tatanong ko lang po sana kung panu ung pinaka magandang way to take id picture. naka kontrata kasi ako ng isang school sa place namin and i will start taking picture sa june. kaya ngaun pa lang nagpreprepared na ako kung anu mga gagawin ko and kung anu mga kelangan ko. medyo marami rami din kasi 2500+ students.

guys panu ba ung pinaka madali at ung pinaka organize na way pag kumukuha ng picture para sa id. do i need to put a mini studio with lights? para maganda ang labas ng picture? what about yong mga name nila? same old way po ba like ill bring a white board and they will put their information sa white board? hope you could help me...

thanks in advance sa mga magrereply sa thread ko. :)

Try to find a system to help you work efficiently (more students to photograph in a given day):
a. Set up your background and lights (if you are using lights). try to arrange for a "permanent place" so you don't have to keep moving your equipment and students know where to find you.
b. mark where the student should stand. You can use masking tape. If the students are seated instead of standing, you may get lesser variation in height (therefore, fewer adjusting of your camera height). But you can decide if you prefer them standing or seated. Get your assistant to stand in while you rehearse taking photos.
c. mark where you would stand - again, you can use masking tape. Use a tripod so your position can be fixed, but if you prefer your camera handheld, that's ok, too. Do what works better with you. If anything needs to be arranged (student's hair, collar, name, etc.), have your assistant do it, so you don't need to go back and forth between the student and your own position.
d. use a tiny whiteboard. get the student to write his name, and position the whiteboard just below the image needed for IDs/passports (maybe on the student's chest). Include the name when printing. Cut it out and staple name to the envelop containing the prints which will be given to the student. If this is not a good way, you can think of other methods to make it easier for you to organize the prints and envelopes. Use a few of these whiteboards (two or three) so students are not waiting for their turn to erase a previous student's name and to write their names.
e. try to schedule by class/section. maybe the students can even queue (arrange themselves) in alphabetical order, so that when you prepare the envelopes, you can already follow the alphabetical order that they used when queuing to have their photos taken.
f. if ID is your biggest size print, you can even photograph a few students at a time. I remember our school photographer in high school taking a group photo of the entire class, then printing an 8x10 of the group photo. At that size, he had ID photo size of each student's head. You may have to experiment to see what the optimum group size or size of print is right for doing it this way.
g. if you are shooting digital, you would need an assistant and at least a couple of memory cards. While you are shooting with one, he is downloading the other. Ask students to wait for your assistant's signal that their photos are ok before they leave the place. (Like the way Xray technicians process Xrays first before letting you go).
h. prepare posters with step by step instructions so you don't need to repeat yourself to each student.
i. rehearse, rehearse, rehearse before shoot dates so that the steps are almost second nature to you.
j. anticipate problems: what do you do with absent or late students? If you are shooting outdoors, how do you adjust when light differs? Or, if it rains?
k. bring back-up equipment and ample supplies.

By the way, are you collecting from the school or from the individual students. Make sure you have a system for collecting payments as well. Do not release prints, if unpaid. Better still, convince the school that you should be paid before you take photos of the students.

Good luck. Hope these tips help. We don't do school photography so maybe the school photographers can give you better tips.

A very practical workflow!

Thanks Harvey!:)

A very practical workflow!

Thanks Harvey!:)

Hope the tips help. I saw that quite a few people have read that query but no one was answering, so I thought maybe I could help get the ball rolling. :)

Oh you're so unbelievable harvey! and you're so lucky michael!! i'll do one better harvey-i'll invite michael over to my place and execute your workflow with him adding my own experience and equipment. whereabouts are you located michael?

sir Harvey_Chua (http://www.digitalphotographer.com.ph/forum/member.php?u=1300) vbmenu_register("postmenu_137022", true); thanks for a step by step tips you replied on my post i will do and make dryrun on so by june im prepared on what the things i will do and bring.

again thank you very much

this site rocks!!!

Hi Michael,

Harvey is a woman. A very wise one :).
Thanks Harvey. I learn so much from your posts.

wow michael lakas ng rocket mo pwede ba ako sama dyan? sa isang student ilang id pics ba kailangan and what size?

Ma'am harvey galing ng workflow na bigay nyo.. lalo na pagdating sa payment.. kailangan ba ng contrata dyan sa id proj?

tatanong ko lang po sana kung panu ung pinaka magandang way to take id picture. naka kontrata kasi ako ng isang school sa place namin and i will start taking picture sa june. kaya ngaun pa lang nagpreprepared na ako kung anu mga gagawin ko and kung anu mga kelangan ko. medyo marami rami din kasi 2500+ students.

guys panu ba ung pinaka madali at ung pinaka organize na way pag kumukuha ng picture para sa id. do i need to put a mini studio with lights? para maganda ang labas ng picture? what about yong mga name nila? same old way po ba like ill bring a white board and they will put their information sa white board? hope you could help me...

thanks in advance sa mga magrereply sa thread ko. :)

I'd follow Harvey's tips. Here's my addition and modifications.

1. You don't have to go 8mp or 10mp in your setting. Even 1mp or 2mp will do. IDs are very small. Even if they are 5x7, a 1mp or 2mp rez will do. Of course IDs are only 1x1 or 2x2 or something smaller.

2. If you don't want to use CF, tether your camera to a notebook or PC and shoot from there and directly transfer to you HD. The advantage of that is that you get a bigger view of the person. You can even pre-set the name of the picture to gr-3_sect-2_001.jpg so you will not be working hard on the person. But immediately burn a cd-r or dvd-r backup once finished to session. Or have the camera still write to CF for duplicates.

3. If you want to have the prisoner type putting the name in there while you shoot, that's up to you. If that is what the school wants. But if you want a clean shot, your assistant may need to write down the name of the person and the shot no. Or you can use the notebook and rename the prefix to the name of the student. Just don't forget to rename that prefix on the file name for the next student.

Or you can shoot with the prisoner type naming but keep the name board lower so you can crop it later on. Problem is, that is going to be a lot of post processing to crop later on.

Don't take the name, student no, and section thing lightly. You can spend sleepness nights trying to match names and faces simply because you didn't do it while they are seated there.

4. No need to ask them if they like the picture. It will slow you down. This is not a JS prom or portfolio shoot. It's just ID. Shoot one or 2 or 3 and pick the best one. 2,500 people at 1 min is 2,500 min. That is almost 42 hours of shooting. If you can knock that down to half, that's 21 hours already. If you are going to pause and ask them if they like their picture, and that takes another 30 sec of extra work, we are talking of 63 hours of shooting simply because you are delayed because you have to ask and show them if they like their shot. It is an ID, so shoot it as quickly as you can without losing quality.

5. Remember to set up properly. Remember that setting is the one you are going to use so taking 10-20 min to get it right is worth the time, unless you want to redo it again or spend hours in photoshop fixing something that you should have set up properly in the first place.

6. I suggest 2-3 more assistants. One to keep tabs on files and names and work on the notebook (if you have one). One to setup the person and make sure that the next person doesn't have muta on the eyes, untucked shirt, or her/his hair mussed up.

A good workflow and efficient flow is needed. When you have so many people to shoot, every second counts.

And don't forget to bring a backup camera, bulb (if you use continuous light), extra CF, etc. You don't want to cancel a shoot because your camera conked out. So with bulbs. If you use strobes, this is why you don't want to buy those cheap strobes. Trust me, they will conk out with that volume and that continous use. If you use a flash, well, make sure you have a backup because, your flash might burn out if you don't rest it and you are running it almost to full power. I doubt if you will, but have a backup or else re-scheduling can be a pain.

I remember having my ID shot taken in one of those booths in front of gov't offices, they literally use MS Paint to crop out the background hehe. Surprisingly, the rough edges don't appear in 1x1 or passport sized prints.

wow michael lakas ng rocket mo pwede ba ako sama dyan? sa isang student ilang id pics ba kailangan and what size?

oliver

isang id pic lang ang need ko and size 1.5x1.5 yan kasi ang uso d2 sa lugar namin nilakihan nila ang picture para mas lalong magandang tignan.:Grin:

Hi Michael,

Harvey is a woman. A very wise one :).
Thanks Harvey. I learn so much from your posts.

waaaaaaaaaaaa sorry i called you sir harvery. thanks again miss harvey. the reason why i called you sir is because i have a friend name harvey also and his a guy. anyways thanks again and hope to see all guys one of this days....:Grin:

I'd follow Harvey's tips. Here's my addition and modifications.

1. You don't have to go 8mp or 10mp in your setting. Even 1mp or 2mp will do. IDs are very small. Even if they are 5x7, a 1mp or 2mp rez will do. Of course IDs are only 1x1 or 2x2 or something smaller.

2. If you don't want to use CF, tether your camera to a notebook or PC and shoot from there and directly transfer to you HD. The advantage of that is that you get a bigger view of the person. You can even pre-set the name of the picture to gr-3_sect-2_001.jpg so you will not be working hard on the person. But immediately burn a cd-r or dvd-r backup once finished to session. Or have the camera still write to CF for duplicates.

3. If you want to have the prisoner type putting the name in there while you shoot, that's up to you. If that is what the school wants. But if you want a clean shot, your assistant may need to write down the name of the person and the shot no. Or you can use the notebook and rename the prefix to the name of the student. Just don't forget to rename that prefix on the file name for the next student.

Or you can shoot with the prisoner type naming but keep the name board lower so you can crop it later on. Problem is, that is going to be a lot of post processing to crop later on.

Don't take the name, student no, and section thing lightly. You can spend sleepness nights trying to match names and faces simply because you didn't do it while they are seated there.

4. No need to ask them if they like the picture. It will slow you down. This is not a JS prom or portfolio shoot. It's just ID. Shoot one or 2 or 3 and pick the best one. 2,500 people at 1 min is 2,500 min. That is almost 42 hours of shooting. If you can knock that down to half, that's 21 hours already. If you are going to pause and ask them if they like their picture, and that takes another 30 sec of extra work, we are talking of 63 hours of shooting simply because you are delayed because you have to ask and show them if they like their shot. It is an ID, so shoot it as quickly as you can without losing quality.

5. Remember to set up properly. Remember that setting is the one you are going to use so taking 10-20 min to get it right is worth the time, unless you want to redo it again or spend hours in photoshop fixing something that you should have set up properly in the first place.

6. I suggest 2-3 more assistants. One to keep tabs on files and names and work on the notebook (if you have one). One to setup the person and make sure that the next person doesn't have muta on the eyes, untucked shirt, or her/his hair mussed up.

A good workflow and efficient flow is needed. When you have so many people to shoot, every second counts.

And don't forget to bring a backup camera, bulb (if you use continuous light), extra CF, etc. You don't want to cancel a shoot because your camera conked out. So with bulbs. If you use strobes, this is why you don't want to buy those cheap strobes. Trust me, they will conk out with that volume and that continous use. If you use a flash, well, make sure you have a backup because, your flash might burn out if you don't rest it and you are running it almost to full power. I doubt if you will, but have a backup or else re-scheduling can be a pain.

wow! thanks for all of your tips. na enlighten ako and now hindi na ako worried i hope everything will go smooth.

again thanks mel and harvey....

good day and more power sa site natin.

this site rocks!

Ma'am harvey galing ng workflow na bigay nyo.. lalo na pagdating sa payment.. kailangan ba ng contrata dyan sa id proj?

At 2,500 students, how much do you think this project is worth? It's a lot of money.

A contract helps to define expectations and responsibilities on both sides of the fence, and can save you from a lot of trouble. You will also get a lot of respect because you will be doing this work very professionally, starting with having a contract.

waaaaaaaaaaaa sorry i called you sir harvery. thanks again miss harvey. the reason why i called you sir is because i have a friend name harvey also and his a guy. anyways thanks again and hope to see all guys one of this days....:Grin:

Don't worry. It's a common mistake to address me as Mr. or Sir - that's because Harvey is really a man's name. :D Yes, hope to see you soon.

Thanks, Mel, for adding your inputs. Michael is going to be the best ID photographer there is! It's a good start. Someday, he will give talks on the business of photography, and he will tell the story of how he did 2,500 IDs. :)

continuous lighting ka na lang instead of using a flash. Get a couple of Daylight CFL bulbs from Handyman or ACE hardware. Make sure your WB is set correctly and your background is clean so that post processing is minimized.

additional reminders / tips

Try asking the school if you can set it up in one of their rooms or offices or library (importantly aricon rooms). that way, all of you will be relaxed (students, assistant and you) somehow. Also if it is located in an office, youre equipment will be secured (coz it will definitely take you one week to shoot all that 2,500 students). you can leave youre settings just the way it is as yesterday. your shot will be more uniform (lights and backgounds). your light setting also will not vary from time to time because you are the one who is providing the light (not the sun) DONT USE FLASH. use a strobe. or if the room has par lights, better use it. you can leave it open (the par lights) 24 hrs a day and it will not change its own ambient.

to enlighten the bored kids on line....prepare a comb and a mirror (or other very little activity)...so when they pass thru it they have something to do... so dina nakasimangot sayu..hahahha also, the officers in the school might be impressed on extra things you prepare..

hook you cam to your laptop and do the laptop as your shooting camera. easy transfer, big screen, big memory and on time editing of file names.

get as much assistant as you can. one assistant per task. remember, these are kids....or still kids....meaning.. PASAWAY sila!! Its not good taking shots when you are irritated or somehow bored too... you'll have a tendency to take youre shots for granted (pwede na yan style) if you feel this way. If you need a break, take it... or if you can schedule youre break, better so students will not be there when you are not.

ask the school if you can do this on enrollment. but they do not wear the same clothes... i dont know if you can provide same clothing for all of the student. if you sched the shoot naman on first day of school, mamadaliin ka naman sa pag print...hehheeh.. if this happens, make sure the school knows the time frame for printing and editing before hand. para walang sisihan at antayan...

sana nakatulong ako..... june 2006 ... our lady of fatima school...600+ students

diko na uulitin... i love kids pero diko cla kaya...lalau na pag madami.... hihihihi

Don't worry. It's a common mistake to address me as Mr. or Sir - that's because Harvey is really a man's name. :D Yes, hope to see you soon.

kasi naman po ma'am, maglagay na ng avatar... hihihii

At 2,500 students, how much do you think this project is worth? It's a lot of money.

A contract helps to define expectations and responsibilities on both sides of the fence, and can save you from a lot of trouble. You will also get a lot of respect because you will be doing this work very professionally, starting with having a contract.

contract for each students is 40 pesos each so more or less 100k that was the enrolly last year dont know if they will increase or decrease.

40 pesos for the id and the id holder. no lace yet.

i will make a conract thanks again for the tip and info.

i printed out all what you say thank you so much

additional reminders / tips

Try asking the school if you can set it up in one of their rooms or offices or library (importantly aricon rooms). that way, all of you will be relaxed (students, assistant and you) somehow. Also if it is located in an office, youre equipment will be secured (coz it will definitely take you one week to shoot all that 2,500 students). you can leave youre settings just the way it is as yesterday. your shot will be more uniform (lights and backgounds). your light setting also will not vary from time to time because you are the one who is providing the light (not the sun) DONT USE FLASH. use a strobe. or if the room has par lights, better use it. you can leave it open (the par lights) 24 hrs a day and it will not change its own ambient.

to enlighten the bored kids on line....prepare a comb and a mirror (or other very little activity)...so when they pass thru it they have something to do... so dina nakasimangot sayu..hahahha also, the officers in the school might be impressed on extra things you prepare..

hook you cam to your laptop and do the laptop as your shooting camera. easy transfer, big screen, big memory and on time editing of file names.

get as much assistant as you can. one assistant per task. remember, these are kids....or still kids....meaning.. PASAWAY sila!! Its not good taking shots when you are irritated or somehow bored too... you'll have a tendency to take youre shots for granted (pwede na yan style) if you feel this way. If you need a break, take it... or if you can schedule youre break, better so students will not be there when you are not.

ask the school if you can do this on enrollment. but they do not wear the same clothes... i dont know if you can provide same clothing for all of the student. if you sched the shoot naman on first day of school, mamadaliin ka naman sa pag print...hehheeh.. if this happens, make sure the school knows the time frame for printing and editing before hand. para walang sisihan at antayan...

sana nakatulong ako..... june 2006 ... our lady of fatima school...600+ students

diko na uulitin... i love kids pero diko cla kaya...lalau na pag madami.... hihihihi



sir ric thank you oo tama ka sa mga sinsabi mo. hay salamat talaga sa inyong lahat. wala ako masabi kung hindi salamat po.

youre welcome bro...

sana mai post mo yung isang id dito hehehhe...a product of your first ika nga...picture mo ilagay mo,,,ahahahaa

contract for each students is 40 pesos each so more or less 100k that was the enrolly last year dont know if they will increase or decrease.

40 pesos for the id and the id holder. no lace yet.

i will make a conract thanks again for the tip and info.

i printed out all what you say thank you so much

ano pong klaseng ID yun? yung PVC type?
di ba masyadong mababa yung P40?

im planning din kasi mangontrata ng mga school IDs... pero ang expected ko above P80 each ang pricing...

At 2,500 students, how much do you think this project is worth? It's a lot of money.

A contract helps to define expectations and responsibilities on both sides of the fence, and can save you from a lot of trouble. You will also get a lot of respect because you will be doing this work very professionally, starting with having a contract.

mam can you give us an example or format of a contract? and mam baka po pde na din makahingi ng sample ng business proposal for schools? mahina po kse talaga ko sa english eh... im starting pa lang my photography business so wala pa po ako tao para maggawa ng mga ganun bagay... eh gusto ko po sana magkaron ng project or contract sa mga school gaya ni michael sangalang. mam tatanawin ko pong utang na loob yun maitutulong nyo sakin... sa mga nabasa kong post nyo nakita ko na very willing kayo tumulong at sumagot sa mga questions... so thanks in advance po mam harvey... more power to you and DPP!

mam can you give us an example or format of a contract? and mam baka po pde na din makahingi ng sample ng business proposal for schools? mahina po kse talaga ko sa english eh... im starting pa lang my photography business so wala pa po ako tao para maggawa ng mga ganun bagay... eh gusto ko po sana magkaron ng project or contract sa mga school gaya ni michael sangalang. mam tatanawin ko pong utang na loob yun maitutulong nyo sakin... sa mga nabasa kong post nyo nakita ko na very willing kayo tumulong at sumagot sa mga questions... so thanks in advance po mam harvey... more power to you and DPP!

dati ko kasing school yong na kontrata ko na school last march nag propose ako ng diploma case at nagustuhan nila so e2 ung id eh ako na rin ang kinuha nila. hindi na ako gumawa ng proposal nagpakita lang ako sample then ka boom ok na sa kanila post ko d2 ung sample na pinakita ko sa knila para makita mo layout na ginawa ko.

oo atm card type lang pero rubberize cya madami kasing cases ang PVC na ayaw nila madali daw maputol at kumukupas cya. unlike ung rubberize kahit na ma washing machine pa eh buo pa rin ang kulay..

about sa price ok lang na 40 kasi volume nmn ang students. kung less than 100 pede mo sila bigyan ng price na 100. to up.

kuwentahin mo na lang kung ilan magagastos mo sa labor at sa lahat lahat ng gamit madali lang un. kung totobo ka ng 15 to 20 each ok na. kasi madami nmn pero kung konte lang dapat nasa 50 each ang tobo mo sa isa...

this is my first time job also sa id kaya medyo ngaun pa lang nag drydry run na ako kung panu mga procedure na gagawin kaya e2 nag iipon ako ng mga tips at suggestion. and thanks to DPP at malaki ang natulong nila.

yan hope naka2long ako sau. good luck sa id business mo

dati ko kasing school yong na kontrata ko na school last march nag propose ako ng diploma case at nagustuhan nila so e2 ung id eh ako na rin ang kinuha nila. hindi na ako gumawa ng proposal nagpakita lang ako sample then ka boom ok na sa kanila post ko d2 ung sample na pinakita ko sa knila para makita mo layout na ginawa ko.

oo atm card type lang pero rubberize cya madami kasing cases ang PVC na ayaw nila madali daw maputol at kumukupas cya. unlike ung rubberize kahit na ma washing machine pa eh buo pa rin ang kulay..

about sa price ok lang na 40 kasi volume nmn ang students. kung less than 100 pede mo sila bigyan ng price na 100. to up.

kuwentahin mo na lang kung ilan magagastos mo sa labor at sa lahat lahat ng gamit madali lang un. kung totobo ka ng 15 to 20 each ok na. kasi madami nmn pero kung konte lang dapat nasa 50 each ang tobo mo sa isa...

this is my first time job also sa id kaya medyo ngaun pa lang nag drydry run na ako kung panu mga procedure na gagawin kaya e2 nag iipon ako ng mga tips at suggestion. and thanks to DPP at malaki ang natulong nila.

yan hope naka2long ako sau. good luck sa id business mo

thank you sir... sana makadeal ko din yun school ko nung highschool... problema ko lang talaga yung business proposal... yun daw ang una ko move sabi nung teacher ko na nakausap... kse shempre may existing na ksi sila na gumagawa nun...

san ka nga pala nabili nung ruberize na yun sir? and same procedure din ba yun ng PVC type na nilalaminate lang din after printing both side films?

thank you sir... sana makadeal ko din yun school ko nung highschool... problema ko lang talaga yung business proposal... yun daw ang una ko move sabi nung teacher ko na nakausap... kse shempre may existing na ksi sila na gumagawa nun...

san ka nga pala nabili nung ruberize na yun sir? and same procedure din ba yun ng PVC type na nilalaminate lang din after printing both side films?

hindi un same sa pvc. parang coupon size lang un 8.25x11.5 paggumawa ka nun back to back ang print unlike pvc na tig isang paper... sa hidalgo ako naka bili nun sa may bandang dulo na forgot ko na ung name ng store. naka bili nga ako ng laminator na pro lam ung 15' for 7500 lang. d2 sa place namin nasa 11 taw cya. ewan ko kung bumaba na ngaun.

hindi un same sa pvc. parang coupon size lang un 8.25x11.5 paggumawa ka nun back to back ang print unlike pvc na tig isang paper... sa hidalgo ako naka bili nun sa may bandang dulo na forgot ko na ung name ng store. naka bili nga ako ng laminator na pro lam ung 15' for 7500 lang. d2 sa place namin nasa 11 taw cya. ewan ko kung bumaba na ngaun.

magkano po per sheet nung rubberize na yun? pde din ba yung ordinary na laminator? meron na kasi ako gamit na laminator with temp control din... sya na din yung gamit ko sa pvc... and sir do you use orig ink or not? if not di ba sya magfefade agad? sory sir sa madaming tanong ha... bago pa lang din ako sa business eh... tnx in advance!

magkano po per sheet nung rubberize na yun? pde din ba yung ordinary na laminator? meron na kasi ako gamit na laminator with temp control din... sya na din yung gamit ko sa pvc... and sir do you use orig ink or not? if not di ba sya magfefade agad? sory sir sa madaming tanong ha... bago pa lang din ako sa business eh... tnx in advance!

laser ang gamit ko pag ink jet ang gamit mo 1 week lang na naaarawan lagi fade na un. kung gusto mo ng quality print use laser. nasa 25 per piraso pag madami nasa 20 lang ata. ordinary? anu un? gamit ko is prolam na laminator. may mga laminator na dumidikit kasi ung papel na gagamitin mo.

laser ang gamit ko pag ink jet ang gamit mo 1 week lang na naaarawan lagi fade na un. kung gusto mo ng quality print use laser. nasa 25 per piraso pag madami nasa 20 lang ata. ordinary? anu un? gamit ko is prolam na laminator. may mga laminator na dumidikit kasi ung papel na gagamitin mo.

ok sir... thanks! di ko pa po yata afford ang colored laser... ordinary laminator po... ung pang laminate ng ID...
thank you sir for the info! more power po!

nice thread learned lot. im also in the same situation, we are updating our employees photos in our DTR system and i have no idea what set up to use since i only have a kit lens frm d80 and 50mm 1.8 a sb600 plus i can connect my camera to laptop so no problem in the SD card. What im worried is the lighting since the only source of light on the room that we will be using are two flourescent lights. i will be using white cloth as background since the wall are painted gray.

nice thread learned lot. im also in the same situation, we are updating our employees photos in our DTR system and i have no idea what set up to use since i only have a kit lens frm d80 and 50mm 1.8 a sb600 plus i can connect my camera to laptop so no problem in the SD card. What im worried is the lighting since the only source of light on the room that we will be using are two flourescent lights. i will be using white cloth as background since the wall are painted gray.

Pot, you have enough equipment hehehe. Use your 50 1.8. Just bounce the flash on the ceiling(45deg on ur sb600)... and if you're background is white, dont forget to increase exposure by 3/4 to 1 stop. Or else underexposed mga pics. :)

Pot, you have enough equipment hehehe. Use your 50 1.8. Just bounce the flash on the ceiling(45deg on ur sb600)... and if you're background is white, dont forget to increase exposure by 3/4 to 1 stop. Or else underexposed mga pics. :)

kung mahina pa ang buga ng flash mo e pede mo rin tanggalin na lang yung diffuser :-)

at kung mejo di pa expose sa gusto mo e pede mo ng i-post process sa photoshop.

fr personal experience, ID photos pang family! :--)

thanks alot

ang business namin ay id madami na din ako hawak na skul dito s area namin medyo ok ang pricing mo sa rubberized na id actually ang pricing ko dito napakababa pala pero siguro kasi depende sa area kasi medyo mahirap talaga ang buhay ng mga tao dito ang bigay ko sa skul 20 pesos for rubberized with complete protector and silkscreen id lace. ang pvc ko na id usually private lang ang inooferan ko 40 pesos for id card, id protector and embroidered id lace. madali naman sya gawin kasi and tumitingin kasi ako sa volume last year naka 10,000 students din ako ngaun medyo nadagdagan lang 15tau students baka naman matulungan nyo din ako na makahanap na mas mura pa sa nakukunan ko na PVC ID sheet pinakamura na ksi un 50 pesos per sheet sana meron pa mas mababa pa dun sa lace and protector ok na kasi pinakamura na talaga un direct ako sa factory e help me na lang to find supplier for PVC sheet

Thanks, Mel, for adding your inputs. Michael is going to be the best ID photographer there is! It's a good start. Someday, he will give talks on the business of photography, and he will tell the story of how he did 2,500 IDs. :)

He he he! If he does, sana libre tayo sa seminar nya!:Grin:

BTW, I hope others don't underestimate this type of job. Yayaman ka dito! Captive audience ito, literally!

I was just wondering if he will give them 1x1, 1.5x1.5 photos or he will literally create the ID card itself, with name, grade/year, section, etc. Boy, that will cost more, and take longer, but more money!

laser ang gamit ko pag ink jet ang gamit mo 1 week lang na naaarawan lagi fade na un. kung gusto mo ng quality print use laser. nasa 25 per piraso pag madami nasa 20 lang ata. ordinary? anu un? gamit ko is prolam na laminator. may mga laminator na dumidikit kasi ung papel na gagamitin mo.

sir, san ka nagpapaprint sa daugpan.. thanks