I absolutely don’t like taking pictures.

I’m exactly like this. I hate pictures of myself. Even if other people say I look good, I can’t get behind it in my mind.

Same!! I really don't like taking pictures. If I do have to, like in a group pic, I prefer not to look at the pic afterwards cause it'll make me feel bad. I look better in a mirror and in my head and I like to keep it that way, regardless of what I truly look like. I like to think it's always subjective, and everyone will perceive me a bit differently, so I'll stick to what's in my mind.

I am not photogenic at all. I hate having my picture taken, also. And I’m not an ugly person. I just look awful in photos.

i always hate pictures of myself initially but after enough time passes i can appreciate those same photos.

Yup. There are very few photos of me I actually look the way I actually look. I look aweful in most pictures. Because of that I am always nervous about taking them.

OMG, this is me exactly!! I HATED pics and videos. Hated them. If not want to see pics afterwards, I couldn't believe I looked like that, I hated the way I looked, I'd get embarrassed and even feel humiliated sometimes when I had to see myself. It was AWFUL.

honestly same lol my friends always want to document every single moment and I'm just standing there like... can we just exist for a second. I have like 3 photos from my entire senior year and honestly zero regrets

I just take so many with a lot of different angles and delete the ugly ones

Taking good portraits requires appropriate camera lens size and distance. Phone cameras use wide angle lenses; those cause distortion that makes noses look larger or faces wider than reality. Get some professional portraits together, you'll look stunning!

I don't like myself in pictures either. And another thing, I see pics of myself from years ago and wish I was still as "fat" then. How we beat ourselves up, eh?

Same! Some people are just more photogenic than others. I don’t think I look good in photos at all, and it’s even more disappointing when I’ve looked in the mirror that day and thought, “Hey, I look good today.” The opposite can also be true. I have a family member who isn’t the most attractive in person but who always looks absolutely beautiful in photos.

this is a really indepth take on the subject that rings true for me https://youtu.be/lhUBbnsqlU8?si=1wtYZuEBP_XPcpZC

I also hate pics of myself. But I realized that my family does not care what I look like in pictures. They just love me and cherish memories. So now I get in the picture regardless of whether I look like a homeless ugly fat person.

Same. I have very high cheekbones and overall chiseled features. Like that episode of ‘Seinfeld’… in the perfect light…I look incredible. In shadows not so much. I hate pictures of myself unless I’m in a costume.

Me. Super unphotogenic. I have a crooked nose and it looks ten times worse in pictures. I can look so different on the same day in different lighting/angles because of it. I dread having my picture taken. It’s funny because I have a friend who I thought might edit her pics a little because she looks different in them but I’ve been with her when she snapped a pic and then immediately sent to the group - so now I have hope that I too look like a different person IRL vs pictures lol

Same. I can feel completely fine in person and then somehow every photo turns into a DMV picture with better lighting.

i honestly feel like literally everyone looks better in person, pictures just can’t capture all the angles and shadows of someone’s face. obviously ppl can know their good angles when taking pics n stuff but overall i’ve never thought someone is less beautiful in person

Me! I was pretty photogenic as a kid, but as a teen and adult—nope. The only way I look good is if there’s a professional photographer taking my picture or it’s a candid shot that I’m not expecting, and I’m smiling. Even then sometimes it’s not great. It can help somewhat to reverse the photo (like on an iPhone) so that you’re seeing yourself as you would in a mirror.

Same, same, same. I’m a nature photographer, so I’ll snap pics of nature without question. But when it comes to my own picture, I’d rather gargle nails than have it taken. I look terrible on camera. 😭

Wait if they say you do look like your photos then is it the case you’re not photogenic? Or is it your brain sees your image in a mirror as different than how you look in photos? Do people agree you look better in real life than your photo? Maybe it’s like hearing our own voice recording. Most of us don’t like it because it’s not familiar to us (but it is how we sound).

Been like that for a good long time. I'm not a fan of seeing myself in a photo as an adult. As a child you'd see nothing but a grin from ear to ear

I hate selfies with a passion. But videos and photos from a few feet away and I feel much better about myself lol. I didn't take pictures for a few years because I can't stand looking at selfies of myself

You all should see my recent passport photo. It’s truly bad. I cannot do photos. One eye closes or I get caught with my mouth open, or something. I hope I don’t look as bad as it seems, but I suppose I do.

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If I'm asked to smile it looks awful, but my smile and face look good in candid photos. When I was a teenager and my drivers license photo came out well, even my first one in my twenties, but it has all been downhill since then. They look like mugshots

I look like a drunk old man. I get the old part.

I don’t mind taking pictures of myself, I think I look pretty good in my selfies. This isn’t just about “knowing my good angles”, I don’t think I’m ugly, like at all really. BUT, I HATE when other people take pictures of me. I don’t think I’m very photogenic (when other people take pictures of me) and it’s so odd. I will say on social media apps like Instagram, where I obviously post the best pictures of myself, I have been told I look just like my pictures in real life. So idk what it is! But I think I look SO bad in photos and videos, specifically iPhone back cameras

My whole family agreed (and not in a mean way) that I’m not photogenic. When I turned 21 I decided to have some professional pictures taken, hoping maybe a real photographer might succeed. Actually, out of a wagonload of shots, I got two I really liked.

I feel exactly the same way. I didn’t realize it until my sister started a scrapbooking project, and she mentioned she didn’t have many pictures of me. I searched through my belongings and realized I don’t have many pictures of myself either 😅.

I don't either. I'm considered very good looking and I think so too, but taking a picture is so stressful, it's so easy to come out way uglier than you really are

Same for me

My wife hated taking pictures. But after learning how to pose, she now loves it. Sometimes it's enough to change your mind.

Yeah, it's hard. I dislike attention and posing in public. I love and treasure photos of people I care about, especially with them, though. (One already passed away before I could muster up the courage to ask if we could take a photo together.) Sometimes I model for stylists/friends, which makes me suck it up. After so many years it's starting to be like whatever, no big deal, snap the dang thing and let's move on.

I’ve always run away from the camera.

Omg me neither! When I look at myself in pictures, I’m like there’s no way I can be this ugly irl?!!

I can relate to this more than I want to admit.

I'm the opposite. I made a living off being photographs for awhile and I hate the way I look in photographs. I'm told I'm very photogenic, but I dont believe it.

I don’t photograph well either - my sympathies.

I am average on a good day and look horrible in pictures.

I don't like taking picture either. I find it pretty boring. But nobody are "not photogenic". **Being taking in pictures can be learned.** You have to try many different positions, many different angles of the camera. Try some shot while you are walking... At first: \- Don't take only one shot and look the result. \- Rather look take a series of short without looking \- in each short try some tiny variations \- and change the positions \- Don't overthink, just take the picture Then look the series. It will not be perfect for sure. But maybe there is one in the series that can randomly look cool Make another series based on the picture you liked the most. Add only some subtle variations. And continue iterating until you are satisfied. Then memories the position, the camera angle, the facial expression.... Congratulations, you now have one perfect position when someone take a picture of you. The more you do this the more you can be "photogenic" and be like instagramers that look good in only one shot

I have a lazy eyelid, inherited from my father. You can’t see it in person but it shows up in photos. I embrace it now. My Dad left when I was young and didn’t really have much contact. It’s something of him and a connection to my ancestors that can never be held back from me or taken away.

I have a friend who is the opposite. Very average in real life. Looks great in pictures. I hate the way I sound. When I hear my voice mail message, I always ask, do I really sound like that? People just look at me funny so I guess I do sound like that....

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my friend like this too. she looks really good in rl, but she hates photos cs she's not phtogenic.

Selfies are often terrible. Not saying you’re asking about selfies, but just in case.

I hated photos my whole life and then my grandpa died and we realized we barely had any pictures of him from the last 10 years. Now I let people take pictures of me even when I hate it because someone might want that photo someday. Not trying to guilt you or anything, just changed my perspective on it.

I have like three photos of myself from the last five years and two of them are accidental. My friends get annoyed because I'm never in any group photos but I just forget to care in the moment. Someone will say "let's take a picture" and my brain immediately checks out. The weird part is I don't hate how I look, I just don't have the instinct to document anything. I'll be somewhere beautiful and think "I should take a photo" and then just... not.

I'm not sure if I look better in person, but I absolutely Hate having my photo taken, by anyone!

Yes and I can’t stand being around with people who feel the need to always take pictures. When I don’t want to be in a photo, I worry it seems like I’m being a party pooper or weird because I don’t wanna be in it. I also don’t like taking photos because I’m a private person and I don’t know where the photos will end up. Like a friend could post it on IG or something and I just don’t wanna be on the internet like that. I have a friend who used to discreetly take vids and pics when we were out because they liked to document their lives for social media. They would take a lot of off guard photos and vids of their friends. I would get online and see myself in her pics and vids and be mortified. Like if I knew you were taking pics I would have at least tried to get ready for the pic. 🙄

My brother absolutely hated getting his picture taken. He refused school photos past junior high. I got a very rare pic with him once in a while. He passed away when he was 22, and I wish I had pictures of him. So anytime I see people saying they don't like getting their picture taken, I usually say to do it for your loved ones at least to look back on someday. Even just for nostalgia reasons.

Me either. I suck at it.

I avoid taking/being in pictures whenever I can because they rarely turn out right. Even when I take selfies sometimes, it looks good beforehand and then when I take the picture, it doesn’t look like what I saw. So frustrating.

I'm so much the same! Video somehow seems even worse. I'll video chat with some far-flung friends once in awhile and they just look so great on camera! Then there's me, the fat potato no matter the camera angle. They love me anyway, but I hate it so much.

I feel the same way! However one thing that has helped me in a way is train my husband to take better photos and also pay for family photos from a really good photographer every year. Those established (sometimes pricy) photographers know what they’re doing and will make you look good!

I hate pictures of myself! I remember in college, my bf at the time grabbed my phone to look something up and I PANICKED and he thought I was cheating. I just didn't want him to see the literal 500 pics I had to take of myself in almost the exact same pose to get 1 or 2 good pics. I'm snatching my phone back from him and frantically deleting things lmao I WANT pictures of myself, because I don't want to forget these times and I want to also be present in them to look back on one day, but goddamn do I look haggard.

I take stink pics. Blink frown fart close my eyes no idea why my family insist