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[–]Sweet-Palpitation473 13 points14 points15 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Mirror: yeah you're good, let's go!
Pictures: what the fuck I'm an ogre, how
[–]Gordon101 5 points6 points7 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Yes. I already don't like looking at myself in the mirror. I absolutely hate looking at myself in the pictures to the point of disgust.
[–]CompetitionFair7686 4 points5 points6 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I’m a profesional photographer, and i can tell you that yes. You probably look different and worst in pictures, that’s because most cameras distort your face specially the ones in smartphones.
The lens of the camera can completely change how you look, as well as the light. The mirror is more close to how you look, on a phone camera you will always tend to look worst due to the distortion of the camera, specially if you use wide angle lens.
[–]sittingbull23 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This guy is exactly spot on
[–]Wise_Bit_86 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago* (3 children) | Copy Link
A mirror is actually an inverse of what you look like and not what look like to others. Unless you have perfect symmetry.
A camera is closer to what you actually look like to others.
For example when you take a selfie, notice when it flips, you look different? That flip is the same orientation that people looking at you have.
[–]DryAdhesiveness6579 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
you are correct about the inverse but a photo is not an accurate representation of yourself.
It is taking a 3D image and converting it to 2D.
[–]Wise_Bit_86 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link
This is correct too lol.. At the end of the day, we really don’t know what we 100 percent look like to other people.
[–][deleted] -1 points0 points1 point 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Absolutely not. The flip effect of a mirror is subtle compared to the many drastic differences photos can create. A good size full length mirror is the closest thing.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Picture are more accurate of you look like than the mirror due to the mirror flip
[–]Nicophoros4862 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
It all depends on angles
[–]Mark_Fanon 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Hold on - is this a thing? Doesn't everyone always look the same in pictures as in the mirror.
Try looking into a lake and let us know if that's a third version.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
https://www.google.com/amp/s/blog.photofeeler.com/why-do-i-look-different-in-pictures-what-do-i-look-like-to-others/amp/
Don't let anyone try to convince you that pictures are more accurate than mirrors. The flip effect is subtle compared to the drastic differences cameras can make. Check out the above article. There are a lot of reasons why you look significantly different in photos.
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