Why does my face look fat/rounder in pictures?

Whenever someone takes a picture of me with either a cellphone camera or regular digital camera I look awful! My face looks thinner in all mirrors I look in to. My mom has a picture of me with my face looking horribly round and huge. It was taken with an iPhone camera. So I don't know if it's the camera or if its me. Pictures make me feel insecure. A lot of times I see pictures of myself I feel like I'm looking at a different person!

Its just the way light hits the face! Mirror is your best friend, iphone camera sucks it makes my face crooked which i hate, and it looks gross.

It's all about the angle. Find the angle that works best for you and keep it in mind when taking pictures: D

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