passport stuff

[jd-science.livejournal.com]

i wanted to renew my passport before they started chipping them, but i'm afraid i'm too late. guess there's nothing i can do about that. oh well.

where can i get cheap but official passport photos taken? it's 15 bucks at the post office, ridiculous.

Comments

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

It needs special film, IIRC, I used to do them for a company I used to work for. It cost us $6 a shot just for the camera, IF you got it right the first time.

[xuth.livejournal.com]

Please don't post things like this. Read the passport application for the requirements. The following http://travel.state.gov/passport/guide/faq/faq_881.html is a pretty good summary of the requirements and recommendations. Most places producing cheap passport photos barely meet the requirements and come nowhere close to the suggested quality of lighting (everything in a photo really) that the state department suggests (http://travel.state.gov/passport/guide/setup/setup_873.html). The printing or film is the easy part.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Please don't post things that I know to be true from my previous experience? I'm saying it COST US IN MATERIALS $6 per shot, and you need TWO OF THEM. We charged $15 due to having the equipment, and for the time. What about what I said was offending your delicate sensibilities?

[mattdm [typekey.com] (from livejournal.com)]

yeah, but now it costs $0.15 in materials for both shots.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Conceded. Ah, the miracles of digital photography. anyone still using Polaroid-style film though is going to charge more, cause those materials are still going up, not down.

[xuth.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I thought you were suggesting that the state department required a specific type of film.