How to Take a Clear Photo of Your Palm for a Reading
A palm reading can only be as good as the view of the palm it works from. When someone reads your hand in person, they can turn it this way and that and hold it up to the light, but a photo shows only what the camera caught. In a blurry or dark photo the fainter lines disappear, and creases in the skin start to look like lines.
The good news is that taking a clear photo is not hard. You do not need a special camera; your phone is enough. You just have to keep a few small things in mind.
Which hand first
Tradition reads both hands. It holds that the hand you write with shows what you have built through your own experience, and the other hand shows what was in your nature from the start. Begin with the hand you write with, and if you like, take a photo of the other hand afterwards too. Comparing the two makes it even more interesting.
Hold the hand you are photographing comfortably in front of you and the phone in your other hand. If you prefer, ask someone else to take the photo; your hand stays steadier that way.
Light matters most
The lines are really shallow grooves in the skin, and depth shows only through light and shadow. So if the light is right, half the work is done.
- Daylight: Take the photo near a window, where there is plenty of light but the sun is not falling straight on your palm.
- Keep the flash off: A flash puts a shine on the palm, and the fainter lines get lost in it.
- Avoid shadows: Make sure the shadow of the phone or your head does not fall across your palm.
- At night: Take it under a bright white room light, and let the light come from a little above rather than straight in front.
How to hold your hand
Your palm should be fully open but not stretched tight. Spreading the fingers hard pulls the skin, and some lines get flattened and look fainter. Keep the fingers slightly apart and the thumb relaxed at the side.
Hold the palm square to the camera, not tilted. If you rest your elbow on a table, your hand will not shake. The whole palm should be in the frame: from the first crease at the wrist to the tips of the fingers, and both edges of the palm too, because the edge below the little finger and the pad below the thumb are read as well.
Distance and focus
Hold the phone far enough away that the whole palm fits in the frame with a little empty space around it. Too close, and the edges get cut off; too far, and the lines become tiny. Rather than zooming in, it is better to bring the phone itself a little closer.
Before taking the photo, tap the middle of your palm on the screen to focus, and after taking it, zoom in to check that the lines are not blurred. If they look blurry, take one more.
Small things that make a difference
- Your hands should be clean and dry. Wet hands or freshly applied cream make the palm shine.
- If there is mehendi, ink or any colour on your hand, the lines underneath will not show properly. If you can, wait until the colour fades.
- A ring or a watch usually does not get in the way, but if something near the wrist is covering the lines, take it off.
- A plain background of a single colour makes the palm stand out clearly.
What happens to your photo at PalmZer
At PalmZer you take the photo by opening the camera right in your phone’s browser, or you can upload one you have already taken. No app is needed. The photo is sent to the AI only to write the reading, and we do not keep it. Only the written reading stays in your account.
If a line does not show clearly in the photo, the reading says plainly which line could not be read. It is not filled in with a guess. In that case it is a good idea to take another photo in better light.
A short checklist before you take the photo
- Near a window, in daylight
- Flash off, and no shadow on the palm
- Palm open, fingers slightly apart
- The whole hand in the frame, from wrist to fingertips
- Focus on the middle of the palm, and the photo not blurred
Read your own palm reading
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