Mum's handy fridge hack saves her £45 on new passport images

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A mum who spent £45 on passport images only to have them rejected has shared a handy hack that finally meant that her daughter's photo was accepted by the government's online system.

And now, she is sharing her trick to help others - though it will involve having a white fridge to hand.Louise Warren, 41, was frustrated when the government's passport website repeatedly rejected snaps of her youngest daughter Lyza Beau Ellis, aged six, as a result of the lighting and shadows in her home.

In the end, several failed attempts cost the mum £45, Lancs Live reports.At her wits end, it was then that Louise remembered her old, white fridge was on the street ready to be collected, so she rushed her child outside.A hilarious image, shot at 8.45am on Monday, shows the school girl kneeling on the pavement, frowning at Louise as she took the photo with a perfectly white background.Relieved Louise instantly saw that the image was rated 'good' by the passport portal and was accepted immediately, so was able to rush Lyza Beau and sister Lola Blu Ellis, eight, to school 'just before the gates shut'.The hilarious post has been shared more than 4,000 times, with users hailing the improvised photo shoot 'genius', while some mums even claimed they'd give it a go themselves.Ahead of their summer holiday to Egypt, the mum-of-three was rushing to renew Lyza Beau, Lola Blu and 18-year-old Lilybelle Welch's passports but wanted to dodge the £45 cost and time it would take to use a photo booth.

Luckily her other kids' photos were accepted before their old fridge was needed, but she jokes she could 'put the photo booth industry out of business' if her 'hack' catches on.