If you could see my passport photo you would probably agree I should have left it "lost" and got a replacement.
I had to get it done in a hurry, last year, and used a booth in Morrisons. The first lot came out with my head looking lop-sided and 1 eye considerably larger than the other so I had another go. This time my head was more or less the right shape but appeared to have no top to it - I have grey hair and the picture was over exposed. Apart from my looking a bit poorly this was the better option so I sent it off with my form. When my passport arrived the photo looked even more over-exposed and I seem to have a livid purple shadow round my neck as though someone has tried to strangle me. I hadn't noticed when I sent it off but I have a sneering expression on my face and I look at least 85 years old and very tired of life.
The bummer is, no immigration official has ever looked twice to make sure it's really me.
