Why does looking in mirror makes you feel like you’re far better looking than in camera?
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When you look in the mirror, you’re seeing yourself in a way you’re used to—it’s your reflection, and it’s what you see every day. Your brain gets really comfortable with this version of you. But in photographs, it’s a different angle, and the image isn’t reversed like in a mirror. So, when you see a photo, it can look unfamiliar or surprising, which might make you feel like you look different or not as good as you do in the mirror. It’s all about what your brain is used to!
How many times have you looked in a mirror?
How many times have you looked at a picture of yourself?
Which one have you had more chances to get used to, and think of as the ‘default’, therefore the ‘correct’ appearance?
A mirror is like a video. Unless you’re really good at posing, or really lucky, a photo is probably some unnatural or awkward pose or transition caught in time. A mirror is comparable to a video, not a photo. Even professional take tones of shots, because they know some will look terrible. Photos are inherently unnatural and many will look weird compared to a real dynamic person.
A mirror shows the image twice as far away as the mirror. 2m from a mirror? That’s like looking at yourself from 4m, not 2m. Minor things like skin blemishes are easier to see in a photo taken from the same distance as a mirror.
A mirror is often in a washroom. Which has nice warm and flattering fighting. Photo lighting conditions may be worse, and more importantly unless you’re a professional, the lighting settings used for the photo are probably terrible and will look bad, even if in real life it looked fine.
A mirror, well, mirrors you. You are used to your mirror image, not your real image. A mirror flips front and back (often incorrectly interpreted as horizontal flip), making you look as weird as the text you see in it. Other people aren’t used to mirror you, they see the same you as in photos. It’s the same reason why you think your voice sounds weird in a recording, but others think it sounds fine. The internal voice you hear is actually the weid one, and same with your mirror image.
you are used to the mirrored image of yourself because you see yourself like that more often and the “real” you looks weird to you.
take an image of yourself and mirror it. see how you feel about it now. that is how others feel about it.
great trick to know if you take portraits
We’re used to seeing our reflection in the mirror, so it’s no wonder we think we look better there. Plus, in a mirror, you can control the angle and lighting. Cameras, on the other hand, catch us in all sorts of less-than-ideal conditions. It’s all about what you’re used to seeing!
Nobody has mentioned how significant focal length affects the final picture? Odd.
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