How to save money on passport photos
13 July 2009
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When travelling, passport photos are an essential item. For every country you enter and require a visa for you will typically need one or two passport photos for the visa application. There are plenty of places that will be happy to take a photo of you and give you passport sized prints for a few pounds, but this is a bit of a rip off. My last set cost me £4.50 for only 4 prints. A far cheaper and easier way to get passport photos is to make your own. By following these steps you can have up to 240 passport photos for just £0.99.
- Either scan an existing passport photo, or take a photo of yourself against a white wall and resize it to the normal passport photo size.
- Use image editing software to create an image consisting of 8 copies of the photo on a 6″x4″ canvas in two rows of four.
- Sign up to Snapfish who are offering 30 free prints for new customers
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- Upload the image you created to Snapfish.
- Order up to 30 prints and pay the £0.99 postage and packing.
- The prints that you receive can be cut into individual passport photos when you require them.
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Passport photos are such a rip off. I think many people get worried about printing their own for fear they’ll be rejected or invalid somehow. I say save your money and print away..
dan thanks for the photo tips you are correct in the UK its a total rip of in Thailand you get about 8 for one pound fifty pence
that's good for a tight Yorkshire man like me
ps enjoy your trip what are your plans
regards John
thanks for the advice man this reminded me of a cool little article i read on 20 lazy ways to save money. http://sahmanswers.com/news.php?readmore=1286
You can create valid passport photos with <a href="http://idphoto4you.com/" target="_blank">http://idphoto4you.com</a> website.
It uses <b>face detection</b> to set size and position of head.
It is <b>free</b>.
Built-in standards for 63 countries.