witha'K'quilting Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Why is it that no matter how nice you think you look...you always look so NOT on your DL photo? Get my drift? Either your hair is out of place, you have a wierd grin on your face, something. WHY?? Just had to ask. Anyone else notice this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 :D:D My state doesn't take new pictures and my DL photo is from 1998--- I LOOK MAHVELOUS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerryM Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 They always look like a mugshot, I think they have a special camera that only takes pictures like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I think walking thru the door of the DMV takes the happy out of any day!!:cool: The same thing happens when you apply for a passport: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodlebug Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 i have a theory- it's the angle they take the picture at....any photographer will tell you, it'll not flatter anyone.... that's my story and i'm sticking to it.... my head always looks so tiny on my shoulders....it's like i'm wearing football pads under my shirt...wait, maybe i have big shoulders..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 well, at least it isn't just me with this issue. it is a good thing nobody ever asks to see it! I am known everywhere in town by everybody. they even know my voice on the phone when I call anywhere. gotta love that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeAnn Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Originally posted by PattyJo I think walking thru the door of the DMV takes the happy out of any day!!:cool: The same thing happens when you apply for a passport: Yup, just got my passport and my photo looks like I should be in a lineup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda G. Craig Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Oh, I hate mine too! Here in Canada, they take your DL photo the same as the passport photo -- no smile, just stare deadpan straight ahead. Now how flattering can that be! Sheeeesh!! :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Yep mine is one for the "most wanted" list. Really really bad to the point i'll be paying for a reshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 They just started here having you take off your glasses for the picture. I couldn't even see the camera! How can you smile when you don't know what you are looking at?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I look like a model - not just on my license, but in person, too. I have been told I should seek counseling for my delusional disorder, but I like it here in my little world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Originally posted by sagebrushquilter They just started here having you take off your glasses for the picture. I couldn't even see the camera! How can you smile when you don't know what you are looking at?!?! me too. I can't even hear you without my glasses. Glad I don't need to renew my NV license. I could be looking at the ceiling when they took it. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 LOL it is so true. I hate mine! Military ID's are the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 speaking of eyeglasses...i went a couple of weeks ago to get new ones..and since I need to wear safety glasses for the mine...i asked about having my prescription put into safety glasses. no can do as the safety frames cannot support the weight and thickness of my lenses. so, i went with polycarbonate lenses in my prescription and wide temple plastic frames. my eye doc laughed and said even though they do not officially count as safety glasses...they are more bulletproof than anything he could think of. so, i still have to keep a cheap pair of clear safety glasses to wear over my frames in case MSHA is near. what a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I have already been twice down to the DMV to get my WI license, rejected twice because I didn't have all the correct documents. I think one needs to give blood to get a new state license. Now, I think I have all the correct ones, but I haven't gone...I just don't want to be sent home again:o :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg_marsh Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 to me, it's any picture - I hide from cameras, period!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanne.Hughes Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 It is a World wide phenomenum - the people selected at the DMV departments throughout the world are specially selected for their abilities to take bad photographs. Note however, that it is only bad photographs of Women!!! This skill is further honed and developed by careful training. My Driver's Licence photo is soooooo bad, it literally doesn't look at all like me. Honest, it doesn't (and husband, children and friends will attest to this!!)- if I have to present it for ID, there are always double takes, if not more. It is definitely a case of having to loose the darn thing so I can get it replaced. I know that it will not last the five years it is supposed to - call it premonition;). My husband however has a really nice photo on his DL. His passport one is really nice too. Mine makes me look like a bitter, twisted old biddy without a happy thought to her name. (And I am mostly always happy!) Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeyquilter Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 The people who take those pictures at the DMV I'm sure were trained by all those people who arrest people and get their mugshots ready for their arrest file. That is the only reason the pictures would come out that way. We have some nice people working at our DMV and they would never make you look that way on purpose. That's what I tell myself anyway. Hope all is well with all of you talented ladies out there, I am about to have my 7th grandchild in March and I have been sewing and quilting up a storm for this little guy. Have a nice evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rita Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 It is definitely a case of having to loose the darn thing so I can get it replaced. It doesn't work, Sue -I thought the same thing..."lost" it and waited and waited until one day when I felt like I could pull off a human-looking photo...went downtown and guess what...I paid my fee and they reprinted the freaking license I already had! crap! lesson learned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anita Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I can't wait to get new pic this year. The last 2 times I wasn't ready when they took it. Not my fault. I know I'm no beauty queen, but I refuse to believe I look that bad. First time, I was in a line for what felt like half hour. The loud chant of "1-2-3, NEXT" was repeated hundreds of times...I get there, person ahead of me "1-2-3, NEXT", I sit down, "NEXT"! What???? No 1-2-3???? Yep, looked horrible, they wouldn't retake, it was good for 8 years! Next time, a new DMV with better process and almost no line. Noone ahead of me, what a break. I'm directed to where to sit and where to look for the pic. Waited for what felt like an eternity looking at that blessed dot while the lady talked to her mom about nothing. Can't watch the dot forever. Suddenly she balks "you can pick it up over there". What? You've got to be kidding. Yep, another bad picture...good for 5 more years. :P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Originally posted by Rita It is definitely a case of having to loose the darn thing so I can get it replaced. It doesn't work, Sue -I thought the same thing..."lost" it and waited and waited until one day when I felt like I could pull off a human-looking photo...went downtown and guess what...I paid my fee and they reprinted the freaking license I already had! crap! lesson learned! At least here in New York if you loose your license they ask if you want a duplicate or if you want a new photo taken, the difference is about $50. So most just have a dup made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogiquilter Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I don't care how bad my picture is. I'm just going to renew when the time comes. I remember having to wait for 3 hours with my 4 month old just to get my stinkin' picture taken! Why don't they just have a line for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 one year, when my kids were toddlers, I was helping with Bible School at church. It was the last day and I had stayed late to get the "graduation certificates" completed for each child. All of a sudden it occured to me that I had to renew. I made a beeline to the DMV, had my picture taken...oh, my gosh....I looked like I was on death row and it was my last photo before...KeeeeKKKK (drawing a knife across my throat). It was terrible!! Of course, they haven't really gotten any better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PamelaA Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Camera and I don't mix. It is very rare for me to get even a halfway good picture. There is a reason I don't have an avatar on this sight. I don't want to scare any of you fine people. Pamela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 I'm still wondering who dat in in my license photo? She's OLD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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