my great-grandfather was in WWII and as a result lost some fingers on one arm, the other arm and suffered some really bad scarring on his face. He was awful to look at if you saw him on the street.
He was also our spiritual leader, prayer every three hours, and the sweetest man I have ever met in my life. He was patient, loving, careful, and absolutely in love with his wife who loved him back absolutely. Their marriage was the ideal for me and what I strive for in mine.
When she died of a stroke he died 3 months later.... no reason, just never woke up. As sad as that was, it was also the most romantic gesture (can't think of the right word). He loved her so much he followed her to God.
My point here is that he was loved wholeheartedly by his whole family who took every chance they could to photograph him and his wife. As ugly as he was on the outside, he was more beautiful inside than anyone I have ever met.
Judging someone entirely on their looks is petty and shallow. Justifying it with "everyone does it" makes it worse. As my mother would say "If everyone jumped off the Eiffel Tower, would you?".
Aside from that.... one day those people you make fun of will not be around and the people who love them will cherish every photo they have to remind them.
Not necessarily. Confidence is what gets you to shed that bad self image of yours and be ok with how you look. So what if a man or woman is unattractive ? A smiling ganja can sometimes put more life into a photo then a strikingly beautiful woman.
Its all about attitude, confidence, and self image.
actually someone in this thread is a pretty good example of this.
That person once thought that he/she wasnt too good looking and it showed through in the pics, however ive seen that person gain confidence over time and now that confidence shows through in the pics. The pics show a different person now....same but different in so many ways.
— dad will you take a pic of me?
→ no, son pictures are haram.