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Im really bad. I think if I'm looking skinny on a picture , I look good. NO matter what...
But my Sister in law is what you would call obese, but believe it or not, she looks really good on picture. Actually , she looks really good regardless. She is beautiful.
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I don’t photograph well so if someone tells me I look good in a photograph I’m going to take as a compliment.
ME TOO! How many times people have looked at their photo they took of me, and said, oh no, don't worry, you don't look like that!
I don't know why I photograph so poorly. But when we do group photos, SO OFTEN, one in the group will say everyone looks great oh wait, not Clara, and flip through more photos to find one everyone looks great in.
What in the world am I doing wrong that I don't look like myself, and everyone agrees, I don't look like myself, in pics.
ME TOO! How many times people have looked at their photo they took of me, and said, oh no, don't worry, you don't look like that!
I don't know why I photograph so poorly. But when we do group photos, SO OFTEN, one in the group will say everyone looks great oh wait, not Clara, and flip through more photos to find one everyone looks great in.
What in the world am I doing wrong that I don't look like myself, and everyone agrees, I don't look like myself, in pics.
Obviously I have a stiff "photo face".
IMO, group photos are hard. It's difficult to hold a 'natural' smile for very long, and the larger the group, the harder it is to get everyone in the photo, make sure everyone shows up, make sure no heads are cut off, etc...and you're still holding that smile...that eventually starts to look like a death grimace. LOL.
Have you ever noticed 1st and 2nd grader school pictures? All the kids have these very fake smiles on their faces. It's so cute...and typical of the "smile for the camera" at that age. LOL
Yes, some people certainly do take offense when a sincere compliment is intended.
I still remember the time I saw a former co-worker after five years had passed, and she looked wonderful (new hairstyle and about a 20-pound weight loss), and I said, "Wow, Nancy, you look GREAT!" and she actually became huffy and was obviously offended, but I forgot what she said exactly. I felt bad, but what could I have then said? Should I have apologized for telling her she looked good, for cryin' out loud -- sheesh?! (I'm a woman and we were about the same age, btw, so it was definitely not a case of any kind of sexual harassment, lol.)
Just yesterday, I was texting back and forth with my youngest sister. (I have 2 sisters, and I'm the oldest.) She was saying how one time, many years ago, she was showing a friend of hers wedding pictures from when our middle sister got married.
Upon her friend seeing pictures of us...me, a bridesmaid, and the other sister (the bride) this friend says "These are your sisters? They're so different from you! They're pretty!"
That comment hurt my sister for years. But the thing is...she's super cute...but different from my other sister and I. Me and Katie have dark hair and brown eyes. My other sister is blond with green eyes.
I don't think her friend meant "Wow, you're ugly compared to your sisters!" I think the friend meant..."Your sisters are pretty...but they don't look like you." But it came out wrong.
I reminded my sister "Hey, who still has a girlish figure? You do. Who is still a natural blond? You are. Who is still cute as a button? You are.
You never see yourself in a photograph and think: "Wow, I look good in that photo!"?
I'm not the person you were addressing, but no. Maybe not never over a lifetime, but rarely have I actually liked a photo of myself. I am not terribly attractive and I do not photograph well. I look at photos of myself for acceptable/not acceptable.
If a person told me that a photo of me looked good, though, I would accept the compliment. People don't usually say anything if they think it's a bad picture of someone.
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