Why do my lips look side ways or sloppy?

My lips well to me look side ways or sloppy when I take a picture with the back camera on my iPhone or my professional camera does anyone know why?

Many many years ago I started to do "photo shoots" on my daughters. One has an adorable slightly crooked smile. One day I asked her to keep her teeth slightly clinched when she smiled… It worked and she was no longer self conscious. Camera angle and type of lens (wide angle). YOU HAVE SLOPPY SIDEWAYS LIPS LOL The iPhone has a wide angle lens, so at arm's length, it will of course distort your face

You have a $6,000 professional camera. Excellent. I would have guessed that you would know that unless you use a medium telephoto lens on your camera, mount it on a tripod and take self portraits (NOT selfies) using a remote shutter release, the wide angle focal length needed to use such a camera to take a selfie will produce a distorted image.

Here is a link to the kinds of photos your "professional" digital SLR camera can take.

Actually, my guess is that you consider All digital SLR cameras to be "professional" The cameras used by professional photographers are much more robust than entry level digital SLR cameras and cost from $2,000 for a cropped sensor camera like the Nikon D500 or Canon 7D, Mark II up to over $6,000 for a Nikon D5 or Canon 1DX

As you spend the next year or so, learning the fundamentals of photography, lighting and composition, you should begin to understand the full capabilities and limits of your current camera and lenses

Camera angle and type of lens (wide angle).

YOU HAVE SLOPPY SIDEWAYS LIPS LOL

The iPhone has a wide angle lens, so at arm's length, it will of course distort your face

You have a $6,000 professional camera. Excellent. I would have guessed that you would know that unless you use a medium telephoto lens on your camera, mount it on a tripod and take self portraits (NOT selfies) using a remote shutter release, the wide angle focal length needed to use such a camera to take a selfie will produce a distorted image.

Here is a link to the kinds of photos your "professional" digital SLR camera can take.

Actually, my guess is that you consider All digital SLR cameras to be "professional" The cameras used by professional photographers are much more robust than entry level digital SLR cameras and cost from $2,000 for a cropped sensor camera like the Nikon D500 or Canon 7D, Mark II up to over $6,000 for a Nikon D5 or Canon 1DX

As you spend the next year or so, learning the fundamentals of photography, lighting and composition, you should begin to understand the full capabilities and limits of your current camera and lenses