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Are you photogenic?

Are you photogenic?

  • Yes

    Votes: 2 11.8%

  • No

    Votes: 14 82.4%

  • I am but I don't like being photographed, especially in public

    Votes: 1 5.9%
  • Total voters
    17
No I'm terrible at photos,when I was little the flash of camera use to startle me and make me cry but now I always seem to be pulling a awkward face in the photos and i don't like to do a wide smile since it just looks weird and forced.
 
Alcyon said:
Whaaaaaat!? Why haven't I seen this before!? If not for my being a manly man, I would've cried several times from feeling your frustration and happiness! Since there are no witnesses, I can deny tearing up. :rolleyes:

I hope things have turned out well since the show aired.
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Unfortunately it hasn't worked out in the way I'd hoped. The TV crew were a bit disingenuous (quelle surprise) in that they got me to talk to camera about what having a proper job would mean to me, but that was before it was revealed that the job was actually going to be a three-month placement as an agency worker at National Grid. I pointed out that I would be unlikely to find somewhere to rent in the Warwick travel-to-work area for less than six months, so with a stroke of a pen the company extended the initial contract to six months, i.e. from March to September 2016. This was later extended for a further six months, albeit still as an agency worker, with the proviso that if I displayed sufficient analytical skills (I was given a project to showcase them) I would be upgraded to a permanent member of the team. Unfortunately I didn't and I wasn't. So much for the happy ending.
 
im as ugly as sin,ive had many comments on that in my life in an attempt to hurt me [why would that bother me when i am far removed from society and its social rules?] but...i dont give a damn about looks, i cant even see myself or anyone else properly because of my autism and very bad visual processing,so it means absolutely nothing to me.if i look crap on a photo i dont care,its the reminder of where i was thats important,if it gives me a happy memory.
 
Astroganga said:
I have been told yes, but I don't see it
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I've been told this, since I lost a hell of a lot of weight but I can't see it either.

My sister and I take a lot of selfies when we're together, but we always pull silly faces in them:

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My friend said that my face looks wide in the picture he took of me, but my face looks a lot better in real life.

People tell me sometimes that I'm handsome and/or good looking. When I look in the mirror, though, I am disappointed. I don't know who to believe. Am I actually good looking or are they trying to make me feel good? And why must I care about my looks so much? It's my Aspergers obsession I think. Or is that just an excuse?

I'm not noticing girls check me out the way they used to last year. Last year I was really handsome. Anxiety has changed me though.
 
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