passport photos?

emamum · 09-06-2009, 19:31

I went to get Gracies passport photos today... the woman asked how old she was (12 weeks) and if she could support her head yet... i got her out and held up so she could see her.....she said that she couldnt use the regular passport camera and would have to do them digitally because she wasnt holding her head up which means i had to make an appointment and pay £15! for them or wait a couple of months (not possible)......

i know i should have asked while i was there but does anyone know why? i dont see what difference a different camera will make..

AccyLass · 09-06-2009, 19:34

It probably doesn't make a difference

Just getting money out of ya is a good enough reason

£15 aint bad for a photo tho

emamum · 09-06-2009, 19:35

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Originally Posted by AccyLass28

It probably doesn't make a difference

Just getting money out of ya is a good enough reason

£15 aint bad for a photo tho

i tried using one of those photo booths but she kept falling over

AccyLass · 09-06-2009, 19:36

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Originally Posted by emamum

i tried using one of those photo booths but she kept falling over

Not her fault ya kept spinning the bloomin chair!!

Retlaw · 09-06-2009, 20:37

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Originally Posted by emamum

I went to get Gracies passport photos today... the woman asked how old she was (12 weeks) and if she could support her head yet... i got her out and held up so she could see her.....she said that she couldnt use the regular passport camera and would have to do them digitally because she wasnt holding her head up which means i had to make an appointment and pay £15! for them or wait a couple of months (not possible)......

i know i should have asked while i was there but does anyone know why? i dont see what difference a different camera will make..

If you have a digi cam, lay her on a white background on the floor stand astride her and take your own pics.
Or let me know al do it for nowtpence.
Retlaw.

BERNADETTE · 09-06-2009, 20:42

I was going to suggest taking your own as Retlaw has. So long as the background is white they are suitable aren't they?

Studio25 · 09-06-2009, 21:46

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Originally Posted by emamum

...i know i should have asked while i was there but does anyone know why? i dont see what difference a different camera will make..

It's possible the regular setup they use is like a photo booth, just without the box around it. The parameters for a "successful" adult passport photo are so restrictive that you can use a fixed field lens and a stool that's a constant distance from it, and get acceptable results. As long as the stool can go up and down, there's nothing to change (unless the customer has a huge head!)

Lie Gracie down on a white sheet and stand over her looking straight down through the viewfinder. The taller the photographer, the better. Zoom in so her head fills half the frame then take the shot. The rules for passports are relaxed for infants, so they don't need to have their eyes open, mouth closed and it doesn't matter if they are smiling. If you email it to me I've got the photoshop template to make a set of passport prints, I can post it back... Or bring her to the shop.

Neil · 09-06-2009, 21:50

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Originally Posted by Studio25

If you email it to me I've got the photoshop template to make a set of passport prints,

You might need to photoshop out her feet while you're at it

shillelagh · 09-06-2009, 22:20

i did my great nephews because my niece had them done at supasnaps or whatever it was called and didnt like them .. so we stood him next to the fridge (the white background) and took em and printed em off ..

jaysay · 10-06-2009, 09:38

I need some passport sized photos to renew my Blue Badge parking ticket, the other have took them and took them to Max Spielman and they processed them into a bloke of four, cost £5-50

emamum · 10-06-2009, 09:49

thanks

wheres the closest max spielman? i took her to the same place i got mine and tys done, i assumed they would lie her on the floor.... i would take them myself but my camera is useless!!

katex · 10-06-2009, 09:56

Didn't realise babies needed a 'photo Em ... does it go on yours ? Can't last for the 10 years can it ? They change such a lot.. LOL.

emamum · 10-06-2009, 10:00

they have to have their own now, you renew after 5 years tho, they change so quickly that it seems pointless having a photo on it.. according to my grandad all babys look like winston churchill anyway

Lyn · 10-06-2009, 10:40

you can take your own, put them on a memory card and print them out at asda on the little machines on the counter - it prints out 6 (or maybe its 8) at a time - they were perfectly fine for all our passorts

jaysay · 10-06-2009, 16:16

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Originally Posted by katex

Didn't realise babies needed a 'photo Em ... does it go on yours ? Can't last for the 10 years can it ? They change such a lot.. LOL.

Ya kate both my Grandsons have their own passports and are both well travelled too