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Question: I hate taking pictures!. Im not photogenic at all!. Everytime i see a picture of myself I!?
always think it is a ugly picture and often wonder if i really look this fat and ugly!. DO you guys know why this is!?!?!?do you have this problem with being photographed!?!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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as a photographer, I have thought a lot about this!. almost everyone feels the way you described!. but its not because you are fat or ugly, it is because you FEEL that way about yourself, and you don't like being reminded!.

when your friends see photos of you they think "thats the person we know and love" they don't see all the flaws that you do, they see you, for who you are!.

when a photographer sees you (and everyone is photogenic even if they don't want to believe it) they see something else entirely!. even if a person is not what people will call attractive, does not mean that the photos that are taken of them are not beautiful imagesWww@QuestionHome@Com

You are self-conscious!. Everyone is when they look at photos of themselves, even professional models (who you would consider 'hot' or pretty) can look at their photos and think they're fat or ugly!.

I dont know why you posted this in the 'Photography' section though!? Perhaps better off putting this question in the "Other Health" or "Other Beauty and Style" sections!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes I totally relate to this, but I've realised that being uncomfortable while being photographed will always result in a bad picture!. So I've found my best angle, head very slightly turned to the right, chin slightly up and I try and think nice friendly thoughts about the person taking the photo!. It works most of the time!Www@QuestionHome@Com

i have share most of the situation with you!.
i wont let people photograph me!.
for some reason, i wont take a picture if i cant go through and delete the bad ones!.
so usually i don't let my friends take pictures with me!.
but u could try getting a nicer camera!.
or u could always play around a little bit with photoshop :D
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Yes i do, but i realized that its got alot to do with the camera, the flash can make me look soooo bad its unbelievable, i bet if you got some professional photos done, or even someone with a descent knowledge of photography they will look much betterWww@QuestionHome@Com

i most certainly do feel like that, but the only thing you can do is just deal with it!. sometimes i take a decent one, but it's pretty rare!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

people always judge themselves harsher and more closely than they would with anyone else in a picture!. people usually see the negative things in their pictures over the positive things!. just a little thing i picked upWww@QuestionHome@Com