1. A method for performing a process associated with an item to be imaged wherein the process requires data associated with a plurality of required features of the item to be imaged, the method for use with a handheld device including a camera that has a field of view, the method comprising the steps of: using the handheld device to obtain a sequence of images where, for at least a subset of the obtained images, the camera field of view is directed toward the item to be imaged from different relative juxtapositions with respect to the item to be imaged; while obtaining the images, examining at least a subset of the obtained images to identify the required features wherein at least first and second required features appear in at least first and second different images, respectively; continuing to obtain images until each of the required features are identified in at least one image; and providing feedback to a user indicating at least one of additional required features that have yet to be accurately imaged, required features that have already been imaged and guidance indicating how to manipulate the handheld device to obtain images of additional required features that have yet to be imaged.