A trip to the studio for a few passport prints costs time and money — and you still have to scan them for online forms. With a phone and a couple of free tools, you can make a perfectly compliant passport size photo at home in minutes.

Take a good base photo

Stand against a plain, light-coloured wall in even, natural light (face a window). Keep a neutral expression, look straight at the camera, and make sure your whole head and the top of your shoulders are in frame, with no caps, sunglasses or harsh shadows. Have someone take the photo from a metre or so away to avoid distortion.

Set the size and white background

Open the Passport Photo Maker, upload your photo, and pick the size your application needs (3.5×4.5 cm for India, 2×2 inch for US visa). Choose a white background and use "crop to fill" so your face is centred. If your wall wasn't plain, remove the background first, then come back to set the size.

Hit the file-size and DPI rules

Forms usually want the photo at 300 DPI and within a KB range. Compress it to the limit with the Image Compressor, set the DPI with change image DPI if needed, and use resize in cm for an exact centimetre size. Always confirm the exact requirements in your official instructions.

Print or upload

For an online form, your downloaded photo is ready to upload. To print, place several copies on a 4×6 sheet at a local shop or home printer. Because everything runs in your browser, your photo is never uploaded — a private, free alternative to the studio.