Just realized I need to get a new passport. I have a passport that’s about twenty-five years old, but I’ve changed a bit since then. I hope getting a passport photo is easier than getting a Minnesota ID photo. When I needed a picture for my new ID, I had to cram myself into a little booth. And when I was finally situated, the county clerk discovered that her fancy automated camera wouldn’t swivel down far enough to see my face. My nurse had to lift me out of my chair for the camera to see me, which explains my slightly peevish look in the finished product.
If anyone knows of a medical supply company in the UK or France where I could rent a suction machine like this one, drop me a line. The one I have won’t run on 220v electricity, but I’m thinking there has to be a similar European model.
It’s entirely possible that you can send in your own photo for the passport. There are specs for it somewhere… Here in NJ I was able to go to a local CVS and someone there took my pic with a digital camera and loaded it into their machine to make a whoe sheet of photos according to passport specs. I stood, or rather sat in the wheelchair, in the middle of the store in front of a white screen he pulled down from the ceiling. You should be able to find a place like CVS or a Moto Photo that does that. By the way, it’s the same specs for your state ID, but the Motor Vehicle wouldn’t let me use that one, I had to cram into the booth too. argh.