so. here I am, someone who can never seem to like a picture of myself.
I am extremely self conscious of being in photographs! because whenever I am in one I hate how I look.
so, what would be the best way to be taken in a photograph?
sorry I don't know the technical terms that a pro photographer would use to describe it..
but ya I'm curious.
That's a bit of a tough question considering, well speaking for myself, I have no idea what you look like.
Each person has their "Good Sides" and "Bad Sides"..... each person has things they don't like about their appearance, no matter how good looking you think they are.
Check these out:
40 Amazing Before and After Photo Retouching Photos
40 Amazing Before and After Photo Retouching Photos | 10Steps.SG
in particular:
^ As you can see, plenty of famous people have their own issues that require professional retouching to cover up in order to make them look a level up from most people.
Previously I mentioned that everybody has their own personal issues..... maybe a big chin, bushy eyebrows, a square head...... for me, even at the age of 30 my complexion is that of a teenager and I still get ID'd when I pick up smokes...... though besides that, I'm told I'm attractive..... but for me, the complexion thing bugs the sh*t out of me sometimes.
I'll echo what others mentioned in here already...... go talk to a professional photographer, tell them honestly what parts of your body you're not all that comfortable with. They will determine which angles, lighting and poses best compliments you and anything the camera catches that you don't like, chances are retouching can improve upon those things.
Now, as a bit of a reality check from someone who spent a few years retouching photos..... try not to ask for miracles like making you drop 50-100 pounds..... the more retouching you ask for, the more fake it will appear..... not to mention the more time required to work on the photos, thus more cost.
Personally speaking, the samples above and many on the above link have been retouched beyond reason for my tastes and look excessively fake to me, but I'm used to noticing what was done to a photo..... where someone else may consider them realistic and normal.
But in the end, no matter how you look in the photo, no matter how much retouching has been done, no matter what angles or lighting was used for your photo...... you need to ensure you accept how you are and what you really look like and accept that how you look is perfectly fine.
As they say, you are your own worst critic, and when it comes to someone's own self image, just about every person on the planet is their own worst critic, including myself.
I'm not trying to toot my own horn here, but when I said I'm considered attractive, all my life right up until I was around 21 years old, I was told I was ugly, I was made fun of, and pretty well treated like crap through school.... and it wasn't until I was 21 at a party with my friends that a girl I went to school with (though drunk) confessed that she always thought I was hot, and looking back, she wasn't the only one....... I just got so used to being treated like sh*t, that I never learned how to pick up on the signs until it was of course, too late (in relation to high school anyways)
In the last decade or so, I've gained more self confidence, interacted with women more then just as friends, learned to pick up on the signs (since most don't normally say right out if you're attractive or not) and learned to see the features that make me who I am that others see, beyond what I feel are flaws.
In other words, you need to take time to find your own identity..... it might not even be about your physical appearance, it could also be what you wear, your hair style, etc..... all of which can either compliment or detract from your physical features.
Added:
Oh and if you have your own camera and have Photoshop..... look online as there's piles of free online tutorials that show you how to retouch photos on your own which are exactly the same procedures professionals use everyday...... so if you're really that self conscious about how you look..... perhaps doing the work on your own to find your own way is the best way to start, rather then worrying about feeling embarrassed having someone else looking at your face with a microscope via photoshop.
, but I've never met anyone who is. I routinely take hundreds of pictures and throw away a lot of them, but there are always a few gems too. There's nobody I know that I don't have at least one good photo of, and a lot of them have used my pictures as their Facebook profile images. Um... well, maybe you need to know ME in real life... 
