Why do iPhone 5 front camera picture come out the opposite direction?

When I take front camera pictures they come out the opposite way as if your seeing letters in a mirror. The only way to fix it is in an app but is there any way to fix this in the actual camera app? I just want the pics to look the same way

I have iphone 4s and it also does that. God knows why. I guess there's no way to fix it. I always open the pic on my laptop in gimp and it shows a dialogue box if you want to rotate it or keep the orientation. That is what i do. Rest i do not know!