Passport Photo

[bjarvis]

I finally found a place in the greater DC area which will do photos in a format suitable for Canadian passports. With nothing else planned for this morning, I dashed out to University Blvd & Colesville Rd (about three miles from home) to get the photos while Kent was still getting dressed.



For what it's worth, I hate the new photo requirements. The specification that the picture be taken with a "neutral" (read: blank and/or stoned) expression is utterly unflattering, especially for an official document which has a lifetime of 5 years. What a great way to make a good first impression when visiting a foreign country. :-^ The part that irks me is that the requirement is essentially a concession to automated facial recognition systems and their inability to deal with three-quarter profiles, expressions of happiness/sadness/whatever and the inability of bureaucrats to consider more secure alternatives for official documents.



Now I just have to find a window of opportunity to get downtown to have my would-be guarantor can sign & initial on the dotted lines so I can drop my renewal in the mail.

Comments

[ebearboston.livejournal.com]

One thing is true of all the photos - you always look so pink and healthy! Well, on the greencard photo it's a bit more salmon, but I'm assuming the photo has yellowed.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

The green card and old passport photos are both on laminated documents; the green card photo also has hologram-ish images printed overtop. I'm sure my scanner has skewed the colour pallette as well. The new passport photo definitely doesn't have good colouring but the image above is a fairly good scan of the photo. Ew.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

bjarvis does look pink and healthy, or at least he did the last time I saw him.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

It's winter so now I'm more fish-belly white than pink. Can't tan or hold colour to save my life. *sigh*

[rsc.livejournal.com]

You and me both. These days I try to avoid getting too pink.