Clinical photography utilizing office staff: methods to achieve consistency and reproducibility.

This report describes solutions to common problems incurred in clinical photography for facial and cosmetic surgery and focuses on the physician who utilizes office staff to obtain photographs. Issues addressed include space and room requirements, camera and lens, lighting and shadows, pose, retrieval, and quality control. The methods and systems described are aimed at assisting the physician in obtaining consistent, reproducible, quality pre- and postoperative photographs.