The passport photos are glam - some might say aspirational - and created with a multistep, multi-product process. They also might be a cautionary tale. “This is why you should never do hot photos for ...

Whether or not a photographer prompts subjects to “say cheese,” many of us probably default to a wide smile at picture time. But when taking a photo for a passport, you need to resist that urge. The ...

Why you can’t smile in your passport photo comes down to how biometric identification works. Passport photos are analysed using fixed facial points. The distance between your eyes. The shape of your ...