toddler passport photo

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Any recs for a place? Should I even attempt to do this myself at home?

[alexis]

Just do it at the passport office. I tried to do it at home and thought I had met the requirements, but my pictures weren't bright enough. It turns out the passport office paints the wall where they take pictures with a super reflective paint to make the pictures brighter. Having the photos done there was surprisingly painless.

[h]

We just did our kids' at home.

[drloretta]

CVS or UPS

[heygrey]

I did Walmart with a 10 week old and they were great. $10 and a guarantee that the pictures won't be refused.

[scsarah]

We did ours at Costco, which was easy. The difficult part was bringing in a car seat for DS (then 1 year) to sit in, because he couldn't reliably sit up in the folding chair they had.

And as PP said, make sure you have either both parents there for the application, or the second parent has to fill out and have a form notarized saying that they approve of the passport application. The form is on the Department of State website, I believe.

[shelbyann]

We did DD's at CVS. I applied for the passport itself at a post office, no photo service there, so make sure to check.

[jenn248]

We did it at the post office when we filed the application (ours had photo service).

[InBetweenDays]

We did it at Kinko's.

[mellimel19]

You can get it done at the Passport Office. We did ours at a photography studio, but only because it was down the block from our apartment.

[lindsaymg]

I took DS to Walgreens. $10 and they had a great picture cut and ready to go with an passport office acceptance guarantee.

[ny96]

We did it at CVS. I thought it was going to be awful, but it was fast and easy.

[MamaMaui24]

Costco!

[magpie]

I did mine at home. We laid a white sheet down and took it overhead. I photoshopped it to be the right size and fixed the brightness/white balance though. We do this for our own passport photos too

[dcrunnergirl52]

Costco. They were the cheapest. Our passport office doesn't do photos.

[brooklyn]

I took J to cvs and he revolted against the employee there. I ended up takings t picture myself with my cell phone, emailed it to cvs, and they cropped and printed it at the right size. The passport office we went to will not take pictures for you.

[kershnic]

We did ours at home. We submitted the applications at the post office and we didn't trust them to get sufficiently cute pictures. (Yes, I am aware that cuteness is not a legal requirement!)

[CloudBee]

I used Picture People when DS was a newborn. Will probably go back next time around.

[CloudBee]

Jul 8, 2015 11:22:08 GMT -5 mellimel19 said:

You can get it done at the Passport Office. We did ours at a photography studio, but only because it was down the block from our apartment.

Unfortunately not all offer photos, and most people have to use their local post office in lieu of a passport office.

[mellimel19]

Jul 8, 2015 14:48:39 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Jul 8, 2015 11:22:08 GMT -5 mellimel19 said:

You can get it done at the Passport Office. We did ours at a photography studio, but only because it was down the block from our apartment.

Unfortunately not all offer photos, and most people have to use their local post office in lieu of a passport office.

Wow, I didn't know not all passport offices offer photos. I know my local post office accepts applications for passports, but doesn't do photos.

[origami]

Just whatever you do, do not go to AAA. That's where we went and they only had this special passport photo camera so the person's head had to be perfectly centered and upright when the photo was taken. They couldn't edit it at all. Ask me how long I was there trying to get two 3-yr olds to stand perfectly still while looking at the camera and smiling.

Next time we go it will be to a place with a regular camera that can edit a photo. Pretty sure Walgreens & CVS does that.

[serendipity]

Costco-cheap and easy

[orval]

We just used the passport office. It was like $10 and then you knew it would be usable. just check to be sure they offer photos. Both post offices we used did offer photos.

[Shreddingbetty]

When DD was 2 months old I did it at home and used some online site to get the dimensions right. Her Dutch passport was done at 18 months old and they have to be done at a special place that knows exactly the dimensions for the Dutch passport pictures (they are super picky). At 18 months she was fine doing it that way.

[smilee1079]

Sorry to intrude... I need a passport for a 2 year old to go on a cruise to the Bahamas, right?

[cherry1111]

We did CVS. He looks like a mini serial killer in his pic, but it worked.

[cricketwife]

For us it was easier to take it at home . Background can be white or off white. Doesn't have to be "stark white."

[JayhawkGirl]

We did this today at our post office. The pics turned out rather adorably actually.

[mpc]

We did it at home but they rejected the picture because there was a slight shadow behind DS's head. So we just had them retake it at the passport office since we were already there. I think it was $10.