Take that Mr Passport

heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
edited November 13, 2010 in People
I was sooo ticked after the passport guys said "Oh nice photo, but we have to do your photo for you so they accept it for sure." And then he fried the flash, and botched the white balance on the pic that I "get" to have for the next 10 years. I came home and played to make myself feel better. No my skin isn't really orange like my passport implies.

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(Wow, that sounded really gripey. I swear I am nice in person.) (And that ^ is not the one I attempted to use for passport.)
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    Nice!!! Can you sub this back for the one on your PP now? :D
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    Haha, no. This is just for fun. My passport pic was one that followed all the rules... Head a certain number of inches... background a certain percentage... full color...blablabla... Ah well.
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  • MacushlaMacushla Registered Users Posts: 347 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    I feel your pain. I just got mine done the other day and I'm glowing bright yellow. I kind of regret that I didn't attempt to do it myself. There are sites on the web where you can upload a photo then they will measure the face and crop to fit the passport regulations.

    Love your shot! I get it though, a shot like that might distract customs officers. :D
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    They're a total pain to do - I just went to Ritz and had them do it,s ince at least that meant if it was rejected it was somebody else's fault!

    Heather, you are bleepin' gorgeous - that is a STUNNING shot of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    Haha, thanks for the luv guys. I feel better already.

    I should have gone to the post office prepared for him to do that. A local friend warned me that they did the same thing to her when she got her passport a bit ago.
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  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    heather you are pretty hot.
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  • ClixphotoClixphoto Registered Users Posts: 228 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    Your obvious "hotness" aside, the lighting is awsome. How'd you do it?
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2010
    roflrofl Same happened to me 2 days ago, it was awesome, and of course I was toootalllly prepared to have a photo taken that morning >>> NOT! :cry (<this little guy should have tears streaming out of his eyes like the Trevi fountain in Rome) :nah

    Girl, you look beautiful - to say the least!!
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    Agnieszka wrote: »
    <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >rofl<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >rofl Same happened to me 2 days ago, it was awesome, and of course I was toootalllly prepared to have a photo taken that morning >>> NOT! :cry (<THIS class=inlineimg title=Nah like alt="" border="0" src="images/smilies/Disappointed.gif" :nah

    That is tooo funny considering all the conversations we had about it too....
    I'll show you mine if you show me yours.... haha! It is sooo bad!

    When it got to the part where asked me if the photo was a fair representation of what I look like, I hesitated and he asked me why... I said, "Well yeah, except my skin is not orange in real life." He laughed. So did I. What could I do, I guess.

    I'll risk copyright infringement and scan and share what the post office thinks the government will accept. (Yes that is a staple)
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    Clixphoto wrote: »
    Your obvious "hotness" aside, the lighting is awsome. How'd you do it?
    Haha, thanks I guess! rolleyes1.gif
    Very simple actually... one off camera speedlight through a 45inch brolly at about 45 degrees to my right and slightly raised position, pointing slightly down (loop lighting). I shot this with my 70-200, so I was happy to have my remote shutter release this time. (Finally. I forgot I had it on my last sp project.)
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    heatherfeather wrote: »
    That is tooo funny considering all the conversations we had about it too....
    I'll show you mine if you show me yours.... haha! It is sooo bad!

    When it got to the part where asked me if the photo was a fair representation of what I look like, I hesitated and he asked me why... I said, "Well yeah, except my skin is not orange in real life." He laughed. So did I. What could I do, I guess.

    I'll risk copyright infringement and scan and share what the post office thinks the government will accept. (Yes that is a staple)

    rolleyes1.gif This IS too funny! As bad as I feel for you (and your photo is not even that bad - not as bad as mine anyway), I am happy that I was not the only one this happened to. rolleyes1.gif

    My "shoot" was a digital one, so I only saw it on the monitor. I gave myself 2 tries, and trust me, after I saw the second I was ready to burst into tears, haha! This is what WE get! We should make mug shots out of our passport photos rolleyes1.gif

    Well, since I didn't get my pic in print, I can't share (aww, too bad rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif), but I'll scan the passport pic for ya once I receive it thumb.gif
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  • l.k.madisonl.k.madison Registered Users Posts: 542 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    Am I the only one that *likes* their Passport picture?? I got it done at Walgreens with a point and shoot and it's actually not *that* bad. Of course, I had light brown hair down to my elbows and now it's red and barely reaches my ears, but oh well.

    Not being vain, but I had a cute driver's license picture for a while, too. I can't figure it out either.

    But as I said on FB, you're sexy, Heather!!
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    I've had a couple good drivers license photos... But this passport one really is amazingly bad. Ah well.

    I love it that you can really see the difference that a bit of nice soft light and posing makes in the two photos... same clothes, makeup and everything.
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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    I took my own passport photo, and it got accepted. So I love my passport photo now. :D

    What they did to you...sorry, that is just not a fair representation of how utterly gorgeous you are. mwink.gif Love your B&W SP!
  • coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    I'm a little bummed the last of my pre-mustache IDs expired this year, so I can't hand somebody a barefaced ID anymore....

    I got a pretty decent photo done in China last year, and was thinking ahead enough to get ten of them, so I have a number of nicer looking certs and IDs now. :D
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2010
    Llywellyn wrote: »
    I took my own passport photo, and it got accepted. So I love my passport photo now. :D

    What they did to you...sorry, that is just not a fair representation of how utterly gorgeous you are. mwink.gif Love your B&W SP!

    I know it is soo bad! (and thanks!iloveyou.gif)


    Ok, so now it is your turn to share your successful passport photo. Jealous!
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,237 moderator
    edited November 11, 2010
    Good job on the pose and result, Heather. Does look slightly blown out though.

    The post office photog/machine added a 3rd degree sunburn to my passport photo. Doesn't even look like me, either. I'll be sure to make extra time wherever I go because I'll probably be detained.
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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2010
    heatherfeather wrote: »
    Ok, so now it is your turn to share your successful passport photo. Jealous!

    Haha! I do feel lucky the photo was accepted. The photo was part of an old SP I did during my dailies. I used the one in the top left corner (though I was sorely tempted to use the fishy-face one lol3.gif) and changed the background color to comply. At least I look happier than in my previous passport photo...
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2010
    Very nice work on SP.thumb.gifclap.giflust

    As far as the actual passport photos go... Since my arrival to US I have been taking my own family "official" pics whenever I could (DMV being a notable exception since they do thiers mandatorily in-house). And while I'm not considering them to be my masterpieces (esp. those I took 10+ years ago when I didn't know "rembrandt" from "butterfly" :-), I did have *some* control over the final quality, so on average a DIY solution is relatively sound... deal.gif
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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2010
    I refuse to believe that's you in the passport photo!!

    Great SP. Stunning.
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  • briandelionbriandelion Registered Users Posts: 512 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2010
    Based on that avatar, if they ever make a CSI: Wasilla, you've got my vote for the lead role! thumb.gif
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  • BradfordBennBradfordBenn Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2010
    You guys must have turned me into a geek. I had to get a visa shot for work same rules as a passport. I figured I have a white wall at the office, I have a flash, I have an iPad to view images on, I can make this happen. After about half an hour I went to FedExOffice (Kinko's) and got it done - I was spending too much effort tweaking this and looking at that. They let me look and approve the image first. Still look bad in the picture.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2010
    BradfordBenn wrote: »
    You guys must have turned me into a geek. I had to get a visa shot for work same rules as a passport. I figured I have a white wall at the office, I have a flash, I have an iPad to view images on, I can make this happen. After about half an hour I went to FedExOffice (Kinko's) and got it done - I was spending too much effort tweaking this and looking at that. They let me look and approve the image first. Still look bad in the picture.

    Practice makes perfect. A friend needed a passport pic a few month ago. He came, I put up a couple of lights and a white 4"x3" 5-in-1 as a bg. We were done in less than 10 min. He was happy, and so apparently was a passport control, since he didn't have any trouble.
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2010
    I think they're actually tougher on immigration shots, although I believe they've now given up the whole distance-to-ear and skull height requirements thing. That was seriously a pain.

    I admire those of you who do your own passport shots - I just couldn't be bothered to mess with all the measurements before printing and in the end it was quicker and easier to have it done by Ritz. I usually look terrible by the time I get off a plane after an international flight anyway, so I expect the "bad" version is closer to what I really look like!!!!! (although that said, this last batch weren't too bad at all - and nothing like as nasty as the one poor Heather's been saddled with!!)
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2010
    So today my huz gets to do his passport application/ etc.... I was tempted to have another try at it with his photo, but on second thought.... if his is better than mine nobody will believe we are married. rolleyes1.gif

    And I don't think they will be doing a CSI Wasilla anytime soon. Though with all the stupid TV shows they are doing up here now, who knows, haha.


    I think half the problem with the photo they used is that I was totally flinching inside... I could just tell it was going to be a "winner" with the flash pointed right at me.... ouch.

    Thanks guys. iloveyou.gif
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  • BradfordBennBradfordBenn Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2010
    I have taken ones at the office for people and those have turned out fine. Give it a shot Heather, the worst that happens is you recycle the electrons.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2010
    divamum wrote: »
    I think they're actually tougher on immigration shots, although I believe they've now given up the whole distance-to-ear and skull height requirements thing. That was seriously a pain.

    I admire those of you who do your own passport shots - I just couldn't be bothered to mess with all the measurements before printing and in the end it was quicker and easier to have it done by Ritz. I usually look terrible by the time I get off a plane after an international flight anyway, so I expect the "bad" version is closer to what I really look like!!!!! (although that said, this last batch weren't too bad at all - and nothing like as nasty as the one poor Heather's been saddled with!!)

    It was much tougher before, now it's same rules as US passport. I went through the old process when I was going through my H1B --> GC saga... :cry
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