How To Take A Passport Photo Part 1: The Photo Shoot
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- Taking A Passport Photo: Passport and Visa Photos tend to last for a long time. If you are going to have to use one for the next 10 years you might as well be happy with it. In this episode, Dave Vickers, shows you how to set up and take a perfect passport photograph.
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Callum is so cute
U mean a kind man .. he is a man
Thanks for the tutorial, it was helpful
Am a newbie trying take my own passport pic in the U.S. so the lighting setup is really instructive. Thanks.
Hi Bryan, that's great, I am glad the video was useful. Thank you for watching, stay safe, Dave.
Technically, all these photos in theory should fail, according to the HM Gov page'Guidance for Photographers' which states "eyes must be open and clearly visible, with no flash reflections and no ‘red eye’" but of course the HM Gov page 'Get a passport photo' page doesn't mention about flash reflection at all only red eye.
It becomes even more bizarre because the examples given do have catch lights and all the photographers I know shooting passport photos, are not worried about catchlights.
Very interesting and a little help but bringing it up to date would be useful. If you live outside the UK you cannot submit a paper form with a photo and the uploaded photo must not be in any way changed on any software. This makes it difficult to change contrast or even crop the photo. I am getting fed up with submitting on line photos to the Passport Office which are first 'accepted' as 'good' by their software but subsequently rejected by, presumably, officials for all kinds of very minor reasons. The last was 'lack of contrast' though I could see absolutely nothing wrong with my original taken against a neutral background and with a Nikon D3500 camera with a kits lens. I have changed the white balance for repeat shots but still waiting to see if that will be accepted. I cannot understand why something as simple as contrast cannot be adjusted by the Passport Office as they already crop the photo to the size and position they want.
Perhaps you might have hints on we can know what is wrong with a photo we are uploading, but the limit is already set at 10 Mb which undermines potential quality.
Why no show settings of camera...😒
Hi there. Hope you are all safe and well. Loved this tutorial as it was simple and easy to understand ( a great looking model by the way:)) but it would have been more helpful if you had included other details like the camera set up and what was the lighting power as well. But otherwise brilliant. Keep snapping and stay safe and blessed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge:).
Nice job, can you provide a few more details, such as, distance subject from the wall, distance light to subject, was the flash pointing at the wall or straight up behind the subject, power setting on flash for lighting the wall, power setting on mono light, lens size (if zoom, focal length) and f-stop, full frame or crop sensor camera (for matching with lens used).
I think to use:
White background.
Subject: Sit or stand one meter away from the background
Camera: around Two meters away from the person
ISO: 100
Lense: 50 mm (recommended)
FL: 8 to 11
Full or crop sensors ( choose whatever you have)
What shutterspeed do you recommend?
How do I add my photo's to my application?
Do I stick one onto the application form itself?
please help.
By the way, you're brilliant at explaining. Thank you.
Hi Paul, I'm taking that you are in the UK? It has been a long time since I used the paper application but I think you just put it with the form, not sticking it on. If you are in doubt take the form and photo to a post office and they can tell you exactly what needs to be done. Alternatively you can apply online and just upload the photo file. I hope this helps. Thank you for watching, have fun, Dave.
Can we take the picture with a phone and connect the phone to my laptop and go from there ?
hello
what focal lengh did you use?
how far away from the subject was you standing?
and what camera setting was you useing?
i need a new passport picture i have a dslr and want to use it and not wast money on the shops.
Hi Luke, in the video I was using a 50mm lens but any standard/portrait lens will do. Distance was about 3ft, as long as you are getting a head and shoulders type shot whatever distance works for that. Settings will depend on the lighting used, in the video I had a studio flash unit. Most of the work for a passport image is in getting the correct crop and sizing, this will vary according to where you are applying for a passport. Good luck, thank you for watching, Dave.
Where these pictures actually accepted? I thought there went allowed to be any shadows on the face?
Hi Leah, yes they were fine and still on the passport he uses. Thank you for watching, have fun, Dave.
Can you use a photo camera
Hi Jolie, not sure I understand the question. The passport photos were taken on a DSLR, what sort of camera do you mean? Thanks for watching, Dave.
Like everybody has the lighting equipment this guy has.
Totally unhelpful.
Hi Kwintin, the lighting side is not really the point of the video, you can use available light and still get a usable result. Thank you for watching, have fun, Dave.