What makes a good photo
Here's the good news: because we cut your player out and build a design around them rather than printing your photo directly, you don't need a professional shot. A regular phone picture works great. These four things help most.
- 1
Face clearly visible.
Head and shoulders is ideal. If you can see their face clearly on your phone screen, we can work with it.
- 2
Decent light beats a good camera.
Outdoor daylight or open shade is perfect. Harsh midday sun and dim dugouts are the two hardest.
- 3
Closer is better than farther.
A picture from across the field where they're the size of a thumbnail doesn't give us much to work with. Zoom with your feet, not your fingers.
- 4
Send the original.
Upload it straight from your camera roll. A screenshot of a screenshot loses detail every time.
Send the original. Upload the photo straight from your camera roll — not a screenshot, and not a copy you saved out of a group text. Both of those throw away detail we need to cut your player out cleanly. iPhone .HEIC files are fine.
What we can usually still work with
Slightly blurry. A little dark. Sunglasses pushed up. A helmet or a face mask. Mid-swing. Send it — we'll tell you honestly if it won't work.
What genuinely doesn't work
Their face turned away or fully hidden. A photo so small or so far away we can't tell who it is. Heavy motion blur across the whole face.
Not sure?
Email it to ballparkbuttons@gmail.combefore you order. We'll look at it and tell you within a few hours, free, no obligation.
A note on photos you didn't take
Many tournament and team photos are taken by professional photographers who own the copyright to them. Buying a digital download usually doesn't include the right to put that image on merchandise. If you're unsure, a photo you took yourself is always the safe choice.