Guides
What the requirements mean in practice, and how to get a photo accepted the first time.
- How to take a passport photo at homeA phone, a light wall and five minutes are enough for a photo that passes. The mistakes that get photos rejected are all avoidable — here is what to do instead.Updated 2026-08-04
- Why passport photos get rejectedThe reasons applications come back are few, repetitive and almost all preventable. Here they are in order of how often they happen, with the fix for each.Updated 2026-08-05
- Schengen visa photo requirements, explainedOne set of rules, twenty-nine countries, and a consulate that can still say no. What the Schengen photo specification actually asks for, and where individual consulates add their own conditions.Updated 2026-08-05
- Passport photo of a baby or small childNo studio, no held-up hands, no toys in frame. How to photograph an infant against a plain background at home, which rules are relaxed for children, and which are not.Updated 2026-08-05
- Photo sizes and how to print them35 × 45 mm, 2 × 2 inches, 50 × 70 mm — where the different formats come from, what DPI actually means for your file, and how to get eight photos for the price of one print.Updated 2026-08-05