First, measure your wallet’s plastic sleeve with a ruler. Don’t guess. I once guessed and now I carry a 3x5 picture of my ex—which is fine, because I can’t see her face anymore, just a blurry ear. It’s almost poetic.
Second, use high-resolution images. A wallet photo is too small for a 12-megapixel image to matter, but too big for a 0.3-megapixel potato. If your photo looks like a Minecraft screenshot, please delete it. Your grandmother deserves better.
Third, consider the orientation. Vertical (portrait) is standard, but you can go horizontal if you want to show off your entire cat, its scratching post, and the neighbor’s dog in the background. Just know that people will judge you for being a horizontal-rebel.
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Here’s a jaw-dropper: the average American carries 3.2 wallet photos at any given time. That’s three photos of people they love, and 0.2 of a photo they forgot to remove after a breakup. The “.2” is always an ex’s blurry thumb.
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Another weird fact: wallet photos are the least stolen items in pickpocketing. Thieves want cash, not your Aunt Bertha in a 2003 Easter dress. If a wallet photo goes missing, it’s because it fell out when you did that dramatic credit card swipe at the bar.
Finally, the most common wallet photo size error is printing a 5x7 and trying to fold it into your back pocket. People, that’s an envelope. Stop it. Your wallet is not a storage unit for unfolded letters from 2012.
