Frontal camera iphone 5 mirror effect

I've been having the same problem since yesterday. My front camera worked fine just some days ago. It took pictures just as snapchat and instagram's front camera does. Now it seems to reverse the images. For example, I take a picture on snapchat with my head tilted to the right and the picture appears just as it looks in the screen. If I do this on the normal front camera the pictures seems to flip and my head is tilted to the other side. It is really frustrating! Someone help!

When you use the front camera what you are seeing is a mirror image since this is what most people are used to. When you take a photo the image is left-right reversed to show a true image from the camera's perspective. This is the normal designed function of the camera.

To see what I mean hold up some printed text to the front camera.

Note that, unlike the rear camera, the front camera is not a high resolution camera. It is intended mainly for FaceTime usage. To get the best pictures make sure that you have good lighting.