However, you open your front camera to fix your lipstick and your confidence comes crashing down. How come the reflection in the mirror and the photograph in your smartphone are in such sharp contrast to each other?
If you too keep wondering why do you look so different in photographs and why the mirror tells another story, we are here to help you with deception. The most concrete and familiar image of our face is the reflection we see in the mirror. It is there when we brush our teeth, comb our hair, do makeup or simply get ready for the day. Since you are so used to the image of yourself in the mirror and even like it , when you face is reversed in the pictures, it seems uncomfortable. This is because the reflection you see every day in the mirror is the one you perceive to be original and hence a better-looking version of yourself.
So, when you look at a photo of yourself, your face seems to be the wrong way as it is reversed than how you are used to seeing it. Another factor that comes to play is the facial asymmetries that the refection in the mirror dials down. So, unless and until you are born with an absolutely symmetrical face, chances are you may also hate your candids for turning out all wonky. There is a reason why you click more than one photograph before you finalise the most flattering one and get the picture worthy of being uploaded anywhere.
It is important to understand that pictures are a 2-D version of real life. This simply means that photos tend to flatten your features or distort them due to certain angles. Also, since photos store everything, any awkward movement which goes unnoticed in real life is captured for everyone to see. Remember, a good picture is a combination of good light, right angle and the perfect pose.
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Show All. Why do people always say looks are subjective? My friend always gets hit on and flirted with but I never do? We look alike too see pics? Why do people bully? Why do I look so different in pictures than I do in person or in the mirror? Sort Girls First Guys First. Sounds like an insult to me. Next time anyone says it, take full offense and kick them in the crotch.
But you miss all of this in photos. Even when their physical features were presented accurately? It was the lack of movement at play.
Additionally, people often have awkward expressions in pictures that no one would have noticed in real life. As a consequence, sometimes we get photos of ourselves that are much worse than what we really look like! Beyonce wants this pic to be removed from the Internet. Given this, showing the truth of who you are — even in a strictly physical sense — is impossible to do in one picture. A Princeton study confirmed this. Which is more accurate?
If you consider yourself, what you see in the mirror is probably the most accurate image of you because it is what you see everyday — unless you see yourself in photos more than in mirrors. They see a horizontally reversed version of what you see in the mirror. You never actually get to see yourself.
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