Why do I look bad in pictures?
I look good when I'm on camera and haven't taken the photo yet but when I take the photo I look ugly in it like the photo has bad quality and it makes me feel insecure of myself. I use an iphone 4s to take the pictures by the way.
Added (1). How can I fix this
If you are shooting selfies, then the problem can lie in two places. 1) you are using a wide angle lens which distorts your face and 2) the lighting you are choosing is not conclusive to producing a pleasing shot of you. There's NO fix for the wide angle lens, but you can make sure that the light falling on your face is complimentary.
You will need to set up a key and a fill light to light your face. You will have to have a friend take a shot of you with the camera further away than at your arms length
The best possible shots of you would be if a photographer did the following.
* light you and your face with a key, fill and rim light
* use a medium telephoto lens
* direct you into complimentary poses.
A few things can make you look bad.
A selfie is the worst way to take your picture since the camera to subject distance is too close. This creates perspective distortion and makes facial features look weird. You need to have your camera-subject distance at least 5 feet away. The best thing to do is not take pictures of yourself holding the camera at arms length unless you want the typcial dog-face gag photo (these types of shots are fun for parties).
Another thing is lighting. Most people take pictures in horrible lighting which accentuates zits & wrinkles, and in some cases, makes them look fatter.
It's NOT so much that you look "bad" but moreso that you've had a lifetime of looking into a mirror, looking at a reverse image of yourself. Try this. Stand in front of a mirror and hold up a newspaper… And try to read it. You'll find the letters appear backwards. That's the image you've grown accustomed to seeing, a reversed image of yourself in mirrors.
If your taking a selfie, the photo usually flips around. The camera thinks this is a way to show you what you look like if you had taken a photo using the back camera instead of the front facing camera. But all its ever done for me is make me look bad too.
You're not used to what you look like in a picture
You need longer arms.
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