Do pictures make you look bigger than you actually are?

I saw a picture of me n i looks so fat n short. Are pictures what you actually look like?

Added (1). the pictures were taken with an iphone

Iphone = wide angle lens

Wide angle lens + being too close to the subject = perspective distortion

Perspective distortion on human faces/bodies can make them look round and fat, or squished, or even stretched.

IPhones have wide angle lenses. Even a 6 foot 120 pound person could look heavy when shot with a wide angle lens.

Have your friend back off about six feet or more and then take a shot of you. You should look 10 pounds lighter.

If you are taking a selfie, then you need something like an XShot extender.

http://xshot.com/products/xshot-2

No pictures capture what you actually look like, unless edited by a filter on your iPhone.

No pictures

I don't think so. Because we also consider light factor.

maybe its because of the light refraction. When it go through a medium, light is bent. And what was originally straight, will be curved.