How to take a good photo of your ID card?

Generally speaking, it is best not to take selfies with digital cameras. When shooting, choose white or light-colored walls at home (or use white or light-colored sheets) and try to choose unpolarized light sources (you can turn on the flash). You can use the desk lamp at home to assist in shooting. When shooting, the camera should be at the same level as the head of the subject, and the shooting distance should not be too close (the face may be deformed if it is too close) about 2 meters. The pictures are mainly human heads and busts.

It is best to take pictures in a studio with studio lights, so that it is easy to control the whole shooting process and the shooting effect is usually the best. For example, photos of senior managers or heads of government of many large companies at home and abroad are taken in photo studios. Of course, if you can't have such conditions, you can also get an ideal ID photo as long as you master the following skills.

Proper preparation before shooting

1. In fact, the requirements for taking photos of ID cards are not high. Usually, a digital camera with 2 or 3 times optical zoom and more than 2 million pixels is enough.

2. It is best to control the shooting focal length within the range of the medium telephoto segment (equivalent to 85 mm ~ 65 65,438+035 mm of the traditional camera) to avoid the exaggerated deformation of the wide-angle end or the lack of stereoscopic effect of the telephoto end on the face.

3. Background cloth is an indispensable and important tool for taking ID photos. Ask the shooting requirements clearly before shooting, so as to choose the appropriate background color (passports and ID cards have a white background, driver's licenses have a red background, and the background of ID card photos used by some enterprises and units for publicity or passes is flexible, which can be monochrome, gradient or even some stripes or textures).

4. A stable tripod is the key to taking photos, especially indoors without indoor light and cloudy outdoors.

5. There must be at least three movable and easily adjustable lamps for indoor shooting (incandescent lamps or fluorescent lamps can be used as desk lamps and floor lamps).

6. It is best to prepare a reflector when shooting outdoors, so as to fill the dark side and control the light and shadow effect in the case of large contrast.

Requirements for the subject and photographer

The photo shoot of the ID card is very rigorous. Photographers are required to dress appropriately and neatly, their hair styles and clothes should match, and their expressions should be natural. When shooting, he should look in the direction of the camera lens. In addition, before shooting, the photographer must be clear about the type of photos he takes, so as to determine the position of the characters and the choice of background and lighting.

Here, I want to talk about the posture of the characters. In China, almost all the common id photos are of people sitting in front of the camera. However, some documents are used for enterprises, business leaders and so on. There are slight changes, that is, the position of the body is slightly left or right 15 or so. Usually this photo is more intimate than sitting. In addition, passport photos of immigrants to the United States and other countries must be at a side angle of 45, and these details need special attention.