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I honestly think nothign can really be done about that… you’re not taking the picture.

I think maybe your too subsconscious of your appearance and maybe need to increase your confidence. Have you tried to become more confident?

What’s wrong witht the pitcures, exactly? Is it fuzzy, do you look weird, maybe it’s where you are?

Laugh about it. When it happens make it a joke. think something like im too good looking for the camera to even capture my picture.
Good Luck my friend

have you ever watched *americans next top model*

well, there are certain ways you can pose, that gives a better picture

sitting up straight for one, then just bringing your neck forward slightly

take some practice pics, good luck :)

I’m 40 years old and have never had a good photo of me taken…. it’s just one of those things…. i’m not ugly but you’d think i was if you saw a photo of me.

What exactly is so bad with the pics?

show us

When you look at a picture of yourself, it is not the same as you see in the mirror because our faces are not completely symetrical and the mirror image we see is reversed. So you look different to yourself and it seems off. If you hold up a picture of yourself to the light and look at the backside of the picture you will see yourself as you would see yourself in a mirror and it looks better because it is what you are used to seeing

try what i suggested.

noooooooo
i mean try a different pose :)

Anonymous wrote:
I’m 40 years old and have never had a good photo of me taken…. it’s just one of those things…. i’m not ugly but you’d think i was if you saw a photo of me.

im sure thats not true :)

ggffhjgfhfhfdhtfgy wrote:
something always makes me look retarted

pff, ive had a few of them in my time too :)

Honestly Mrs C if i could put my photo on here to show you what i mean you’d understand….I just don’t take a good photo…. i always look like i am in pain!

please do :)

btw im only a yr older than you, so ill show you mine if you show me yours ;)

ggffhjgfhfhfdhtfgy wrote:
EVERY SINGLE TIME

some are ok, i suppose..

i don’t know how to post a photo…. i would…. even just to show our op that he’s not the only person affected by this.

no worries :)

Anonymous wrote:
i don’t know how to post a photo…. i would…. even just to show our op that he’s not the only person affected by this.

snap i dont do uploading either :/
not very wise when it comes to computers lol!

Mrs C :) wrote:
have you ever watched *americans next top model*

well, there are certain ways you can pose, that gives a better picture

sitting up straight for one, then just bringing your neck forward slightly

take some practice pics, good luck :)

also get rid of red eye on the camera *thats a bugger*
makes you look the part for halloween lol*

Do you have a phobia about having your photo taken? I think i do… i freak out everytime i see a camera…. it’s so bad that there are no photos of my wedding day… asked everyone not to bring cameras because the thought of someone taking my photo would have freaked me out.

To make matters worse because there are very very few photos of me my parents asked two years ago for a family photo of me and my children to be taken for their christmas gift to them… my dad had suffered a heart attack and i wanted to give him what he wanted for christmas… just in case he didn’t make another one… i had to force myself to go and have my photo taken… it took me days to build up the courage and straight after the photos were taken i cried my eyes out for a solid hour… now i have to look at that photo every time i go to my parents house where they have it blown up to 20in by 18in and displayed on the wall where everyone can see…. it’s horrible.

Anonymous wrote:
Do you have a phobia about having your photo taken? I think i do… i freak out everytime i see a camera…. it’s so bad that there are no photos of my wedding day… asked everyone not to bring cameras because the thought of someone taking my photo would have freaked me out.

To make matters worse because there are very very few photos of me my parents asked two years ago for a family photo of me and my children to be taken for their christmas gift to them… my dad had suffered a heart attack and i wanted to give him what he wanted for christmas… just in case he didn’t make another one… i had to force myself to go and have my photo taken… it took me days to build up the courage and straight after the photos were taken i cried my eyes out for a solid hour… now i have to look at that photo every time i go to my parents house where they have it blown up to 20in by 18in and displayed on the wall where everyone can see…. it’s horrible.

what the eck! that is awful what is the matter with you?
do you feel the same way about your body, or is it just your facial features??

Just photos…. i’m confident enough in real life… there’s obviously bits of my body that i don’t like… i’m 40 years old and had two kids so my body has seen better days but i don’t sit thinking i want to change anything…. i wouldn’t even if i could…. i’m pretty happy with my body and my face…. i just don’t look right in photos… never look natural even if i am taken off guard and don’t know the photo was taken…. i just look weird.

Dude, just have more confidence, or avoid cameras. :L xx

Im sure your the only one who notices it too :)
thats normally the case, im like “OMFG look at my nose!!!” and everyone else is like, umm theres nothink wrong ith it…
Tis just a stupid human psychological thing embedded in our heads (: xx

ggffhjgfhfhfdhtfgy wrote:
to me its just my face, everytime my friends and i take a group picture i just look down

can i ask was you ever bullied or ridiculed as a child?

you ever heard of body dismorphia?

or something like tht…

you say you wasnt bullied,
you ever been called ugly before?

Get bitten by a vampire.

or

Become Mayan or Australian Aboriginal, your cultural/spiritual beliefs will prohibit any photographs of you being taken.

you know uglyness can come from the inside

do you feel guilty about anything?

sorry im just summising here…

trying to find a way of making you feel better about yourself :)

Photoshop.

Or, you can try to practice. Practice makes perfect. You seem to feel like theres something wrong with the picture, so identify what it is and solve it. Maybe work on smiling better etc, whatever it is you think could be good to change for you.

phobias are as real as the surface you stand on, although many do not understand them till they develope one, which by the way, is very possible.
There are a few social anxiety drugs available today, many folk prefer to stay clear of drugs, but for situations that make us terrified or feel a depth of lacking self worth, consider the alternative, suicide or a prescription and feeling happier.
if its a photo issue or leaving the house, these are based in social anxieties, they are phobias, face them head on, be strong and you will eventually overcome them.
The drugs are not taken for life in most cases.
It takes about a week to get past the funny feelings they produce as your body stablizes, then in a month you will know if it is helping you.
Tell your doctor how it makes you feel, you are in charge of how large or small the medication should become.

get a qualified camera or phone.

We are our own worst critics!

go to a professional photographer