“Okay,” he whispered. “Step one: find good light.”
Click.
He started the only way he knew how: trial and error.
From then on, whenever a friend asked, “How do you take pictures on an HP laptop?” Leo would smile and say, “Open the Camera app. Find the light. And don’t forget to breathe.”
The second photo was different. His shoulders were relaxed. His eyes had a spark. It wasn’t a great photo—the lighting was still a little flat, and the background was his messy bookshelf—but it was him .
He noticed a small icon on the screen that looked like a gear. He clicked it. A panel slid open. Photo ratio: 16:9. Save to: This PC > Pictures > Camera Roll. He changed the ratio to 4:3, the standard for ID photos.
“Fine,” he muttered. “I’ll do it myself.”