1. A photographical aid measuring tape, comprising: a substrate having numerals, characters, symbols and markings of a sufficient size on a top side of the substrate of sufficient width so that the numerals, characters, symbols and markings allow for recognition in digital photography when viewed using standard software on a conventional computer monitor such that when the tape is positioned on a room surface to be measured and a conventional digital photograph is taken of the surface and the tape, the numerals, characters, symbols and markings can be perceived in the photograph.