Patent ID: 8233785

Claim:
A photography station comprising: a background; a background light arranged and configured to illuminate the background; a foreground light arranged and configured to illuminate a subject; a digital camera configured to capture digital images of the subject and the background; a controller coupled to the background light, the foreground light, and the digital camera for synchronized operation; and a computing device electrically coupled to the controller, the computing device including a processor and memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor generate modules including: a setup module operable to perform tests on test images captured by the digital camera to check a configuration of the photography station, wherein each test includes an initial checking operation and a background processing operation, and wherein each of the initial checking operations are performed consecutively, and wherein the background processing operations are performed substantially simultaneous to at least some of the initial processing operations; and a photography module operable to capture digital images of the subject.