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Re:UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned... by mschuster91 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @02:49AM (#24716533)
> I always thought that it's just harder to extract facial features from an objectively darker image.

Amateur photographer here. The key thing is to ask why the image of PoC is "objectively darker", and the answer to that is because exposure meters/auto programs in cameras are calibrated for correctly exposing white people.

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Re:UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned... by verroq on Thursday October 08, 2020 @02:54AM (#24716575)
Um no? For more colour correction, you can use the vectorscope to target the universal skin tone line which fixes contrast for all skin tones.
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Re:UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned... by mschuster91 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @02:56AM (#24716589)
I'm talking about these "photo booths". A professional photographer of course can do a color correction in Photoshop, but there is no human involved in these.
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