FAC Portfolio Development 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When photographing patients for a facial aesthetics portfolio, which lighting setup best captures subtle volume changes from filler treatments?
- Direct overhead flash
- Rembrant lighting with a 45-degree side key light (Correct answer)
- Ring light placed at lens level
- Butterfly lighting directly in front of the face
Correct answer: Rembrant lighting with a 45-degree side key light
Rembrant lighting at 45 degrees creates shadows that reveal facial contour and volume changes more accurately than flat front lighting.
Question 2: A patient requests removal of their before-and-after photos from your portfolio after they appear on your clinic website. Under HIPAA, you must:
- Remove them only if the patient signed a new revocation form
- Remove them promptly as the patient retains the right to revoke authorization (Correct answer)
- Keep them since a valid release was signed at the time of treatment
- Transfer ownership to the patient and delete your copies
Correct answer: Remove them promptly as the patient retains the right to revoke authorization
HIPAA allows patients to revoke authorization for the use of their PHI in marketing materials, and practitioners must honor revocation promptly.
Question 3: Which metric is most useful for evaluating whether portfolio images on a clinic website are generating new patient inquiries?
- Total page views on the homepage
- Conversion rate from gallery page visits to contact form submissions (Correct answer)
- Number of social media followers gained per month
- Average session duration across the entire website
Correct answer: Conversion rate from gallery page visits to contact form submissions
Conversion rate from gallery page visits to contact form submissions directly links portfolio exposure to new patient acquisition.
Question 4: For a FAC portfolio submission, standardized views typically required for lip augmentation cases include:
- Frontal, bilateral oblique (45°), and lateral profiles (Correct answer)
- Frontal and superior (top-down) only
- Lateral profiles and inferior (submental) view only
- Frontal and posterior views
Correct answer: Frontal, bilateral oblique (45°), and lateral profiles
Frontal, bilateral 45-degree oblique, and lateral profile views together capture lip shape, volume, and projection comprehensively.
Question 5: A practitioner notices their portfolio photos show inconsistent patient positioning across cases. The best corrective strategy is to:
- Retroactively crop all images to a uniform frame in post-processing
- Implement a standardized positioning protocol with a chin rest and fixed camera distance going forward (Correct answer)
- Replace inconsistent images with digitally corrected versions
- Use only social media images that have already received public approval
Correct answer: Implement a standardized positioning protocol with a chin rest and fixed camera distance going forward
A standardized positioning protocol with physical aids ensures reproducible views for all future cases, enabling genuine before-and-after comparisons.
Question 6: When selecting cases for a FAC certification portfolio, which criterion should take priority over all others?
- Cases with the most dramatic visual transformation
- Cases that demonstrate a broad range of techniques across diverse patient presentations (Correct answer)
- Cases where patients have provided written testimonials
- Cases treated within the most recent 6-month period only
Correct answer: Cases that demonstrate a broad range of techniques across diverse patient presentations
Certification bodies assess competency across diverse techniques and patient types, making breadth and skill demonstration the primary selection criterion.
Question 7: Which digital format is recommended for archiving high-resolution clinical portfolio images to prevent quality loss over time?
- JPEG at 72 dpi for web compatibility
- PNG or TIFF at full resolution as master files (Correct answer)
- GIF for animation capability
- HEIC format from smartphone cameras only
Correct answer: PNG or TIFF at full resolution as master files
PNG and TIFF are lossless formats that preserve full image quality for archiving, while JPEG compression degrades image data with each save.
FAC Portfolio Development 2
When photographing patients for a facial aesthetics portfolio, which lighting setup best captures subtle volume changes from filler treatments?