Trump's mug shot

[catherine]

I think the only purpose of a mugshot for one of the most photographed persons in the world is to make a statement and perhaps rub someone's nose in it. .

That's what Jake Tapper was saying, and I agree. As happy as I am that he's being held accountable, I'm not sure that mugshot was necessary.

[LDAHL]

That's what Jake Tapper was saying, and I agree. As happy as I am that he's being held accountable, I'm not sure that mugshot was necessary.

There’s a big market for schadenfreude.

[catherine]

There’s a big market for schadenfreude.

People underestimate how easily Trump will be able to use it to his advantage.

[catherine]

And to my point:

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[iris lilies]

And to my point:

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Exactly. I’m surprised they let him get away with that face. I suppose when one little police department technician is photographing the former President of the United States, he can’t really tell the President to relax his face and “act normal “. For anyone who thinks The Donald didn't know exactly what he was doing, I have a bridge to sell you.

For all of the Robs in the world who are all atwitter about The Donald Face, there are anti-Robs ALSO atwitter about The Face. It all works on the rachet gear of publicity for our former President.

[bae]

Exactly. I’m surprised they let him get away with that face. I suppose when one little police department technician is photographing ....

I'm surprised at the horrible lighting used. It's not all that hard to do it correctly.

Five seconds spent in Lightroom properly bringing up the shadows and balancing the highlights provides a much more usable image even from that, but still, you'd think the photographing station would have correct lighting. I take more care when taking a photo of my cup of coffee.

On edit: a moment with Google reveals lots of offical "best practices" for taking mugshots from various state/local agencies, and indeed, it's not rocket science...

[Portuguese John Here]

The US is an entertainment industry, otherwise, the mugshot wouldn't even be public.

Let's now talk about non-important divisive stuff for the next week or so.

[jp1]

If governmental entities are going to worry about photo quality one would think they might start with drivers' licenses since far more people have pictures taken for that than for mug shots.

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[Alan]

If governmental entities are going to worry about photo quality one would think they might start with drivers' licenses since far more people have pictures taken for that than for mug shots.

Truth! I renewed my drivers license during covid lockdown and for the first time ever wasn't allowed to wait the few minutes at the DMV and take my new license home with me. Had to leave with the promise I would receive it in the mail. What I got a week or so later was a license with a black & white, highly pixelated photo. I hardly recognized myself.

[iris lilies]

If you people think you’re going to trick me into showing you my drivers license picture, do you have another think coming! Haha.