What's your best side?

@beamer88 (4259)
Philippines
February 2, 2011 1:15am CST
Whenever people have their picture taken, they usually angle their face towards a certain direction saying that it's their best side. Even people in the entertainment industry or those vane politicians prefer a certain side when they're being photographed or being interviewed. I'm not sure if I favor one side of my face but I think there's some truth in this. Is there? Do you favor a side of your face when you're gonna have your picture taken?
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13 responses
@sswallace21 (1824)
• United States
2 Feb 11
I would say I don't have a best side. Maybe thay why I'm not a movie star. I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with lack of talent. (HA, HA) People tell me my dimple is dipper on the left side. If I had to choose it would be the right, I hate dimples.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
Really? Why? It's the first time I heard someone hating his dimple :)
• United States
3 Feb 11
Well, I'm just a tad bit shy. Dimples attract attention I can live without. I do receive a lot of comments on them.
• Philippines
3 Feb 11
My best side is when I'm facing backwards. Facing forward doesn't really work for me, I don't know why.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
3 Feb 11
Well, how in the (bleep) can I tell who's Xansus and frontvisions101? :)
• Philippines
3 Feb 11
I would definitely say that my best angle is my front. I have seen photos of me facing either right or left and it does not usually look good. And the best photos I have seen of me are usually the ones when I am facing the camera, and my head is tilted a little lower than usual. This gives me more angles, and less fats around the cheeks. LOL.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
3 Feb 11
I hear you on that one :) I'm starting to gain some extra pounds and it's showing on my face. But in my case, I need to tilt it sideways. For some reason, those extra fats seem to disappear.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
2 Feb 11
My best side is...well actually I do not really have a best side. Not really a photogenic person to be honest with you. That is really understating it a little bit when you think about it. I really tend to go back and forth on what side might look a little better, but that is not the best comparison to say very least. So it really depends. Still I think that I look slightly better from the right side of my face. When I really think about it, it is going to look a bit better on the right side, then when I sit on the left side. At least that is going to happen more times often then not. Really it does depend but as I think about it, I am going to look a little better on my right, then left. Sometimes it matters, other times it does not, it just depends on my mood when the situation might occur.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
Yeah, moods do affect one's appearance. When you're a bad mood, which side is better? :)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
I'm a self confessed vain person...but I really don't know what's my best side, the pictures I really stand out in are pictures my fiancée took even before we were in a relationship maybe I should ask him...
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
Look at the pics and see if you're favoring a certain angle. Hmm, I take that back. Asking your fiancee is probably better :)
@Xansus (946)
• Bulgaria
2 Feb 11
Well my back cuz then they cant see my face , only hair maybe :P I hate being taken pictures :P I prefer to pass :D
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
Ha-ha! Sometimes I also pass when it's picture-taking time if I feel I'm not looking my best.
@zweeb82 (5653)
• Malaysia
2 Feb 11
Well to me it doesn't really matter which side as long as I know that it's me? Haha!~But having said that, directly from the front would be clearer logically speaking right?
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
A frontal shot doesn't do me much credit. It makes me old :)
@kevin90az (143)
• United States
2 Feb 11
I would say my best angle is from the front but I'm not very sure. I don't think that I try to face any particular direction when a picture of me is being taken. I guess I wouldn't know if I face any direction though because it seems like it would be a subconscious thing.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
Yeah, I guess for some people it is a subconscious thing.
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
I've proven it, my best angle is my left side. I always pose with my left angle most prominent. The trick seldom fails and the results are always not bad. Sometimes I also have good shot from the front specially when I'm heavily made-up
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
My hairstyle sometimes dictates the angle I face.
2 Feb 11
I can't stand seeing my face from either side I think I look so ugly. I would rather see my face from the front, not that it is much better but a little better than the side. I do not notice a difference in sides, I think both are as bad as each other.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
People aren't ugly. It's the photograph that makes them ugly :)
@DYAMIGA (64)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
intriguing i never thought of it from then but i guess i would i agree to it that we all have a best part in our face its where we project the most of our selves and mine is the left side. cause when i smirked it goes on the left check and some fine it cute too.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
Normally I angle my face slightly to the left. Now I'm not too sure if it's my best side. For a time it was. I guess age can be a factor.
@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
2 Feb 11
For a fabulous photo to come,must consider several factors:location, lighting, facial expressions (think of something nice,remember a time when you were happy - because your eyes will light up And will relax facial expression),clothing, eye contact, etc.. I,personally, I look directly into the camera (the idea is that this way I would look straight into the eyes of all who will then look at my picture.)
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
Hmm, I never thought of that. That's probably why I sometimes feel that the person in a picture is looking straight at me. I always thought it was just a figment of my imagination :)
• India
2 Feb 11
Yes i prefer watching left when i am being photographed usually. Or i ask others to take my pic from a side view. I dont really know the reason why i do that may be i look good in those pics or by front faced pics arent that good. It all depends on the taste of the person.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
2 Feb 11
Or sometimes the person taking the picture would tell you that you look good if you tilt a little on the left or the right. Well, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so they say :)