which photo meets the U.S. passport photo requirements ?

[marcusa 31]

i never trust the passport  photo quality at FedEX, walgreen, costco, walmart,target, etc., they dont give you much to retake. they are expensive. They dont  give your digital copy. . i wasted lots of time and money.

therefore, since i have a good camera bought 3  years ago  ( use it less than 10 times a year), i took passport photo for myself at home this time for N400 ,using gloss-white color bedsheet on the dry wall as background. and then modified them in Photoshop.  

Figure A has the natural background white(bedsheet) ,which is easy to tell.

Figure B has complete white background after using photoshop modification.

 

as the new rules for U.S. passport, no eye glasses, no smile(or just nature smile), no shadow , can't be overexposured or too dim ,etc. 

 

which one's background  meets the requirements for U.S. passport picture ?  thanks

 

 

Edited August 14, 2017 by marcusa

[KULtoATL 1,551]

Option B looks like a better option. Off white is ok but Option A looks a bit orangey or brownish probably because of some light?

[Seth And Quynh 77]

B on the photo requirements website it says it can't be off white it has to be totally white.

[marcusa 31]

thanks folks. then i will stick with B

[marcusa 31]

just checked the requirement via the official link below:

https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/passports/photos.html

 

Regarding to the photo background,  Acceptable—Background is uniform, plain and white or off-white, and free of shadows.

 

so in my case, i presume figure A and B are both acceptable. 

 

also, for ladies,  their long hair can stretch down over the shoulders and cover the ears.

the example below shows a good example.  

 

Edited August 15, 2017 by marcusa