I love mirrors but not cameras. I look great in the mirror but pretty much never in cameras.
At first I blamed the camera. I wanted a better one that can capture in a higher quality. Would having a better camera mean better photos? Would a clearer photo look better?
Old videos and blogs delight me. Crappy quality, angles and lighting charm me. I can't see a thing with all the artifacts and compression, but it feels nice. It feels real.
Painters intentionally squint at their subjects and paint in blobs. They chase the clouds in the sky, capturing a smear on their canvas, creating something new entirely. They paint a cloud that never was in the sky.
Maybe they make front cameras crap on purpose to trick people into buying more. Maybe I look too much at myself. I have my mirrors—I guess I just have to be there. Then I have my camera.
I spend too much time hesitating. I should stop looking for "flattering angles" that please the camera.