The club says it is introducing the scheme to ensure safety and security in the ground - but fans claim it's nothing more than a money-making exercise.
Traditionally, fans who can't attend a match pass their ticket on to a family member or friend so they can attend the game rather than the seat be wasted.
Photo ID on season tickets will put an end to that.
And from next season fans who currently share a season ticket, or can't afford a full one of their own, will either have to pay to see only the occasional game or miss out altogether.
Today former Owls director and former Labour MP Joe Ashton hit out at the new scheme.
He said: "Traditionally fans simply pass their tickets on to their old dad, this has gone on for generations.
"I know a family of four brothers who have three season tickets between them as they all work shifts. When one is working a Saturday afternoon shift and can't make the game, his brother goes, and so on - that won't be able to happen under this scheme. Now they will have to buy four, and that isn't right.
"There are many other examples of people sharing a season ticket, mainly due to cost. What is wrong with that? It's about time the club stopped milking its most loyal fans."
Club spokesman Colin Wood confirmed the policy is being put in place following the introduction of a similar scheme for concessionary season tickets this season.
And he said the club already has rules that season tickets are strictly non-transferable - a rule which is widely ignored.
He said: "Photographic identification was introduced for concessions because some people had previously bought season tickets at the concessionary rate and passed them on for use by adults."
Mr Wood said another reason for introducing photographic identification was to stop overcrowding, particularly in the North Stand, where fans were congregating in areas they should not be sitting.
He promised any fan who could prove they had genuine circumstances not to attend a league match could redeem their match voucher for a corresponding match ticket which could then be passed on to another person.
But Joe Ashton said: "If I'm ill, I'm not going to go to the ticket office and provide them with a sick note."