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Miz is a Japanese photographer who shoot for commercial, corporate, editorial, weddings, portrait and this is a blog of his daily work.

Better passport photos

This is the photo that is shot in my studio

This is the photo that is shot in my studio

Photos in the passport 1

Photos in the passport 1

Photos in the passport 2

Photos in the passport 2

A photo print is essential for an application for children passport (Under 16)

A photo print is essential for an application for children passport (Under 16)

Passport photos can be more beautiful.

Usually passport photos are boring, just done by very flat lighting as if your face were scanned.

But actually you can use a photo that is more dramatically beautiful.

Because you use the same passport for 10 years (5 for children) in the case of New Zealand.

So why not to use BEST SHOT of you?

There is a rule to follow the condition of the photo to be taken but as long as you keep it, it should be fine.

To check the acceptance of the photo, you can use this tool. 
https://www.passports.govt.nz/Online-Photo-Checker

 

We are available for a premium passport photo session too.

Delivery of Studio Lighting

We were called out to Mercure Queenstown Resort for a corporate portrait session for Invest Blue from Australia, they came into Queenstown for a business conference.

Over 40 people, white Individual shots as well as group shots and fun shots for more than a dozens of people within 2 and a half hours including backdrops changing was quite a challenge!

To make it more fun, the client's flights were delayed and it compressed the time schedule to about 2 hours!!

Makeup stylist Laurie and me and my assistant for the day were the best team on the set, managed to shoot all people within the allocated time.

We brought 4 heads with a beauty dish, softbox with a grid, shoot through umbrella, etc, using backpaper was necessary to fulfil the client's requirement. We took almost everything that we have in our studio. 

The team of Invest Blue are really friendly and the whole shooting went through smoothly with a lot of laughs and organised very well despite of the delay. What a wonderful company!

Thank you for having us and you guys look great!