UoM ID card photo guidelines help?

flyyoufools

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Photo Guidelines

The University requires a good quality style photo which must meet the following criteria:

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show you on your own, no other people or pets

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be taken against a pale background, with a clear difference between your face and the background

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full face image, head and shoulders only

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be a recent colour photo, not black and white

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no glasses unless you normally wear them

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show your full head, without any head covering, unless you wear one for religious beliefs or medical reasons

Please do not submit the following:

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inappropriate or obscene photos/images

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photos/images of someone else or copyright protected images

...that's fair but I don't have any plain 'pale' walls to take a photo against, seriously. I do have bright coloured plain walls that show a clear difference between my face and the wall but I'll be honest, I'd blend into a damn pale wall anyway -.- How serious is this? The only plain walls I have are blue or red/coral then the 'pale' ones all have patterns.

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Origami Bullets

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Original post by flyyoufools

...that's fair but I don't have any plain 'pale' walls to take a photo against, seriously. I do have bright coloured plain walls that show a clear difference between my face and the wall but I'll be honest, I'd blend into a damn pale wall anyway -.- How serious is this? The only plain walls I have are blue or red/coral then the 'pale' ones all have patterns.

I'm sure there are other walls you can use - if the outside of your house is painted white or is in a pale coloured stone, if a friend / relative has a plain pale wall, or alternatively you could just go to a photo booth.

Don't they give you the option of having your photo taken there and then? They used to...

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flyyoufools

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Original post by Origami Bullets

I'm sure there are other walls you can use - if the outside of your house is painted white or is in a pale coloured stone, if a friend / relative has a plain pale wall, or alternatively you could just go to a photo booth.

Don't they give you the option of having your photo taken there and then? They used to...

My house is orange brick and doesn't have any clear parts because it's all windows and vines >.< Yeah I'll try it's just a bit of an extra hassle really. I'm not sure but the email gave the option of doing it now so I thought I'd get it out of the way. Thanks x

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samba

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Original post by flyyoufools

My house is orange brick and doesn't have any clear parts because it's all windows and vines >.< Yeah I'll try it's just a bit of an extra hassle really. I'm not sure but the email gave the option of doing it now so I thought I'd get it out of the way. Thanks x

lol that house sounds insane. Just take it in a digital photo booth or put some white paper on the wall behind where you take the photo or something?

Hardly the most difficult conundrum you'll face over the next 4 years :p:

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flyyoufools

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Original post by samba

lol that house sounds insane. Just take it in a digital photo booth or put some white paper on the wall behind where you take the photo or something?

Hardly the most difficult conundrum you'll face over the next 4 years :p:

It's some old victorian house in the woods that's why :L Meh booths are too expensive, I'll just do the paper thing or do it when I'm somewhere else with a plain wall. I was just hoping there would be some leeway because my pale skin messes up the "clear difference between your face and the background" part -.- Ah well

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samba

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Original post by flyyoufools

It's some old victorian house in the woods that's why :L Meh booths are too expensive, I'll just do the paper thing or do it when I'm somewhere else with a plain wall. I was just hoping there would be some leeway because my pale skin messes up the "clear difference between your face and the background" part -.- Ah well