media to complete the shoot. 2. Taking the Pictures ID pictures are not like passport pictures, they are unlikely to be put away in a drawer for 50 weeks of the year. Your staff will be wearing the photos in plain view every day of their working life, so you should attempt to get the best possible likeness you can. If you need to take several shots, so be it. Digital film can be easily re-used, so it won't cost you anymore to get the right shot. With digital cameras, you can often show the person a preview of the photo on the camera's LCD screen. Better still, you may be able to set up a small television facing the subject which many digital cameras can connect to. Always use your flash if you can, even if your subject is right next to a window. If your camera has several quality settings, choose the 'medium' or 'lower' quality option, as photo ID shots are printed so small that it usually makes no difference. Also, when it comes to sending the pictures over the internet, the smaller files will transfer quicker. Maintain a constant distance from all your staff and try to arrange the camera/subject distance so that the frame is filled with just the subjects head. 'Head and shoulders' shots often result in the subjects head looking too small for a clear ID photo. It is best to try to capture the subject from the adam's apple to just above the head. Use any 'red-eye' reduction facility available on your camera or alternatively make sure the subject is facing the window. When saving the pictures on your hard drive you may wish to use the name or unique id number for that person. In this way you can ensure that the pictures wont get mixed up with the wrong names. When you send the pictures to us you can retain the 'original' images for your own company database, along with all of the data for each individual. 3. Sending the pictures To send the pictures to us, create an email and enter the data for the ID card. Then go to your menu and 'insert' a picture straight into the main body of the email under the other data. As the image is a Jpeg, it should display itself when we open the email at our end, and we can then simply cut and paste the data straight into your ID cards. With non-digital photos (polaroid passport photos or photo-booth pictures) send each picture, clearly referenced with its corresponding name and title. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Tiffany Badges Quality, Value and Speed 07000 783844 |
