# Has anyone made their own passport photos?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-made-their-own-passport-photos/184577>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 26, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-made-their-own-passport-photos/184577 "2003-06-26T18:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-made-their-own-passport-photos/184577/1 "2003-06-26T18:18:41Z")

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It’s time to renew my passport. I spend a pretty substantial amount of time abroad, and I’ve been carrying around a passport with an ugly photo for ten years. I’m being vain, but I want a good photo this time. Passport photo places seem to have a nack for taking bad pictures. Has anyone ever tried to make their own with their digital camera? I’ve found some information about the requirements, and I think I can figure out how to make it the right size and everything using Photoshop. But am I just going to screw it up and have the renewal denied?

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**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-made-their-own-passport-photos/184577/2 "2003-06-26T18:27:10Z")

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I have never taken my own.

I have made the passport photo place retake my picture several times until I was happy with it. They didn’t seem to mind.