Tips for Taking Portrait Photos

The required portrait images can be easily made with a digital camera or high quality camera phone. Because for this program true colored images are required, we've put together a few tips for photo taking. By following these instructions really great portrait pictures can be created.

• Switch the camera - if possible- to the Portrait mode
• Make sure the flash is switched on
• Make sure the photo is taken in brightest possible surroundings
• Choose a grey or white wall as a background
• Keep a one or two meter distance from the background to prevent a shadow
• Keep at least a one meter distance from the camera (in many cameras a smaller distance will result in a distorted image)
• Inclusion of a landscape format prevents lateral shadowing by the flash
• Make sure the face fills the picture as much as possible - use the zoom

It is important that the face color in the photo is as close as possible to its color in real life. When in doubt, it is useful to take a few pictures in different shades of light.