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Question: !.!.!.!. what is this!? Serious question!?
I have a friend who has a very odd problem!.
Whenever someone takes a photo of him, he literally looks very different!. Something always happens!.

For example, his face may end up appearing smudged and distorted (On a digital camera!?!?), or his eyes will appear very different, or his facial features will just, very simply, appear completely different!. In other photos, it looks like there's a shadow partially obscuring his face!.

I'm not some cheesy sci-fi horror fanboy, but it's a very odd problem!.
Other people have commented on his photos too!.

Any opinions!?
Is this some kind of weird photographic phenomena inherent to certain face shapes!?
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I don't know about supernatural, however, I do know about people and portraits!. As a professional, in all my years of doing portraits, if a person comes up to me before the portrait is taken and states: "I never take a good picture", or "All my pictures are horrible", well guess what!? They just ruined their own portrait for themselves!. They unintentionally screw up their face, or give a bad expression, or even turn their faces so that the light will not work in their portrait!. It is more of a mental thing than a supernatural thing!. I always have to work with these people to get their minds off of this disability they inflicted on themselves, and when that happens, a great portrait they have!. But you know what!? Some still look at the portrait and eventhough it is perfection, they still have that mindset and do not like it!. These people usually become teachers or administrators!. --no really!.
All in all it is in a subconscience level they ruin it for themselves!.
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I would tend to say that he is either moving his face in some way, or making some sort of different expression as photos are taken!. These could be "microexpressions" - brief, involuntary facial expressions that are very fleeting!.

I'd love to see some of the images, though!. It would be interesting to see if there was anything that couldn't be explained by photographers!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Without an image to look at, everything is pure speculation!. There really isn't anyway to go from your verbal description to any kind of an explanation!.

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He watched that video didn't he!?
HE WATCHED THAT VIDEO!.
HE WILL DIE IN SEVEN DAYS!!!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

He must be a vampire !Www@QuestionHome@Com