It looks good in real life, but not good when taking pictures. This is because of the following reasons:

1. What you see in real life is dynamic pictures.

Our brains have certain patterns for processing dynamic images.

As for a person's appearance, when we see a dynamic picture of a person's appearance, we will perform certain optimization processing, and the result is that the person looks better.

2. Photography captures static images.

The photos taken by the camera are static images, frozen at a certain moment.

At this moment, the expressions and movements of the person being photographed may not be beautiful, or they may be inconsistent with their daily life.

In this way, when you see your own photos, you will feel that they are not as beautiful as what you see in reality.

3. Photography technical issues.

As I just mentioned, what the camera captures is a static image, which is the freezing of a certain moment.

Therefore, the photographer’s photography skills are a very critical issue.

If the photographer has superb photography skills and can capture the most beautiful moments of the subject, the photo will be beautiful.

If the subject’s photography skills are not good and the timing of the shooting is improper, the photos taken will not look good. When the subject sees such photos, they will certainly feel that they are not as good as what they see in reality. So pretty.

In addition, there is another situation, that is, some people are really "unphotogenic"... They look beautiful in person, but the photos they take just don't look good. ...This is one of the reasons why it looks good in real life, but not so good in photos.