Profile Photo Requirements for Airsoft Defence

Your profile photo is used to help confirm your identity as part of your Airsoft Defence profile. Because the photo may be checked against your account details or supporting identification, it must clearly show who you are.

Please use the guide image below when choosing your photo:

What makes a valid profile photo?

A valid profile photo must be a clear headshot where your face can be easily recognised.

Your photo should:

• Show your full face clearly

• Be well-lit, without heavy shadows

• Be taken from the front

• Show you looking directly at the camera

• Have your eyes open and visible

• Use a neutral or natural expression

• Be close enough that your face is easy to identify

• Show only you in the image

• Be a recent photo that still looks like you

A simple passport-style headshot is ideal.

What photos will not be accepted?

Your photo may be rejected if anything makes it difficult to confirm your identity.

Please do not upload a photo where:

• You are wearing a hat, helmet, or head covering that hides your face

• Your face is covered by a mask, scarf, snood, balaclava, or face covering

• You are wearing sunglasses or tinted lenses

• You are looking away from the camera

• The photo is taken from the side

• You are too far away from the camera

• The image is blurry, dark, heavily filtered, or low quality

• Other people are visible in the photo

• Your face is partly cropped or hidden

Why are there restrictions?

These restrictions are in place because the profile photo is used for identity confirmation. Staff must be able to clearly compare the photo with the person named on the profile and, where needed, any supporting identification.

Items such as hats, sunglasses, masks, face coverings, or side-facing photos can hide key facial features. If your face cannot be clearly seen, your identity cannot be reliably confirmed, and your profile photo may need to be replaced before your Airsoft Defence profile can be approved or used.

Best practice

Before uploading your photo, check that it looks like a clear ID photo:

• Face forward

• No face coverings

• No sunglasses

• No hat

• Good lighting

• Face clearly visible

• Taken close enough to identify you

If in doubt, take a new photo against a plain background using natural lighting.