Do I need to retake passport photos???

[Anonymous]

I went to Walgreens today for passport photos (mistake), and the employee apparently digitally erased the background. Do you think I can still use the photos, or should I have them retaken?

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure what that means - digitally erased the background?

But I'll share a story...A few years ago, my son was getting his passport, and we decided to leave it to the experts and have the post office/passport acceptance folks do their magic. The picture didn't turn out great, but whatever, they know what they're doing, right? A month later, we get a rejection letter from the passport processing center that the photo was no good and to please resubmit. He went to CVS to get the picture taken and resubmitted it. Passport arrived 10 days later. You never know.

[Anonymous]

I completely edited out the busy background, to the light one that is required, for my kids photos and got them with no problem.

[Anonymous]

They used an editing tool to make the background solid white. So, my hair looks unnatural - like if you used the erase tool in photoshop and made a perfect line around your hair.

[Anonymous]

Take it to the post office that processes passports. They can tell you if it’s good or not. If not, just go back and have them retake. It should be free

[Anonymous]

There are a couple of free apps that allow you to take your own photo that meets the requirements and then you email them and get them printed at CVS or Walgreens. It’s very simple.

[Anonymous]

We took our passport pics at Costco. Mistake. Half were usable, the other half were not (family of 6). We went through the passport application process at a Howard County Library which was fabulous! They caught the error in the pics and retook them for us on the spot.

I would not submit without having a professional look at them to determine if they will work.

[Anonymous]

It's not that deep. Follow these instructions, a modern phone with a good camera will work perfectly fine in normal lighting

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/requirements/photos.html

Use this site to size the picture and it will create a 4x6 print with four 2x2 pictures on it. Print at home or send to CVS to print for 50 cents.

I have seen the "professionals" at the Post Office and CVS take pictures, they are no more careful than you can be as long as you follow the instructions. Good light on the face, take glasses off, neutral expression. Pretty much it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not that deep. Follow these instructions, a modern phone with a good camera will work perfectly fine in normal lighting

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/requirements/photos.html

Use this site to size the picture and it will create a 4x6 print with four 2x2 pictures on it. Print at home or send to CVS to print for 50 cents.

I have seen the "professionals" at the Post Office and CVS take pictures, they are no more careful than you can be as long as you follow the instructions. Good light on the face, take glasses off, neutral expression. Pretty much it.

Sorry, this is the site to size and arrange the pictures!

https://www.epassportphoto.com/95/Free/United%20States/Passport/step1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not that deep. Follow these instructions, a modern phone with a good camera will work perfectly fine in normal lighting

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/requirements/photos.html

Use this site to size the picture and it will create a 4x6 print with four 2x2 pictures on it. Print at home or send to CVS to print for 50 cents.

I have seen the "professionals" at the Post Office and CVS take pictures, they are no more careful than you can be as long as you follow the instructions. Good light on the face, take glasses off, neutral expression. Pretty much it.

And make sure you do both of these - don't grin, and don't wear your glasses. That's a change. My last tourist and government passports, I was smiling and had on my glasses. For both renewals I was admonished not to smile and to take off my glasses for the photos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They used an editing tool to make the background solid white. So, my hair looks unnatural - like if you used the erase tool in photoshop and made a perfect line around your hair.

ID photos don't care about hair. They care about face and ears - things that are harder to change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not that deep. Follow these instructions, a modern phone with a good camera will work perfectly fine in normal lighting

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/requirements/photos.html

Use this site to size the picture and it will create a 4x6 print with four 2x2 pictures on it. Print at home or send to CVS to print for 50 cents.

I have seen the "professionals" at the Post Office and CVS take pictures, they are no more careful than you can be as long as you follow the instructions. Good light on the face, take glasses off, neutral expression. Pretty much it.

And make sure you do both of these - don't grin, and don't wear your glasses. That's a change. My last tourist and government passports, I was smiling and had on my glasses. For both renewals I was admonished not to smile and to take off my glasses for the photos.

You can smile a bit now - no teeth though.

And no glasses.

[Anonymous]

We had photos taken ahead of time before renewing our children's passports. The Passport official at the P.O rejected them and took her own picture with their camera ($). I would forgo bringing in a picture and just get the one at the P.O.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not that deep. Follow these instructions, a modern phone with a good camera will work perfectly fine in normal lighting

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/requirements/photos.html

Use this site to size the picture and it will create a 4x6 print with four 2x2 pictures on it. Print at home or send to CVS to print for 50 cents.

I have seen the "professionals" at the Post Office and CVS take pictures, they are no more careful than you can be as long as you follow the instructions. Good light on the face, take glasses off, neutral expression. Pretty much it.

And make sure you do both of these - don't grin, and don't wear your glasses. That's a change. My last tourist and government passports, I was smiling and had on my glasses. For both renewals I was admonished not to smile and to take off my glasses for the photos.

You can smile a bit now - no teeth though.

And no glasses.

Are your ears supposed to be showing nowadays?

[Anonymous]

To avoid any hassle, make an appointment and go to a post office that does photos. They do this regularly.