- To be honest, ICA is really lax with the baby's shot. I failed my 3 times, but his is a one-shot kill. We took 20 different photos and shortlisted these 3. I made everyone in the family choose but in the end guess what, only 1 made it. So much for choosing.
- Tools: Handphone. Yup, you don't need a professional camera. Just some nice natural sunlight outdoors and voila!
- Number of helpers: 3 (excluding me the photographer) Actually 2 helpers would do. 1 to carry him and 1 to make funny faces so that the baby would look at the camera.
- You still need a clean background though and we used this photo app - Photo Room. It removed so cleanly and it is so darn fun. I ended up creating quite a bit of silly photos too. It is great for removing messy backgrounds at the back.
- With this app, you can just pick one of your old photos. We still specially take for the occasion because cos we wanted to give him a smart shirt to wear.
- In case you are thinking of getting your child to dress up for the shot, only dress the top would do, haha cos bottoms would be cropped out.
- Approval timing: It takes about 1-2 days to be approved. By right, ICA will send you an alert. Otherwise, just check back the site on the status.
- Collection Points: Not sure when this was implemented but you don't have to go down to ICA anymore. You can collect it at your nearest post office at a fee. It is so much more convenient given that everyone is like WFH.
Ending off the post with some silly edits using Photoroom. Muhaha!***Note: Laptop is down, so posts won't be as frequent!