Photo ID

I really hate it when I have to make a photo identification. The result is always bad. Either I smile weird, or my eyes look sleepy.

Today I need to make new photo identification. I went to a photo studio with full makeup and dressed formally.

my photo identification for my undergraduate sertificate, Press ID.

When I was ready, the photographer took my first picture. The first shoot wasn't good enough. So I asked her to take another pictures of me.

After three times taking my picture, the results were still unsatisfying. I was so depressed.

Why I wasn't satisfied with my photo identification, because all part of my face looked ugly.

I didn't smile with a big grin because this photo identification will be used for applying something [Sorry, I can't tell you]. Just a little elegant smile.

can i just smile like this for formal document?

But I am not good smiling without showing my teeth. I really mean it. For me, if I smile with my mouth closed, it doesn't work very well.  I feel unpretty with that elegant smile.

When I took a picture for my passport, I smiled as usual. But then, the photographer asked me not to smile.

"Please don't smile like that. Just give me a little smile without showing your teeth,"

Blaaahh, I hate it so much! Why oh why,  for photo identification they don't allow us to smile with our mouth wide open?