Photography tips 

Lighting
Good lighting is the key to all good photography. Use daylight if possible. Outdoor shots are the easiest.
NB if you have to take photos in electric light make sure the flash is on to avoid a yellow cast on the photo.

Redeye
Check the photos for redeye which can removed using free editing software — Picasa 3 (picasa.google.com)
or iphoto (Mac).

Background
Make sure the background is uncluttered and doesn't blend in with the baby and use a suitably coloured sheet or blanket.

Focussing
Hover directly above your baby with the camera and focus on the baby’s eyes.
NB Most of today's cameras allow you to press the shutter button part of the way to enable the focus and light reading. If you keep your finger on the shutter button and move the camera slightly it holds the focus and light reading of the initial press.

Variety of poses
Capture your baby's attention with a toy or a familiar face. Take lots of photos of your baby in various situations at different angles to the natural light — having a bath, playing with toys, sitting in large chairs, holding a toy. Don’t pause between shots to see how the picture came out just keep taking pictures.

Photo format suitable for uploading to jackandjillcards.co.uk
A good quality photograph in jpeg (jpg) format, no smaller than 1Mb and no larger than 8Mb. Please remember that the better the quality of photograph you send the better the reproduction results on your cards. jpegs should be in RGB colour mode not CMYK.

Cropping and rotating your photos
You can crop and rotate your photos when you have uploaded them to jackandjillcards.co.uk and started designing your birth announcement or thank you cards.

Don’t forget that you can make cards for all occasions at jackandjillcards.co.uk
· Birth announcements (as featured in your Bounty Pack) · baby thank you cards · party invitations · wedding invitations · wedding thank you cards · birthday cards · new home cards · animal and pet cards. You can order quantities from 1 card to 200 cards.