Do photos reflect what you really look like?

[Anonymous]

Yes, I think of myself as photogenic

[Anonymous]

I'm very photogenic. I have a great smile and as long as I'm facing the camera I look thinner than I am in real life. But take a pic of me unsmiling, my profile, or my back....yikes. The worst is opening my phone camera and looking down on my double chin!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i don't think i photograph well. fortunately a couple of people have confirmed this for me. my sister photographs really well and it makes me jealous!

Same!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I look much better in photos than I do in 'real' life.

People have always told me I'm photogenic, which to my ears means- you look way better in your pictures than you do when I look at you.

Me too. In ninth grade the school paper ran pics of all of the freshmen. Many upperclassmen were excited to meet me based on my photo. Many were disappointed with the real thing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No filters, no special lighting, just a plain old pic of you (taken from an iPhone or digital camera).

I've never considered myself to be photogenic, just laying that out there. I think I do a good job of maintaining myself - I get my hair/roots done every 3 weeks. I wear tasteful clothing and jewelry. I have a little botox touch up here and there. But I just saw a recent pic of myself taken by DH, and I look like holy hell. I hate my smile, my eyes look weird, my face has a strange shape. DH disagrees and thinks I look great in pics, but oh boy do I disagree and I think he's just being kind.

Perhaps I have a distorted view of myself, I don't know. Anyone else feel this way? It's to the point where I avoid having my picture taken

Who cares? You didn't draw your face yourself, you do what reasonably can be done. If pictures and aging are making you insecure, its God's fault, not yours.

[Anonymous]

I look much better in photos than I do in 'real' life.

People have always told me I'm photogenic, which to my ears means- you look way better in your pictures than you do when I look at you.

I’ve been told I photograph well too. I don’t really take it as a compliment either!

[Anonymous]

With all the Instagram, Ticktock, Facebook filters, make up, fake lashes, fake extensions, plastic surgery etc., half of the people are artificially covering their own insecurities but making other half even more insecure.

[Anonymous]

Average natural women only had to feel bad compared to genetically blessed women but now they have to feel worse due to artificially blessed women too. Being average and natural is a hurdle, with aging makes it more traumatic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope not. I look horrid in pictures and even though I’m no striking beauty I know I look better in real life.

+1
I can look in the mirror and feel ok about myself, and then have my picture taken a minute later, same pose, and look completely awful. I really don't know what the issue is, but I take *horrible* pictures.

[Anonymous]

I feel good when I look in the mirror, whether or not I'm wearing makeup. In pictures, I am just flat out unattractive, even when I've put effort into my hair and makeup or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I look much better in photos than I do in 'real' life.

People have always told me I'm photogenic, which to my ears means- you look way better in your pictures than you do when I look at you.

I’ve been told I photograph well too. I don’t really take it as a compliment either!

Same here. I also record well in audio, as well as video. People are always surprised it’s me

[Anonymous]

Sometimes. I have one angle that I like in photos and I think makes me look better than IRL. Otherwise I guess I look about like I do IRL, except there are some certain angles that make me shudder.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what it is that makes one photogenic? My sister and I are not photogenic and look much better in person but my brother can't take a bad picture. Both he and his wife look amazing in every picture and in many ways better than in person. Maybe something about symmetry or bone structure that a camera picks up on some people?

In person I would say we are all in the same range of attractiveness but in pictures, we are miles apart!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With all the Instagram, Ticktock, Facebook filters, make up, fake lashes, fake extensions, plastic surgery etc., half of the people are artificially covering their own insecurities but making other half even more insecure.

Yup. I'm generally not that insecure. The over the top reality show / Instagram style has given me moments of thinking I have no eyelashes and my lips are too thin etc.

Even just reading DCUM....I never even knew what "11s" were. Once I googled i realized I had them but never even noticed or cared before or knew it was something I was "supposed to" care about.