"Self Portrait" - Finished + Why do I take Angled Shots of my Paintings?

  I still have to varnish this painting, but I'm proud to say that it's signed and completed.  I made my final adjustments today, which are always the most crucial.  I always forget how hard self portraits are, but my goal with all of them is to simply capture of likeness of myself at a particular stage in my life.  In many ways, an oil painting captures a better feeling of who I am, as opposed to a photograph of myself; it's a much more emotional experience to look at a portrait Vs. a photograph.
  I want to address another habit of mine: taking angled photographs of my paintings.  I always put in angled shots of the paintings that I've done because it gives a better view of the surface quality and how light plays off the surface.  I personally love when I come across museum photos of paintings which have been taken from an angle.  To me, it's closer to the experience of seeing the painting in real life.
  Photographs of oil paintings never come out well, which is something that frustrates me to no end.  That's the reason why so many of my photos are taken from an angle.  It gives a better sense of the life and scale of the painting.  People have told me that they don't like the angled shots, but I do, so that's why I keep them.