Hi Hoggers,

I wondered if anyone has had issues with buying from MPB.com? I ordered over $200 of accessories and am getting the runaround. I ordered, received confirmation, then started getting emails asking me to contact them about the order. I have called (their phone system is inoperable) and sent multiple emails with no response. I have not even been successful in cancelling the order due to the fact that they do not respond. Pretty frustrating and wondered if this is standard for this company? Needless to say, I will not be ordering from them again.

Most ID photos I’ve seen are not kind to the subject. Many are downright terrible. There are probably many reasons for this. Leads me to some inconsequential cogitations:

1 - The Subject. No, I don’t expect my driver’s license picture to look like a Yousuf Karsh portrait. But does it have to look like the mug shots hanging on the Post Office walls in olden days? Clearly some people are more photogenic than others. What does that really mean? That some folks are better looking? There’s got to be more than that.

2 – Equipment. No, I don’t expect the Dept of Motor Vehicles to have a studio setup like Yousuf Karsh’s. But in this high tech world can’t they take better pictures at the DMV, the police station, Costco, ...?

3 – Facial Expression. Folks in ID photos often look scared or just plain out of it. Maybe understandable for a police mug shot, but a driver’s license? OK, you portraitists, what is your secret to get people loosened up, relaxed, comfortable and ready to show the world how good-looking and friendly they are?

Maybe the agencies taking our ID shots should give us the opportunity to post-process the image files!?... Naw, we would probably be unrecognizable.

What say you?