Campus Photography
The Marketing and Communications photography team is here to make you look good. Our team provides services to faculty and academic departments at Buffalo State to help with a wide variety of needs.
How We Can Help
- Publication photos
- Web site images
- On location - requires scheduling two weeks in advance
- Studio portraits
- Studio product photography
- Digital copy work - from flat-work and three-dimensional pieces
- 35mm film scanning - from 35mm slides or negatives
- Digital prints - color and B & W
Guide for Quality Web Photos
Minimum Image Sizes
Full page width: 1600px wide
Half page width or profiles: 600px wide
Quality Images for Your Site
- Sharp, not blurry or pixelated
- Well-lit, not dark or subjects in shadow
- Selfies don’t work well as the taker often looks distracted and disconnected
Tips for Taking Great Photos
Natural light is best: If the lighting is bad, so will your photo be.
Choose a strong focal point: What do you want your photo to represent? Remember: sometimes more isn’t always better, sometimes, it’s just more.
Orientation: Horizontal photos work best for the web.
Take a step back: Don’t zoom in tight, leave room around your subject for cropping. Your photo may be used in a variety of components which require different sizes.
Be aware of your background: Are there trash cans, clutter, clothing, water bottles, bags, backpacks, food, people walking around?
Change your perspective: Take several photos at a low or high angle, or from the side for interesting images.
Take several shots of the same photo: Sometimes a subject will have their eyes closed, something moves in the background or you get a better photo because the subject changed position.
Project photos: Taking before, during and after photos to show progress adds interest.