The camera never lies

[bobtail4x4]

I was running a polling station today,
first time the punters/voters had to bring ID,
everyone did,
I struggled looking at some photos to see the similarity between the 8 or 9 on the photo and the hippomonster standing there in person,
even allowing for a bit of weight gain, (about 100% in some cases), the photo must have a lot of touching up,
not sure you could travel on a passport that looks nothing like you.

[gotoPzero]

Happens to the best of us.

I got some old photos out from when I was 19 ish the other day... shan't be doing that again!

[bongtom]

Were you wearing your hi-viz gear and was the 4x4 response vehicle on stand-by?

[anonymous-user]

bongtom said:

Were you wearing your hi-viz gear and was the 4x4 response vehicle on stand-by?

[bobtail4x4]

its a semi compulsary work thing,I got a day off work and £300, to sit reading a book,

[davek_964]

These days - with deepfake etc. - "the camera never lies" is very far from true. (Although I acknowledge that doesn't apply to personal ID).

Some people are very photogenic - some aren't. I have a (female) friend - she's pretty enough in real life, but is stunning in photos for some reason. I always look one step up from Quasimodo - getting decent pics for dating profiles was very difficult! In her ID photos, g/f looks like it's a police picture and she should be holding up one of those ID boards....

[mmm-five]

Just turn them away as they're obviously not the person in the photo

[ApOrbital]

Did you keep one eye open on the book.

[Mojooo]

I went to China in my early 20s and my photo must have been quite old and I obviously looked different. They took me to one side and chatted about it for a bit and I think they were unsure and let me though.