How to take a photo for ID yourself

Taking an ID photo yourself is quite simple. Modern mobile phones with a built-in camera take quite high-quality photos. If you do not have the ability to take a photo with your phone, you can use a digital camera. With document-photo.com you can create a photo online and absolutely free of charge. The whole process of creating a photo takes place on your device, without transferring data to the server.

With the smartphone

Open general page. On the general page find the 'Take a photo' button and click it.

Take a photo according to requirements. Requirements can usually be found on the website of the department for which you are taking photos. Some of them you can find on our website.

Select the country and the document for which you need photos. Depending on the choice, the template for the photo changes.

In the window with the photo, move and scale the photo so that the face roughly matches the template.

Select the required number of photos of the person.

If you need to take another person's photo, you can add one more.

Select photo paper size, common photo paper is 4x6 inches. And click 'Generate photo for document'. A preview of how the document will look on photo paper will appear.

At the end, you can print the photo on your printer, or save the picture locally and print it at a friend's place or at a photo store.

On the computer

Take a photo with your camera and upload the best photo to your computer.

Open general page. On the general page find the 'Upload a photo' button and click it.

Select the saved photo in the file open dialog that appears.

Select the country and the document for which you need photos. Depending on the choice, the template for the photo changes.

In the window with the photo, move and scale the photo so that the face roughly matches the template.

Select the required number of photos of the person.

If you need to take another person's photo, you can add one more.

Select photo paper size, common photo paper is 4x6 inches. And click 'Generate photo for document'. A preview of how the document will look on photo paper will appear.

At the end, you can print the photo on your printer, or save the picture on a flash drive and print it at a friend's place or at a store that prints photos.