• We highly recommend that before you take any photographs, take a few minutes to:

    • Sit down and try to plan the photograph you want to take, think where it would be best to see Santa in your room. 

    • Make sure there is room for a Santa in your scene

    • Watch out for columns, walls, objects, plants that may get in the way of your ideal photographs

    • Turn Televisions off


  • Try to fit in as much of the room as possible, so we can fit and see Santa visiting


  • Take more than one photograph

    • Take some quick test photographs and check them out on the camera or on your computer (you may have to experiment to get the right look and feel you’re after

    • Take photographs from several angles , see which one you like the most

    • Take photographs from normal point of view as well as both a higher and lower point of view

    • Take some photographs with your flash on (if your flash supports direction, then bounce it of the ceiling this generally produces a better photograph. If your flash supports a diffuser we recommend your use it as this help soften the photograph you take)

    • Take some with the flash off (You may need to support the camera with a tripod, as exposure time will be long in most cases )

    • Take some photographs with the normal room lights on(having some lights on can give an nice even ambient light to the room)

    • Take some photographs with the normal room lights off ( Use the flash as well, you may need to support the camera with a tripod, as exposure time will be long in most cases )


  • Photo size, resolution, orientation
    • We recommend taking your photo in LANDSCAPE format for best results;  PORTRAIT photos will work also, but you need to be careful of the layout of the room
    • Please ensure your phone camera is set to HIGH RESOLUTION and we recommend at least 1MB photo size or greater 
    • Photos that are only measured in KB size - ie less than 700KB will deliver LOW RESOLUTION, SMALL SIZED, and/or BLURRY results