Aibu to think I must be uglier than I thought

[MummyCool19]

Why is it when I take selfies, look in a mirror, take selfies with other people etc I look so different to when someone takes a picture/using rear camera?! But everyone says I look more like the selfie etc than the picture someone has took in real life? I look awful on pictures 😩 I’m getting married in 7 weeks and I’m absolutely terrified of looking at the pictures because I feel like it doesn’t look anything like me!

Aibu to think maybe I’m kidding myself and I’m actually mega ugly?!

Anyone else find this?

I’m ugly in selfies and regular photos and real life.
This is why it makes me sad when people moan about snap chat filters. I would literally have no pictures of me and DD if it wasn’t for filters.
I have ugly features that can’t be helped with losing weight etc and recurrent coldsores and adult acne so I always look rough.
OP you will look gorgeous on your wedding day because you will be radiant. I’ve never seen a bride look any less than gorgeous.

Haha I know this one OP. I know I look good in real life but I am not at all photogenic and look awful in photos. On the flip side some pain people photograph very well. That goes for a lot of models.
If you look in a mirror and look good then you look good in real life.

Cameras are utter bastards. Just get your wedding photos tweaked a bit if you aren't particularly photogenic.

I remember when I was OLD 10+ years ago... it was a couple of years before iPhones etc became really popular. I used my digital point and shoot camera to try and take a decent profile pic. I took hundreds and I looked like a complete troll in all but 2 of them. One of those was slightly blurry, so I picked the other one. The pic was slightly over-exposed, so I looked radiant and glowy. It seems like there's a miniscule angle of capturing my facial pose in which I look some semblance of decent. I can't understand it, but it seems to be a thing, going by other threads on MN on the same topic . Anyway, I got deluged by offers of a shag and met my DH

There are little hacks you can do to look good in selfies, such as flipping the picture to its mirror image, so it's like what you see when you look in the mirror, sticking your chin slightly forwards, taking the pic slightly from above... maybe look out some youtube videos.

I ended up looking lovely in my wedding photos. Not gorgeous, but I didn't see at all the perceived troll-ness I feel about my face when I'm in standard pictures with friends/selfies etc. Get a good photographer and try to arrange a test shot session with them, so they get to know your best angles and expressions.

Its actually okay to be ugly. Some people are....in fact half of all people are less attractive than average.

I would suggest making peace with it and cracking on with living you life to the max!

Taking a good photo is quite skilled its a bit od an art from as well . Any idiot can take a phone camera snap but getting it to look good is a lot more diffcuit.

I take it you might have heard people say he/she looks much better than the photos?.

You will almost never hear it the other way round;!