How photogenic are you?

[OneBadMother]

This is an interesting question, because I've noticed that extroverts tend to be more photogenic than introverts. Are you guys particularly photogenic? Do you agree or disagree with this hypothesis? If you agree, can you think up any reason why? :P

[bikerscars]

i rarely look good in pictures...

it is because i have a rather large nose and asymmetrical face and find it unnatural to pose and smile for pictures...

however pictures of me in action seem to turn out much better...

i think my unease expresses itself in facial features and body language that the camera freezes in time

[rasoirviolon]

When I was younger I was consistently scolded for appearing "unhappy" in photos. People would question my mum if I was afflicted with a major depressive disorder since I couldn't (probably still can't) smile naturally. I've been told you can "practise" a smile... but that seems to be odd to me since smiling should be something intuitive.

The photos that people usually see of me are ones that portray me neck-down and from their perspective, I don't look bad at all.

[Rei]

I'm guessing extroverts are better at showing things physically.

I've gotten better at being photogenic. Literally, I got better; I started to pay attention to how to smile and stuff so I stopped looking like I was plotting something or angry with something.

But still, when I take serious pictures (like for ID's and Grad photos) I look evil. :-[

[deicruxified]

Are you guys particularly photogenic? Do you agree or disagree with this hypothesis? If you agree, can you think up any reason why? :P
lol... i think thsi question would be answered best if we all post our pictures :P hehehe

[rwyatt365]

Me, I wouldn't say that I was particularly photogenic. I'd categorize my look as "unremarkable".

lol... i think thsi question would be answered best if we all post our pictures *:P hehehe

Post pictures! EEEK! :scared: ("...look away, I'm hideous...")

[Rei]

lol... i think thsi question would be answered best if we all post our pictures *:P hehehe

LOL!
I agree, but I'm not doing it. [smiley=blank.gif]

[rasoirviolon]

umm so does this mean i'm the only one that's posted a photo of myself? *points to display picture/avatar (whatever you label it by)*

[Rei]

umm so does this mean i'm the only one that's posted a photo of myself? *points to display picture/avatar (whatever you label it by)*
I did before... I just like the batman picture more :P

[Firelie]

umm so does this mean i'm the only one that's posted a photo of myself? *points to display picture/avatar (whatever you label it by)*

Yeah, but...your picture's hot.

I had my picture in my avatar, but I got bored of it after a week and changed to this one.

Oh, and I'm fairly photogenic.

[Tarrick]

umm so does this mean i'm the only one that's posted a photo of myself? *points to display picture/avatar (whatever you label it by)*

Nope. I'm me in my avatar.

[TeleportThis]

When I was less than about six I was extremely photogenic. I was exceptionally cute, even for a little kid and I liked having my picture taken. That went away the older I got and I forgot how to fake smile. I taught myself again in high school.

[rwyatt365]

umm so does this mean i'm the only one that's posted a photo of myself? *points to display picture/avatar (whatever you label it by)*

No, you're just one of the brave ones. I've got a picture of me and my car (BTW, that's my car), but it looks better than I do :-/

[Jbmontag]

I take terrible pictures, and usually hate having my picture taken by anyone. That is me in my avatar.

[Guido]

I'm guessing extroverts are better at showing things physically.

I've gotten better at being photogenic. Literally, I got better; I started to pay attention to how to smile and stuff so I stopped looking like I was plotting something or angry with something.

I generally looked pretty bad in pictures until one day I memorized how not to be. It's reflex now and I don't even think about it. I'm apparently very photogenic o.0

[Jack]

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That's as close as you'll get, for a pic of me!

[Rei]

I generally looked pretty bad in pictures until one day I memorized how not to be. It's reflex now and I don't even think about it. I'm apparently very photogenic o.0


Well the problem with that is when you're caught in a photo unawares.

[deicruxified]

i look good on black and white photos lol... i consider myself a camwhore

[Jezebel]

I absolutely hate posing for pictures. I usually end up making weird faces in most of my pictures because I feel so awkward.



i consider myself a camwhore
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[Javenne]

It depends from what angle you take the photo. Since i have a large forehead and a long chin, I'll look disastrous from angles showing those parts of me. Other than that I look... okay (in a scale of 1-10 it's about 7)

[Rei]

i look good on black and white photos lol... i consider myself a camwhore

If anyone wants to call me a camwhore... the only reason would be because it takes too many tries to get a good picture :thumbsdown:

[deicruxified]

that's why i bought an extra 1gb xd card lol... neway... i also agree with Javenne. it also depends on the angle. when my mom forced (and bribed) me to enroll in a modeling school (she was hoping my boyish gestures would magically disappear like pimples but they never succeeded!!!!) we were taught to figure our what our best look/profile would be in different camera angles. i figured out i look best when i don't smile although some people would think otherwise... i think beauty is relative anyway

[wolf]

I take terrible pictures, and usually hate having my picture taken by anyone.
Same here.

[Rei]

I've just been going through my pictures (for that other thread... *curses Jezebel for starting it*) And I realized I look really different at different angles... It could probably make the difference b/w 10 years in age. :thinking:

[Jezebel]

I've just been going through my pictures (for that other thread... *curses Jezebel for starting it*) And I realized I look really different at different angles... It could probably make the difference b/w 10 years in age. :thinking:
I also look very different from different angles. I hate it because I can't get a good idea of what I look like. I'm always told I look young for my age regardless, though.

[Rei]

If that was a real picture of you...
then yeah you do.

I've gotten fairly good at looking the way I want for whatever situation... other than ID photos...
One can never be prepared for those....

[wolf]

I, too, look different in every picture. Only mirrors seem to give me a fair idea of how I look, and they're, well, backwards...

I try to always take them from my less-ugly side.

[Rei]

I, too, look different in every picture. Only mirrors seem to give me a fair idea of how I look, and they're, well, backwards...

I try to always take them from my less-ugly side.

Stop bashing yourself... you're starting to make me feel like I'm ridiculously vain.

[Guido]

Well the problem with that is when you're caught in a photo unawares.

I destroy those :D!

If I'm caught unaware, I look pretty bad. Luckily, I'm very aware of my surroundings, and it's next to impossible for people to catch me off guard with cameras.

Except when I'm intoxicated... those always produce 'interesting' pictures.

[Rei]

I destroy those :D!

If I'm caught unaware, I look pretty bad. Luckily, I'm very aware of my surroundings, and it's next to impossible for people to catch me off guard with cameras.

Except when I'm intoxicated... those always produce 'interesting' pictures.
Unfortunately I couldn't say the same. Though most of my friends know better than to sneak pictures of me. :thumbsup:

Intoxicated pictures... ah... don't even start :-X

[iamnotspock]

NOT! (Big nose, narrow face, pale skin, egghead)

[deicruxified]

my perfectionist side kicks in when choosing pics... out of a hundred shots i get i only end up choosing 3 or 4... so my mom's pissed off when she's shots pics of me for an id picture.

[Rei]

my perfectionist side kicks in when choosing pics... out of a hundred shots i get i only end up choosing 3 or 4... so my mom's pissed off when she's shots pics of me for an id picture.

That and I change my DP's constantly because once I have a new one, the old one looks... less than perfect.

[INTJoe]

I have always been photogenic.

[generalowk]

I can take a good picture once in awhile, but I'm generally not photogenic, nor do I like having my picture taken.

[Iannus Quirinus]

I'm not photogenic, though I think my looks are rather ok. In most of my pictures I end up looking either too serious, or with a weird smile, something like this [smiley=wacky.gif].

I hate the ankward feeling when taking a picture.
I hate it when I'm forced to simle and I have to fake it [smiley=alien.gif] - and faking = bad, so any of my tries to look smiling/happy come out worse than not smiling.
I've been trying to anchor some of my feelings for proper use when taking a photo, but I've mostly failed.

I guess our serious nature makes us smile less and be socially inept, so our external body language is pretty bad - hence bad photos.

I think I'm gonna do less of those fake things in the future.

PS: My First post yay! xD

[catd]

I photograph better than I look

[Thucydides]

I've been told you can "practise" a smile.

Does anyone else here find this idea particularly enraging? Why on Earth should I do this? For whose benefit?

As for the question at hand, I'm not embarrassed to say I'm quite handsome, although I sometimes look depressed or otherwise inanimate in pictures.

[iuniperus]

I'm not particulary photogenic, but it could be that I'm just a perfectionist and am especially critical of my photographs. This doesn't mean I don't think I'm good looking though, just that I take some damn unflattering photographs.

[44sunsets]

When I was younger I was consistently scolded for appearing "unhappy" in photos. People would question my mum if I was afflicted with a major depressive disorder since I couldn't (probably still can't) smile naturally. I've been told you can "practise" a smile... but that seems to be odd to me since smiling should be something intuitive.

I still find it hard to smile in photos without looking strange and unnatural (I guess my crooked smile doesn't help things). I dunno, I just can't smile genuinely on command. It definitely helps if the photographer can joke around and get everyone in the laughing mood.

[Vertigo]

It's possible for me to take good pictures, but 99% of the pictures I look like crud, and I wonder, do I look like that all the time hehe

[Airfire]

Never have, never will be a photogenic person. I hate having photographs taken of me, and what's worse is if I have to look at them myself. I have the serial killer-look going on the vast majority of the time (refer to my Members Photos vol. 3 post for proof). I cannot do anything about it, for that is what I outwardly project when I am in a good or thinking mood; if I do smile (which is often), it always has a sly appearance to it anyways. Suffice to say, I am still happy with myself :)

[Latte]

I'm a lousy target for the camera =\

I recently decided to mostly just go with a blank facial expression. Whenever I make a face I botcher it.

Someone has to "shoot me in the wild" for it to look somewhat natural =p

[sriv]

If I'm in a patient mood, I'll conform a bit.

[changos]

I've been told I always look angry at pictures (I'm very serious). I started smiling more and more (and playing) to appear different on pictures and I've been told I look fine., but is not my natural reaction to pictures.

sometimes I feel like I'm kindly smiling but people don't agree. I guess my perception of my muscles movement is quite unbalanced.

[replicant]

I avoid taking pictures unless I take them myself and then they have to be from shoulders up. I feel awkward about my looks.

If people take pictures of me, I usually end up looking weird because I don't like to smile when I am not feeling it. I am usually a very calm, content person so I usually don't smile especially when I am asked to.

[Genuine]

I can look good if I really wanted to. :)
Of course I would have to:
Put plenty of chemicals (makeup) on my face, rearrange my hair, get plastic surgery, use photo shop etc, etc.

I would have to admit this is too much work...
So that's a no.

[PHS Philip]

I look absolutely awful in pictures. I've never been able to fake a smile, and I usually don't want to waste time to stop and have my picture taken, so I'm not naturally smiling. The only good pictures of me are when I'm doing something and not made to look at the camera or stop what I'm doing.

[Double Victory]

I agree that extroverts typically look better in photos. Another reason is that, at least comparing all the introverts and extroverts I know, extroverts tend to wear a lot more makeup--and believe it or not, that makes a HUGE difference in pictures. Without makeup in pictures, my face looks a thousand years old and stoned, but with it, my face looks "normal."

I don't have a big problem with fake smiles. I just crinkle up my eyes a little bit and it looks close enough to a real smile. My problem with being not photogenic is just that in general I don't look that great.

[PRBori]

I hate pictures... can't stand them at all. I'm not too fotogenic...

[SongofSeptember]

I am probably the least photogenic person you'll ever find. I'm serious. In fact, two weeks ago, out of curiosity, I found my camera and went to the bathroom mirror.

I looked into the mirror. I looked normal.

I held up the camera in front of me, and on the display was a different person, about three times as ugly.

I looked back into the mirror. Normal.

Camera. Ugly.

Exasperated, I turned off the camera.

Now that I think about it, it may have been because I was holding the camera fairly close to the object (my face), which causes distortion. But the thing is, when I look into the camera, all the bad features of my face are highlighted, like any hair that sticks out or whatever. It also makes my skin a pasty color.

I'm totally unphotogenic.

[Antares]

lol. I think I look normal most of the time, but you won't believe how hard it is to actually make me look normal in a camera. Really. I have to take my picture multiple times.

[nonentropic]

what is photogenic? i tend to find infp woman very attractive in physical beauty often. i see introverts, including myself (i would likely be considerd and extro if i had more in common with others...but, i do not) as desiring distance from others because "we"/many intros are too different in valuations, beliefs, and more form "social norms". i stand by this.

[AutisticCuckoo]

The only way I'd be photogenic would be with the help of some serious work in Photoshop or The GIMP. :rolleyes:

[SerialPsychosis]

I prefer being behind the camera as opposed to in front of it. To be honest I'm not really into the idea of taking pictures of people, but a course I took last semester got me more comfortable in that aspect. Self portraits however... were just bad.

[aude]

I hate my picture being taken. I have only 12-14 pictures of me as a youth and maybe 2 as a adult. Broke a few friends cameras, just cause the took my picture :)

[darkkodiak]

Hmm... in most cases I don't consider myself photogenic. I guess the only time I am photogenic is when I'm playing sports, for some odd reason I look really good in sporting gear and in action hehe.

[Beery Swine]

I actually think I tend to the more photogenic side of the spectrum, which seems really odd because I absolutely abhor posing for photos or appearing in a family film or whatever. I'm quite shocked at just how well a picture I usually take. I wish I really did look as good as my pictures, but I don't. Its kinda sad, now that I think about it. And even though I know intellectually that my picture usually looks better than me in real life I'm still self conscious about showing them to people. I'm oddly superstitious that way.

[Uytuun]

I'm not, but my INTJ father is. My brother often has to do projects for school (he reads photography) and uses my father a lot as a model. He often comments on my being absolutely strange-looking in pictures.

[curiousjane]

Mostly unphotogenic. Occasionally look OK. On rare occasions, mildly attractive. I can think of only 1-3 pictures I actually think I look beautiful in.

It's all about the angle. Most photographers don't spend the time to find my good ones. And I'm a happy person, so most snapshots are awkward angles of me laughing or grinning in weird poses.

I was a super cute baby (really!), and pictures of me up until about 4 years old are adorable curly-headed, pink-cheeked, sweet angel type pictures.

And then I hit puberty. Oh my word. Teenage years were not kind to frizzy-haired, bespeckeled, metal mouth, gangly, klutzy me!

Thank God I grew into myself as a twentysomething.

[Rhiannon]

Have you ever tried to take a picture of a cat with a bit of wild in them, and the picture turns out ridiculously terrible? That's what happens with me. As such, I shun the camera. *hides*

[olsonlj1]

not photogenic at all. I hate cameras.

[ethsar46]

Im not too bad, but ive seen some shockers of me. Luckily i have a good habit of not being photgraphed alot. ^_^

[Mittens]

I'm not. I look okay in purposefully goofy (e.g. photobooth) pictures, but in portraits and group pictures and stuff I...it's bad. I do that fake smile that looks like a grimace (Do any of the rest of you have that? Where you try to smile and it ends up looking like you want to die?), or I stand a little too far away from the person next to me, or a little too close. My entire body looks awkward. And my face looks odd. Candid pictures of me normally have me full-body laughing or sulky in a corner, neither of which is, uh, attractive.
I look good in pictures up until I started losing my baby teeth (6-ish), but even then I'm normally overshadowed by my little brother (extremely extroverted, impish, and adorable).

[niffer]

Hah.
I am not photogenic *at all*. I can't see how I'm angled when a camera's pointed at me so I usually attempt to angle my own head and end up making a stupid face. Usually either an angry or stoned looking one.

[JusVisiting]

I'm not photogenic. I'm not physically attractive. Makes sense. :)

[ElstonGunn]

I don't mind having my picture taken, and I don't enjoy it either. I look about the same either way, whether you see me in three dimensions or two. I'm indifferent to the whole thing. I've never even owned a non-disposable camera.

[colmdubh]

Are you saying extroverts are more attractive? I think it depends if the person wants to be in the picture. More likely extroverts would want their pictures taken vs introverts

[schmidt]

I believe the photographer is more important. I usually look like a crazy drugabuser on pictures. Except for the ones taken by people interested in photography, often with a lot of hours invested in schoolwork and on their free time.

[Functianalyst]

Horrible. I tend to shy away when someone is lurking with a camera. You will find little to no portraits of me, however when I am in action are doing something and don't realize that I am being photoed, they come out well.

[True Rune]

Not me.

[Ivyman]

Very rarely am I pleased with a photo of myself.

[Mercury]

I take really good pictures, but it comes from practicing in the mirror. A few years ago I started to 'get' that a lot of my problems in communication comes from not understanding body language very well, both in others and myself. so I would practice different expressions and what-not. I now know what good 'faces' to make when having a photo taken, what's a good angle to hold my head or body in best way.

[phantasma]

I'm getting better at it. I used to be horrible at having my picture taken. It always looked really dorky and I blinked a lot. Now I'm starting to look like myself in photos.