why do i look ok in the mirror but look like complete shit when

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>>17279502
There are several contributing factors that cause this effect and you're not alone. It could be due to the type of camera.

And there's also something called the Mere-exposure effect which causes people to become comfortable with the way we look at things. We're far more familiar with how we look in a mirror that when we see the reverse, i.e. in photos, we become uncomfortable.

Just about everyone thinks they look bad in photos, so don't worry too much about it.

Similar problem here.
1) How good photographer is matters
2) My face is slightly asymmetrical and mirror image does look better. It is very obvious when i take phone selfies, think they are ok, and then they get flipped, become worse

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>>17279515
Another example of how a camera makes a big difference.

>>17279502
You know how you hate the sound of your own voice? Everybody does, it's cool. It's not actually that nasal, monotonous or unattractive, you're just unused to it, so it's extremely disorienting when you hear it.

Pictures of you are the same. You're used to seeing yourself from exactly one angle -- straight on (in the mirror), and moreover the image that you have stored in your brain is flipped, which does matter. You have a distorted impression of your own features. Seeing pictures of yourself is unsettling because of the dissonance between the image of you that you have in your head and how you actually look.

It's also possible that you're not particularly photogenic, some people just don't seem to photograph well, but I can guarantee you that it's a small effect compared the first one I mentioned. Even if you don't look quite as suave as you'd like in photographs, you don't look half as bad as you think you do. You're simply unable to evaluate yourself objectively.

>>17279502
You are not David. That's your problem.