PHOTO GUIDELINES

1- All photos MUST be recent, clear and high resolution and with good lighting, preferably natural lighting

2- Plain background, no clutter or anyone else in the photo

3- Get down to the child’s level, please do NOT take photos with an angle

4- Children must be looking into the camera, those who are too young to take direction must look in direction of the camera

5- Do not use a filter or effects

6- Take different emotions, serious passport style headshots, smiling (with and without teeth showing), Laughing,

7- Babies to be lying down on white/ light grey coloured sheet.

Babies who can sit unaided should be sitting in front of a plain white/ light coloured wall.

Children to be standing in front of a plain white/ light grey wall inside or a fence/ brick wall outside.

8- For babies/toddlers no food, dummies or toys, no snotty nose or dribbling

9- Children should be wearing simple, presentable clothing, no make up or hair accessories and no PJs please. Plain Tshirt and Jeans are the best options.

10- Please do NOT crop your images out of standard photo sizes, Standard industry headshot size is 8x10inch