Drivers License - To smile or not to smile?

[LMD84]

i smiled but with my mouth closed rather than open

 

[Annie]

My state doesn't let us smile in ID photos. Laame.

 

[dietcokeg]

Id say smile - In ireland we are not allowed to smile for any photo ID!!

 

[vc1079]

SMILE!!
for my driver's licence i tried to smile and the lady yelled
" YOUR NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT"

i quickly turned my smile into a frown and i now for 4 years my drivers license looks as though i am very angry

 

[InspiredBlue]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chocolategoddes Smile Witcho Eyes!

Yes, smeyesing FTW!

I usually do something in between that fierce face you make when checking your makeup (I know you all know what I am talking about), and a closed-lips smile. The end result is usually something like my avi pic, but looking forward. Apparently my idea of a light smile only shows up as "not angry" in picts, not as actually smiling.

 

[HersheysKiss]

Quote:

Originally Posted by vc1079 SMILE!! for my driver's licence i tried to smile and the lady yelled " YOUR NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT" i quickly turned my smile into a frown and i now for 4 years my drivers license looks as though i am very angry

Same here!!... it's illegal to smile on your drivers license where i live

 

[snowflakelashes]

^^Me three, we're not allowed to smile in any Gov't Issue ID photos I think it's so that it can work better with face recognition software or something???

 

[MizzMelroseMood]

i smiled with my eyes

lol

 

[January]

We're not allowed to smile in our license pictures either... my friend took one look at my picture and was like "Girl... you look like you're ready to FIGHT" hahaha.

I walk around with a smile most of the time, so it's so not me to have this super serious look on my face like I do in my ID.

 

[BEA2LS]

i smiled in all of mine.
for my one that i renewed when i was 21 i went all out. like i got it done right after i hit up the salon. my hair was cut, colored, styled, my make-up on point, it was wonderful.. except that for the next four years i had many bars, liquor stores, etc. swear up and down that the picture wasn't me and i had to carry back up IDs. lol.

 

[tara_hearts]

mine is god awful. It had been a long day, I lost my i.d and had to have one to give my hr for tax purposes. I needed it THAT day so I ran up to the dmv to get a new one, I had on a red shirt and my hair in a ponytail (ugh) and didnt smile. In the pic, my shirt looks orange and my face looks mean and tired. My b/f said I look like a convict in an orange jumpsuit. I had a cashier tell me "this picture doesnt do you justice" ... im like.. is that a backhanded compliment or a way of breaking it to me gently that my picture is horrendous?

 

[BEA2LS]

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Originally Posted by tara_hearts mine is god awful. It had been a long day, I lost my i.d and had to have one to give my hr for tax purposes. I needed it THAT day so I ran up to the dmv to get a new one, I had on a red shirt and my hair in a ponytail (ugh) and didnt smile. In the pic, my shirt looks orange and my face looks mean and tired. My b/f said I look like a convict in an orange jumpsuit. I had a cashier tell me "this picture doesnt do you justice" ... im like.. is that a backhanded compliment or a way of breaking it to me gently that my picture is horrendous?

I hate when cashiers make comments.. in my old ID (the one i mentioned above your post) i was always told that i looks so different and younger in real life. but that was when younger wasnt a compliment lol.

 

[Nicala]

I took my picture ID before I dyed my hair on Weds. I didn't smile. Now to wait and see how it came out when I receive it. Urggggg.

 

[xxManBeaterxx]

^ You dont get your ID right away? I get mines instantly

 

[Nicala]

Not in California.

They told me that I'm going to receive it in about 3 weeks.

 

[Machinegun_Cali]

I had to redo my photo about 2 years ago when I changed my name ( got married). My DL from my single days was HOT..the married photo I look pale fat and angry. HAHAHA

 

[BEA2LS]

we get them instantly in NJ, we can take it like three times if we don't like it. we can also keep the older one when we renew it, but i like a current picture because of the problems i mentioned before.