do cameras make you look diff.?

Question

becase after i take a pic.. my hair,skin...and everything looks different...

Answer 1

All camera's are different and it depends on the lighting for one and then when you see yourself in the mirror or reflection is it usually not the same expression as when you are about to get blinded by the flash.

I find professional photos are more flattering and OMG try not to get photographed when you are sick, you'll look like you have a disease!

Answer 2

Different lenses change a pictures "field of view" which the human eye cannot do. Without the right lens, you get perspective distortion. Look a someone through a peephole to see what I mean.

The human eye has an odd response to visible light- we are more receptive of Green (and this changes with age). Whatever type of camera you use, digital or film, the colour response is different. Professional photographers try to compensate for this with assorted lights, and post-processing of the picture.

Don't forget that pictures fade over time, and few people bother to calibrate computer screens for colou correctness!

Answer 3

excellent question kasipo1

& i thoroughly agree with Lyn S.
if you're comparing your photo with a mirror image,
what you see is very different between the 2 sources.

obviously, your mirror image is reversed
from how people & cameras see you.
can you recall the first time
you listened to a recording of your voice?

& as Lyn S says, lighting in a mirror versus a camera flash
or ambient room light are very different.

beyond that, colors' wavelengths & surface detail
of what your eye sees versus what *any* other vehicle
records & displays show varies among recording devices
& displays.

my only suggestion is to take a lot of shots of yourself
in different lighting, different angles, different clothing,
different times of day, different moods etc.

also, there's been talk lately of simply taking facial shots
with camera upside down - locating camera's flash
below the lens similarly changes how image is recorded
& displayed. i used to do that in the old film days
just to get a unique expression on people's faces.

best of luck

Answer 4

Depends on the camera, the accuracy of the lens.
Your photo can look different to you because you usually don't see yourself as the camera does.
Also, some people are photogenic, that is they always seem to look good when photographed. Others aren't so lucky. Some look different from photo to photo.