I look good irl but i don't look as good in photos and I'm always uncomfortable when someone clicks a picture, my candids are really good since I don't know my pictures been taken but if I know that someone is clicking my pic I'll ruin it somehow or ruin my posture or something unintentionally

You think too much on how you should look so it may look forced and awkward. The best thing to do is practice taking pictures of yourself in different ways, angles, and faces. Take goofy, ugly, cute, etc pics. Have a good laugh about. The point is that you need to feel comfortable with the idea of taking a pic without the fear of looking like a goof. That's how I take got over that uncomfortable feeling. I'd like to know how other people do it. :)

Self confidence is the only thing that helps you feeling ok with pictures of yourself

So I guess just practice?? @honeybumblebee...I do look forced...
@anthracute I do have confidence but I get confused and I'm stiff af as soon as someone points a camera at me

Pretty much my friend, practice. Have fun with it

Thanks man

Imagine the camera is a puppy/kitten/freshly made bowl of mac n cheese

There are some good tricks and advice here. If you want to get better at loses photos- one proven trick used by pros and social media types... practice. Use a mirror and a reference. Practice looking at ease and natural. The simple way is to pick a signature pose and work on just that, you can always fall back to it if you need to take a good photo. You can add more as you desire, one is good enough to start and get the concept down. Mirror, time, practice. Then set up a digicam or get a friend and practice on camera. Adjust as needed and get at least a concept of what the camera “sees” and adjust what you have to work well on camera.

@captainjackharknes that did make it kinda less awkward if something else clicks it but if I'm taking selfie...it's the same

@guest_ thanks for the advise man I'll keep practicing...and keep an eye on models who use good poses and stuff although different things work for different people so I guess I just have to find it on my own

Good luck frags. Don’t buy into the whole “some people just...” thing on this one. You may or may not ever be <insert celebrity> when it comes to photos- but you can get to a happy place!

I have the exact opposite issue. I look alright in pics I take, but anything candid and it's like "who the f is that little hobgoblin wearing my clothes?"
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But yeah, as Guest_ said. Try and find what angle you feel you look the best from. It's helpful if there's lots of natural light.
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Heck, just go crazy and take like 500 pics of yourself one day haha. Just shift your expression or angle minorly between pics. Change your clothes if you want. Try different areas of light and shadow.
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Most of them will be garbage (don't let that get to you), but you should find a dozen or more you like and that can be a good groundwork for figuring out what expression/angle/etc you feel the most comfortable

If I know my photo is taken I'm sure to look like I have no soul and it just looks threatening even tho I'll probably be just thinking hard how to smile and stuff
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I think it's cause I think a lot and I've taken a lots of selfies after I got help from here but I still can't stop, on the other hand I went to a saloon recently and the barber took a photo of me without asking and they liked the haircut on me so much that they hung it on their wall as an example (even tho it was crap)
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Tho I did practice and found out a decent angle for me(not good but atleast I don't look soulless) but it'll get better with more selfies...thanks again everyone