Photogenic.....Are you?

I don’t like seeing photographs of myself and I never have even when I was much younger. My parents used to say I was photogenic as a child although I could never agree! I appreciate your comments about aging, I look at myself and I hardly ever feel good about the way I look like I used to years ago. I am thankful my looks are not worse than they are but time sure does take its toll! Having said that I think that a smile and a positive outlook can make anyone more attractive regardless how old they are.

I wouldn't know how I look now,,unless somebody commented,,will take new pics soon.We are the ones to take care or our body,it's the only one we got

I have never liked to have my picture taken ever. Therfore i have never has too many flattering pictures made of me, lol. I am just what i am no matter what my age, what u see is what u get,lol. I am just glad to be alive & wish i looked better but i don't .That is not one of my worries.

Hi zands,

This is why I hardly look at the photos taken in the remote past. They sadden you. Time is the great leveler and we are helpless at the cruel hand of time. Well just shake the idea off and come to your true self that speak loud and proud. Changes are there and therefore life is like the petal of roses.

So far the issue of photogenic and non photogenic people would say I have a photogenic face. what it came down to is that I look better in the photo than in reality.

I have never been one to have many pictures taken of me. I look in the mirror, and I may see my Mom, but I may see my older sister, or the round face of my younger brother as we both need to lose weight. I need to get in and organize some older pictures that I have of the entire family.

It's a shame that people no longer label photos. When my mother passed, I inherited several boxes of pictures. Some are in albums, others are loose. Other than picures of immediate family, I have hundreds of pictures of people that I have no idea who they are. Some undoubtably are family, others are friends that she had throught her life.
Don't be critical of yourself in pictures...hardly any of us really like what we see in them, especially as we get older. But for the people who love us, they see the person that they love.

i'm not photogenic now and never have been, I always try to be the one behind the camera to avoid having my picture taken....

Hhahahahhah no worries you are not alone..i too feel that way,i somtimes look at my pic when iwas still working as a band singer in 5 star hotels in Malaysia,wow! i could say i was really pretty,that was 3 yrs ago only..was pretty and look younger than my age plus a very good skin and hands..but now..i barely cant even look at myself..well there are angles in pic that i look young and pretty but most i look very different..but i never like taking pic of myself even before anyway..and aging is part of changes plus problems...it can easily makes us older..but anyway thats life!!!!have a nice evening!!!

i love taking pictures of me, friends, families, places or even strangers. i love pictures which tell stories. as for me, really dont care much of how would i look as long as it is good in the shot. coz sometimes, i love candid.:)

Yeah, I take my pictures alone or with groups as I likes photography. I am the one who always takes the pictures of my family in every occasion. I must say that i am not a camera shy type of gal. Whether aging makes a lot of changes in the appearance of a person it is not enough reasons to get shy as everyone gets older in due times. Acceptance of the fact is necessary to live gracefully as the beauty that counts still is found on the inside and not on the outside physical appearance that counts which matter most.