Be the ‘Best You’ you can be

Instructions for the Photographer

Use a digital camera or camera

phone to take two pictures of your

friend: her front and left side.

Position her with her back touching

a coloured light wall, leaving a

small space around each side of her

face as shown below. Check our

examples at the bottom of the page

to see common mistakes to avoid.

Natural light gives the best skin

tones, but check there are no harsh

shadows on her face.

If you need to use flash,

make sure the shadows

from the flash aren’t in

front of her face on the side

view by turning the camera

onto its side (portrait

format) with the flash on

the same side as your

friend’s nose.

Before submitting the

photographs, check they

are in focus and that her

face shape has not been

distorted by getting too close.

Check out the photographs below before taking your own photos to make

sure you get the best quality images.

Instructions for You

   concealing blemishes.

• Secure your hair back from your

   face.

• Remove glasses if worn.

• Your face should be relaxed, with

   eyes open, back teeth gently

   resting together and lips pressed

   lightly together without smiling.

• Look straight at the camera for

   the front shot.

• Turn to your right and look

   straight ahead for the side shot.

• Now you’re ready to upload!

If you have a dial up modem instead of

broadband access, you can submit your

images more quickly by ensuring you

choose the smallest file size (e.g. 1936

by 1296) if you have a high resolution

camera. Images from most compact

cameras or mobile phone cameras will

not take too long to upload.

To use the Windows Paint utility to

reduce the size of an image further,

open the image using Paint and press

Ctrl+w to open the Stretch and Skew 

dialog box. Enter 50% into the

Horizontal and Vertical value boxes of

the Stretch section, press OK and save

the file.