Passport photos can be taken at various convenient locations depending on the country and city. Common options include:
- Professional photo studios, which often provide biometric passport photos meeting official requirements. Examples are PicturePeople studios in Germany or specialized studios like Photogenika in Munich.
- Pharmacies and drugstores such as CVS, Walgreens, or dm stores have photo kiosks or services for taking and printing passport photos. They may offer quick, relatively inexpensive photos, though sometimes only printed copies without digital files are available.
- Official government citizen offices (Bürgeramt), Ausländerbehörde, or post offices often have photo kiosks or authorized photographers for passport photos, especially biometric types required for official documents.
- Photo booths at train stations or public locations can provide instant passport photos, sometimes 24/7, such as at main train stations in some cities.
- Online services and apps that allow you to take a photo with your phone, upload it, and receive professionally formatted passport photos quickly are also popular, e.g., PhotoAiD or passport-photo.online.
Therefore, the best place to take a passport photo depends on convenience, whether you need biometric or digital photos, cost, and whether you prefer in- person or online services. If in Germany, options like dm stores, Bürgeramt photo kiosks, or professional studios are widely available. In the US, pharmacies like CVS or Walgreens, post offices, and retail stores such as Walmart are common.