Why does Digital Video look so terrible?

Why do i look really bad in pictures and video?

• For some reason i am just not photogenic. whenever i see a picture of myself i look really bad compared the the mirror. In the mirror, i look fine but for some reason in pictures and videos, i look very different and more awkward. Is this normal? Is this how I really look or is the mirror how i really look? I thought about the idea that "the camera adds ten pounds" and maybe it makes my face look a little bit more fat and thats why i look so different but i very curious in why this is happening.

• Answer:

  I look really bad in photos and camera also much better in person. They say it adds ten pounds I look as if I have lost 20! I look terrible! I have read as I was worried myself that if you are really self concious about the way you are going to look you will look worse. Sometimes it takes finding the write angles for your face .. straight on I look 100x awful side on and angled I look great.