Im not saying im gorgeous in the mirror or anything its just that i think i look hideous in photos but fairly attractive in mirrors. Why is that? Which one is a more accurate portrayal? No stupid comments please
2007-04-12 10:11:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
Looking at a mirror you're always looking from one perspective. Photos catch you at different angles and different situations that you're not used to seeing.
It's like listening to your own voice on a tape recorder or video. Your voice is different when you hear it from a recording versus hearing yourself speak. That's because you're not used to the outside perspective.
2007-04-12 10:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by Dave C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be the type of film used, the lighting involved, the angle of the camera.
Since mirrors are designed to create a direct reflection (cameras are not designed for that purpose) I'd have to say a mirror provides a more accurate portrayal.
2007-04-12 16:32:00 · answer #2 · answered by daryavaush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In short, a mirror shows you a laterally inverted version of yourself, thus looking better as you are used to it. But for photos, that is the actual way you look and how others see you.
2016-10-31 08:32:45 · answer #3 · answered by Ong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in a mirror you see yourself. But in a photo a camara picks up every flaw and bad thing on you. A photo is more accurate it is the exact way you look. A mirror you don't see everything.
2007-04-12 10:18:16 · answer #4 · answered by softballqueenofgeorgia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it depends on who is taking the picture, my mom, who is AMAZING with photos always make me actually like my pictures, but when a friend takes my picture...well... it's generally unflattering. I think a mirror would be a truer form because you can't look in a mirror the wrong way, but you can take a picture wrong (like the facing the sun, or not enough light, etc.)
2007-04-12 10:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by 5475uj1/// 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is that when we look at a mirror, we tend to see more of what we wish to see.
When I look a a photo of myself, I tend to feel the same way. I seem to look fatter and much less attractive than the mirror.
I'm not really sure why this is really, must be psychological !
I'm pretty sure that the photo is much more accurate of the way we look to others.
2007-04-12 10:17:32 · answer #6 · answered by tottpaula 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes mirrors have curves in them that change your face shape. Also you can look more closely at your face in a mirror than in a photo.
2007-04-12 10:16:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
artificial lighting? I know what you mean. I don't want to toot my own horn, but I look like a super model in front of the mirror and then in pictures it's blah...I think the flash might brighten the face and make it look bad? I had a photographer take pictures of me at my wedding and I looked horrible, and I got another photographer for a family photo and I looked amazing.
2007-04-12 10:16:10 · answer #8 · answered by Barbie Girl 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the same thing, when I try to take my picture with my camera phone, it never looks as good as the pose in a mirror.
I say the mirror is right!
2007-04-12 10:16:49 · answer #9 · answered by answers28 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you're like me and just not photogenic! I'll get ready and be like "I'm lookin' pretty good." Then my husband will take a picture and I'm like "THAT's what I look like?" *lol* I'd like to think that the mirror is more accurate!
2007-04-12 10:14:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋