Bless The Beautiful by Jeff Ngan

I can’t photograph ugly people. Call me shallow, but it’s the truth. I mean, sure, there’s inner beauty, but that doesn’t come out in a photo.

With the esthetically challenged, there’s no good angle. Okay, so you can use a telephoto lens for feature compression, you can use a certain perspective to de-emphasize unflattering features, but these techniques only go so far.

I liken it to a chef trying to cook a delicious meal with a bunch of ingredients he doesn’t himself enjoy eating. A photo, in it’s essence, is supposed to be visually pleasing.

And nothing beats a pretty face.