Head Camera

Photograph quality

The photographs must be:

■ no more than 6-months old

■ 35–40mm in width

■ close up of your head

and top of your shoulders

so that your face takes up

70–80% of the photograph

■ in sharp focus and clear

■ of high quality with no ink

marks or creases

blurred ink marked/creased

washed out colour pixelated

too dark too light

too close too far away

looking away

unnatural skin tones

The photographs must:

■ show you looking directly

at the camera

■ show your skin tones

naturally

■ have appropriate brightness

and contrast

■ be printed on high quality

paper, and at high resolution

Photographs taken with a

digital camera must be high

quality colour and printed

on photo-quality paper.

flash reflection on skin redeye

busy background not centred

portrait style eyes tilted

hair across eyes eyes closed

shadows behind head shadows across face

Style and lighting

The photographs must:

■ be colour neutral

■ show your eyes open and

clearly visible—no hair

across your eyes

■ show you facing square

on to the camera, not

looking over one shoulder

(portrait style) or tilted,

and showing both edges

of your face clearly

■ be taken with a plain

light-coloured background

■ be taken with uniform

lighting and not show

shadows or flash

reflections on your

face and no red eye

dark tinted lenses flash reflection on lenses

frames too heavy frames covering eyes

wearing a hat wearing a cap

face covered shadows across face

shows another person mouth open and toy

too close to face

Glasses and head covers

If you wear glasses:

■ the photograph must

show your eyes clearly

with no flash reflection

off the glasses, and no

tinted lenses (if possible,

avoid heavy frames—

wear lighter framed

glasses if you have them)

■ make sure that the

frames do not cover

any part of your eyes.

Head coverings:

■ are not permitted except

for religious reasons, but

your facial features from

bottom of chin to top of

forehead and both edges

of your face must be

clearly shown.

Expression and frame

Your photographs must:

■ show you alone (no chair

backs, toys or other people

visible), looking at the

camera with a neutral

expression and your

mouth closed.

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