The photo of the marriage certificate can be taken by oneself. But one thing to note is that the marriage certificate photos taken by oneself must meet the requirements of the Civil Affairs Bureau for marriage certificate photos. The size specification for the marriage registration photo is a color photo of both parties with a red or blue background, measuring 53mm * 35mm (width * height). A group photo should be an image taken jointly by both parties at the same time, place, and location. Marriage registration photos should be clear and distinguishable, and composite photos, artistic photos, wedding photos, life photos, stills, etc. should not be used.
According to Chapter 4, Article 7 of the Provisional Regulations for Marriage Registration Work issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in 2016, when applying for marriage registration, the parties shall submit a recent half body, bareheaded photo of both parties with a size of "two inches". According to the regulations of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the background of the marriage certificate registration photo can be selected as red or blue. However, in our traditional Chinese culture, red has always been a color representing happiness and auspiciousness. The vast majority of couples choose red as the background color when taking wedding certificate photos.