@@strawberrydialectics iphone lenses distort faces heavily! I look literally completely different when my mom takes a picture of me with her iphone vs my Android. Genuinely like two people
Vsauce explained the mirror effect very well, it's 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. It feels less symmetrical and features are all flipped making you feel like a potato.
@@Aubooboojoann they’re two sides of the same coin and they’re both real, one is how we’re used to seeing and the “ideal” way pics should look to us, but to our loved ones and peers irl the second one is the ideal way and the more beautiful one to them.
That's just one thing, the major one is that since we have eyes separated at a distance and our processes the entire image, it's different from how the camera lens processes it
Actually, there’s a technical reason for why that is. Cameras flatted an image when a photo is taken. So if you look wider, bigger or off in a photo, that’s why. It also warps depending on how close your are to the camera lens, and can have this fish eye effect up close and a flatten effect from far away.
Fun fact, most cameras with a wide angle heavily distort an image, so stuff near the edges is stretched outwards and stuff in the middle is kinda pushed inwards, and a lot of mobile phone cameras are like this, which is why you might look incredible in front of a mirror (which reflects what you actually look like, just inverted) but look a little funky in a photo (because the lens is compressing and stretching parts of the photo).
So thats probably why I hate all my photos bc my mom and sister never tell me how to pose and take the worst angles of me lol gotta look for a photographer friend
Me, posing: is this a good angle? Am I hunching over at all? Does my smile look too cheeky? Should I fix my hair? My boyfriend, holding my phone: you look good :) Me: That is so unhelpful you don’t even know.
you gotta teach them how to photograph. one way i've done it with people is i take a test shot either of the empty space i'm going to fill or have them stand in, so i can show them the angle and framing i'm going for. learning your poses first definitely helps with this. also, take more photos than you need, try to make them all slightly different, check in with your photographer ✌️
Yup , I give them killer photo and then my turn - the … silent click , and it done , I swear in my head countless time cause you don’t wanna appear annoy in the trip 😢
God i really would love to take so many pictures! But i'm always nervous of taking too long (more than like,5 seconds) to take the picture and maybe the person posing becomes annoyed yk;the struggle... having models makes me nervous even if they asked me to take the picture :"(
I recently became this friend 😂 I had the knowledge and skill but something about me I guess just screamed “they don’t know how to photo” so no one ever asked- cut to - me and my friend on a trip and she wants some pics first day. The next 3 days are us taking *_fire_* pics of her because she’s never had photos she liked of herself til I started taking some.
The focal length doesn't matter, it's the distance from the camera that matters. But with a phone, you normally take arm length selfies, and that'll look bad no matter what lens you use. But with the same phone and the same wide lens, if you just set up a tripod and take a picture, you will look fine. You just might need to crop the photo to get the framing right. The focal length on the lens just sets the framing of the image, and if you crop the image from a wide angle lens you effectively get a lower res version of the same photo with a narrower lens.
Omg love this explanation!! I subconsciously thought about this too when taking selfies! So next time, I will hype myself up (positive affirmations in my head) so my selfies can turn out better! 🙌
Ok but why do I feel myself all the way up to the moment I'm checking the picture??? Like it's not the being in front of the camera that I struggle with, it's the viewing after
Some of it has to do with the camera lenses we have. I dont know much about the details, just that up close, camera lenses can easily distort an image, producing an almost fisheye effect.
@@superlimeapple it's called lens distortion. Basically, the lens is a wider angle, so it distorts the way you look. The closer you are to the camera, the more rounded your face looks, and since your nose is closest to the camera, it makes it look huge.
Camera lenses also have a slight fisheye(?) type effect when you're close to them. Mirrors don't. So the mirror you is what you really look like. Photos taken from a distance will be more accurate but selfie cam closeness will stretch out your face.
This is so important 🎉 I worked with so many photographers who are literally mute during the shoot! Just because I think a pose looks good, doesn't mean that it translates well to the camera. It's so important to have clear communication between both people on going throughout the session. You can tell easily in a person's eyes if they do not look comfortable with the shoot so it's important to help somebody feel as relaxed as possible and help them feel fierce and beautiful!
I take my self-timer photos with a mirror behind the phone! I find it gives so much more life in the face when I am making eye contact with myself as well
I’ve thought about getting a mirrored phone case for this very reason. And I don’t even remember the last time I took a selfie, lol. I think it was sometime last year.
I love your shorts. I don’t take ‘insta’ photos of myself or anyone else (basically have avoided most social media). But I really love the positivity and energy you bring to poses and portrait composition.
I don't like my photos coz my face is asymmetrical and im not used to seeing it mirrored. Btw, you're amazing as always! I can't get over your charisma 😂
Same here ! Well it’s just my nose but it’s enough to make me delete the picture and avoid looking at myself for at least 3hours 😂 Since I deactivated the mirroring option it is waaaay better
I REFUSE to believe it's just a state of mind. The circular lenses of cameras genuinely get your proportions wrong. Lighting's a huge problem, everything's looks dark and orange. Plus I think logically speaking a 2d pic consisting of colored pixels isn't an accurate representation of all one's structured and in depth features.
Right.... High resolution cameras can't even capture the beauty of sun and moon let alone mine. So, feel sad for those people who cannot see you in real life. On real life, you're more beautiful
Also even my mirror selfies look worse than what I see in person. I can look good and think hey I’ll take a picture of myself in the mirror to capture what I look like at that moment but the picture even looks weird taken through the mirror. I hate cameras 😭
to see your real self dont look at the camera image the mirror shows the real self of you if yoy dont believe i can explain..ask any of you friends or family members to tell you that you exactly look as in the mirror or if you want to cnfirm close your left or righ eye take a picture and see if you closed your right eye the left eye would be closed in the selfie or rear camera then go infront of a mirror and close your right eye you will se that your right eye would be closed in the mirror so mirror is not just a reflection it shows how we really looks and also i give you a suggestion... take 2 mirrors place them in v shape their you can exactly see your real self and dont believe in every scientific things as i dont know how to properly speak in english but i did
Your senses sometimes betray you, yanny laurel, placebo and what not. I mean you literally censor out your nose when using your eyes most of the time. Not to mention the mirror reflects more light as opposed to a camera
I do like that. I like that hype man aspect. But we need a follow up with the science if it doesn’t exist. How our eyes perceive our body naturally, versus a flat, glass mirror (that is hopefully not warped like the cheap one I have), versus the effect of up close or far away with these built in camera lenses that are a compromise.
Appeture and focal length as well as contrast / dynamic range of cameras are usually way different from the human eyes, which changes how everything looks. The contrast of screens is way lower than what eyes can perceive, so the mirror comes with way higher resolution, too. I agree that awkwardly standing in front of a camera without directions won't help exuding confidence.
With the mirror I can also see if the pose is rocking or not. I suck at posing or dancing I have no spacial awareness when it comes to me 😂. I think I'm going to level up to some sassy confidence as you have David, I feel that will make me happier
It may also have to do with the fact that you are literally seeing a mirrored version of yourself but in the camera you are seeing your true real self. Like people are part their hair a certain way and then realize in photos the part they like is on the other side in reality
Mirrors are not what we actually look like to others. Your right is your reflection’s right, but to another person looking at you it’s their left. Angles and curvature of camera lenses vs mirrors also play into effect
That makes sense why in movies photographers are always doing the poses and saying “yasss” “stunnnning” “give me fierce” “eat it” “no crumbs? 😳”, they’re being the verbal affirmation and mirror at the same time
I always assumed it was because I couldent see how I was posed or how my face looked like u can when u look in a mirror or take a selfie. Like I take really bad pics I refuse to let anyone take a photo or video of me cause it never looks like me even my family and friends tell me that I'm not photogenic lol which is crazy cause I was always told I should model but I just have to explain that I just take really bad pics so I can never do that lol
It's also because the you that you see every day in the mirror is a reflection, and photos are a reflection of that, which looks more "off" to you. Mirror the photo and it will already look better to you.
i feel like a huge part of this is that humans have binocular vision while a camera is monocular. so we have a slightly more 3d view of ourselves while cameras capture a flat 2D view. so shadows and contrast are way more important for a cameea
I have been using VR, and it seems like binocular vision makes people look thinner and more correct, also certain camera settings up close can look less flattering
One major difference is that the mirror flips your image horizontally. If your face has any asymmetry, which mine sure does, you might be subconsciously doing things to compliment your face as you see it that get flipped visually on camera. If your eye is used to moving across your face in a certain direction (for instance, in the same direction as the language you read) it will encounter your features in a different order, and see the asymmetrical elements differently. For a really good example, look at that famous photo of Abraham Lincoln regular and reversed, and see how different he looks.
I thought it had to do with the fact that we see depth and that our eyes are spherical but the brain corrects that, while (phone) cameras compress everything together to be flat and most of them aren't spherical lenses
There's a psychological element to it that makes you see what you think you look like. There was an experiment done with an adjustable mirror where they asked participants to adjust the mirror until the image looks like themself. Then they brought a regular mirror out to put side by side so they could see the difference.
This is not what it is. What it is is that we automatically adjust our bodies into the most flattering position when looking in a mirror and then, when posing for a photo, we’re self conscious out of a lack of editorial agency.
It’s also a difference in distance. A reflection does not show the distance from the surface to you. It shows the distance from you to the mirror and back. Where as the camera is a much shorter distance. That changes how your face looks. That’s why people tend to like mirror selfies, they look better because of the distance
The actual reason is that mirrors show our reflection flipped. We're all used to seeing a flipped version of ourselves. Then, when we take a picture, it's odd cause you're not seeing a flipped version.
This is a very mental approach to answering the question but one reason is because a mirror or likely further than a camera from your face. So when you look at yourself in the mirror you don't look distorted because the mirror is further away. Right Infront of the camera your face will be distorted
It's not just this, though. Some of us have what I call "Gemini face" (there is an actual name for it but I can't remember what it is) which is when your reversed image (like what you see in the mirror or one your selfie camera) looks better than your actual face! I have a nose that misbehaves when I smile, one crooked tooth and my right eye is *slightly* bigger than my left. I know, I'm a real goddess! 🥴 All these details reversed don't look so bad. But when I'm in front of the camera, if images of me are being shot by someone else, I look like the horror show I clearly am. Mariah Carey does this too, insists that people only shoot the left side of her face. The late Princess Margaret preferred photographers reversed images of her when developing film (back in the days of analogue photography), so it's rare but not unknown. ** by "one crooked tooth" I meant that one of my teeth is crooked, not that I only have the one tooth!
I think it's less about affirmation more feedback. 😀 In the mirror you have controll over what you look like. Not everybody gives themselves verbal affirmations
One thing that I've only ever seen in Europe and never anywhere else is corner mirrors - if you have two mirrors at right angles to each other and look into the corner, you'll see a reflected reflection, so it won't be a mirror image. It still baffles me that more places dont have this.
It has alot to do with lense perspective too. Mirror is not similar to a camera's lense and captures sometimes unflattering angles, giving the "bugeye" effect. If it helps anyone, most see people as how they see themselves in the mirror, at least upon first initial impression!
I put two mirrors together because I read somewhere on the internet that our image is flipped, but if you put two mirrors together and angle it so you can see yourself, that's how you look irl. I don't know if that explanation made any sense at all. It was in that moment that I completely understood why I was bullied so bad for my appearance in school.
There's something called lens distortion in cameras which can distort the face's proportions depending on the distance between the subject and the camera lens. The mirror is how you actually look, pictures genuinely distort your face's proportions.
What i wonder since my face is asymmetrical, is it that obvious and bad like it is in camera or is it slightly and hard to notice as i see in the mirror, i have been always insecure the one side of my face is snatched and the other is a little falling down but it only is too visible in the front camera and idk how ppl see it tho
I have facial dysmorphism. But it's not too bad. It's kind of make me looks good when I smile. But I absolutely hate my photos. It looks so weird. Back then I never understood why people Called me pretty. Some of them say I should do modelling. Then I realized something that I looks so much different in real life.
I can selfies because I'm looking at it, at how I'm posing, if I look good or not, my expressions... but as soon as someone gets the camera and I am no longer seeing myself, but the other person is looking at me, I kinda get shy and have no idea what am I doing
Also that mirror is angled. Making you look taller and leaner.
no wonder I always think Im so unhealthy whenever I look in the mirror
Mirror is 3d , camera makes you 2d .
I always look fat in mirrors and skinny on videos
@@speedified For me the exact opposite
mine is mounted on the wall does that still count as angled 😄
Camera lenses also wildly change people's appearances. That's why it supposedly adds 10lbs.
this completely depends on the type of lens, it can have the opposite outcome
@@strawberrydialectics iphone lenses distort faces heavily! I look literally completely different when my mom takes a picture of me with her iphone vs my Android.
Genuinely like two people
True. My phone's camera makes my forehead significantly bigger.
@@MissSchnickfitzeltyty for clearing this up for a minute i though i just looked like shit
@@MissSchnickfitzel how does it look different for iPhone vs android?
i just shit myself
Fr😂😂
IKR
We love her
she's so relateable that people use her as reference
Frrr
Vsauce explained the mirror effect very well, it's 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. It feels less symmetrical and features are all flipped making you feel like a potato.
yeah, that's why I avoid taking pictures it just messes with my self esteem.
@@madhavmathur4008 yeah, me too :(
So is your camera self real or is your mirror self real, not real but more appearance to be yourself.
@@Aubooboojoann they’re two sides of the same coin and they’re both real, one is how we’re used to seeing and the “ideal” way pics should look to us, but to our loved ones and peers irl the second one is the ideal way and the more beautiful one to them.
That's just one thing, the major one is that since we have eyes separated at a distance and our processes the entire image, it's different from how the camera lens processes it
Actually, there’s a technical reason for why that is. Cameras flatted an image when a photo is taken. So if you look wider, bigger or off in a photo, that’s why. It also warps depending on how close your are to the camera lens, and can have this fish eye effect up close and a flatten effect from far away.
Are you perhaps a physics student ?
thank you I am here to say that
Fun fact, most cameras with a wide angle heavily distort an image, so stuff near the edges is stretched outwards and stuff in the middle is kinda pushed inwards, and a lot of mobile phone cameras are like this, which is why you might look incredible in front of a mirror (which reflects what you actually look like, just inverted) but look a little funky in a photo (because the lens is compressing and stretching parts of the photo).
❤ this comment. Someone knows.👏🏽
restoring my confidence with this comment 🙏
Let's hope it's true bc I look like dogshit in photos
@@edithputhy4948fr 😭
So thats probably why I hate all my photos bc my mom and sister never tell me how to pose and take the worst angles of me lol gotta look for a photographer friend
Me, posing: is this a good angle? Am I hunching over at all? Does my smile look too cheeky? Should I fix my hair?
My boyfriend, holding my phone: you look good :)
Me: That is so unhelpful you don’t even know.
you gotta teach them how to photograph. one way i've done it with people is i take a test shot either of the empty space i'm going to fill or have them stand in, so i can show them the angle and framing i'm going for. learning your poses first definitely helps with this. also, take more photos than you need, try to make them all slightly different, check in with your photographer ✌️
Yup , I give them killer photo and then my turn - the … silent click , and it done , I swear in my head countless time cause you don’t wanna appear annoy in the trip 😢
God i really would love to take so many pictures! But i'm always nervous of taking too long (more than like,5 seconds) to take the picture and maybe the person posing becomes annoyed yk;the struggle... having models makes me nervous even if they asked me to take the picture :"(
I recently became this friend 😂 I had the knowledge and skill but something about me I guess just screamed “they don’t know how to photo” so no one ever asked- cut to - me and my friend on a trip and she wants some pics first day. The next 3 days are us taking *_fire_* pics of her because she’s never had photos she liked of herself til I started taking some.
Its also a focal lenght thing. Our eyes have about 55f while most phone cameras have 25-45 so everything seem distored and wider.
The focal length doesn't matter, it's the distance from the camera that matters. But with a phone, you normally take arm length selfies, and that'll look bad no matter what lens you use. But with the same phone and the same wide lens, if you just set up a tripod and take a picture, you will look fine. You just might need to crop the photo to get the framing right. The focal length on the lens just sets the framing of the image, and if you crop the image from a wide angle lens you effectively get a lower res version of the same photo with a narrower lens.
@@MattMcConahajust get a magnifying mirror😢
Ok. But tell me one thing. If am looking good in mirror then am actually looking good right?
Yes
You're actually at least 30% better looking than yourself in the mirror.
@@icallyourmombabygirl dammit ;"(
Yes how u see urself in the mirror is how other ppl see u
@@oiledupsonicwell except… mirrored
The Haley cross over! What’s this girl up to now 😭😭
Still not over the eyebrow thing 😭
@@lils528 same my brother 😭😭😭
FR LOL
I’m so glad someone finally mentioned her, I actually love her videos
As a photographer, a bad reaction is my worst fear when I'm taking a picture for someone 😭 So thanks for the verbal affirmation tips :)
Omg love this explanation!! I subconsciously thought about this too when taking selfies! So next time, I will hype myself up (positive affirmations in my head) so my selfies can turn out better! 🙌
I always always always always get hit with “you look wayyyy better in person, than photos”. So I’d rather be better in person than photogenic 🤷🏻♀️
Not Haley trying to pretend like she could take a bad pic
Ok but why do I feel myself all the way up to the moment I'm checking the picture??? Like it's not the being in front of the camera that I struggle with, it's the viewing after
Some of it has to do with the camera lenses we have. I dont know much about the details, just that up close, camera lenses can easily distort an image, producing an almost fisheye effect.
@@superlimeapple it's called lens distortion. Basically, the lens is a wider angle, so it distorts the way you look. The closer you are to the camera, the more rounded your face looks, and since your nose is closest to the camera, it makes it look huge.
@@persephone69420 That's it, thank you!
For me it’s the minute the photo gets flipped, lol
The second the photo flips i get a heart attack. Is that the fucking being i am? It's so ugly i feel sorry for people who see me like that.
This is why recording yourself and then screenshotting is the best way to go. You’re not psyching yourself out to get the “one” picture.
Camera lenses also have a slight fisheye(?) type effect when you're close to them. Mirrors don't. So the mirror you is what you really look like. Photos taken from a distance will be more accurate but selfie cam closeness will stretch out your face.
This is so important 🎉 I worked with so many photographers who are literally mute during the shoot! Just because I think a pose looks good, doesn't mean that it translates well to the camera. It's so important to have clear communication between both people on going throughout the session. You can tell easily in a person's eyes if they do not look comfortable with the shoot so it's important to help somebody feel as relaxed as possible and help them feel fierce and beautiful!
I take my self-timer photos with a mirror behind the phone! I find it gives so much more life in the face when I am making eye contact with myself as well
I’ve thought about getting a mirrored phone case for this very reason.
And I don’t even remember the last time I took a selfie, lol.
I think it was sometime last year.
It’s mostly the focal length of cameras imo! But I see where you’re coming from ❤
Definitely appreciate photogs who do this! It helps models become better in the long run!
Haley is gorgeous from any angle.
Let’s gooooo David and Haley my favss
Your personality is 10/10 ❤
Apart from the technical illusions of how the camera lens works, i've never thought about how positive affirmations played a part in photography 🙏
This man really be good at his job 😂
I love your shorts. I don’t take ‘insta’ photos of myself or anyone else (basically have avoided most social media). But I really love the positivity and energy you bring to poses and portrait composition.
I got so embarrassed and giggly and blushing when my mum's friend started giving me affirmations that all my pics came out terrible😂
Damn David looking goooood
I don't like my photos coz my face is asymmetrical and im not used to seeing it mirrored.
Btw, you're amazing as always! I can't get over your charisma 😂
Same here ! Well it’s just my nose but it’s enough to make me delete the picture and avoid looking at myself for at least 3hours 😂 Since I deactivated the mirroring option it is waaaay better
this is probably the LEAST important reason you look different through a camera lense
I REFUSE to believe it's just a state of mind. The circular lenses of cameras genuinely get your proportions wrong. Lighting's a huge problem, everything's looks dark and orange.
Plus I think logically speaking a 2d pic consisting of colored pixels isn't an accurate representation of all one's structured and in depth features.
Nope. It isn't verbal affirmation, etc. the angle of the lense relative to you makes a huge difference.
also cameras are warped
The mirror reflects green ever so slightly and it’s more detailed plus some other psychology I forgot. It’s actually been scientifically explained.
This is why I take better photos when I can see myself, and it's easier for me mentally
I feel like my camera is too limited to be able to capture my beauty
Right.... High resolution cameras can't even capture the beauty of sun and moon let alone mine. So, feel sad for those people who cannot see you in real life. On real life, you're more beautiful
He’s so rightttt. Genius!
Also even my mirror selfies look worse than what I see in person. I can look good and think hey I’ll take a picture of myself in the mirror to capture what I look like at that moment but the picture even looks weird taken through the mirror. I hate cameras 😭
Exactly. This is why I build my clients up as much as possible. I give them a pose and I want them to feel confident in it.
I just love you. You bring so much LOVE ENERGY!
Haley is literally everywhere!!!!!!!
Verbal affirmation is everything tho!! 👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥💖💖
to see your real self dont look at the camera image the mirror shows the real self of you if yoy dont believe i can explain..ask any of you friends or family members to tell you that you exactly look as in the mirror or if you want to cnfirm close your left or righ eye take a picture and see if you closed your right eye the left eye would be closed in the selfie or rear camera then go infront of a mirror and close your right eye you will se that your right eye would be closed in the mirror so mirror is not just a reflection it shows how we really looks and also i give you a suggestion... take 2 mirrors place them in v shape their you can exactly see your real self and dont believe in every scientific things as i dont know how to properly speak in english but i did
Your senses sometimes betray you, yanny laurel, placebo and what not. I mean you literally censor out your nose when using your eyes most of the time. Not to mention the mirror reflects more light as opposed to a camera
Yo I was today years old when I realized this. Phone cameras suck so horribly. Even when you flip it the right way it looks weird
I do like that. I like that hype man aspect.
But we need a follow up with the science if it doesn’t exist.
How our eyes perceive our body naturally, versus a flat, glass mirror (that is hopefully not warped like the cheap one I have), versus the effect of up close or far away with these built in camera lenses that are a compromise.
Haleyy!!! You slayyyy ,gurl!!
I wish more photographers, or people are trying to be photographers, understood this! ❤
I hate pictures lol. I feel like I look better in person. 😂
That makes so much sense!
You are so right... Speechless... You worded my thoughts
Appeture and focal length as well as contrast / dynamic range of cameras are usually way different from the human eyes, which changes how everything looks. The contrast of screens is way lower than what eyes can perceive, so the mirror comes with way higher resolution, too. I agree that awkwardly standing in front of a camera without directions won't help exuding confidence.
Omg i just thought this was Hayley's vid. I always watch her so it always pops up but anyways u really good
This isn't the furniture designer "now you know!" -guy but sure has same kind of energy!
Also helps that cameras on your phone are different than professional ones so it changes your face because it’s seeing a different view and width
With the mirror I can also see if the pose is rocking or not. I suck at posing or dancing I have no spacial awareness when it comes to me 😂. I think I'm going to level up to some sassy confidence as you have David, I feel that will make me happier
Haley is still a queen tho ❤
It may also have to do with the fact that you are literally seeing a mirrored version of yourself but in the camera you are seeing your true real self. Like people are part their hair a certain way and then realize in photos the part they like is on the other side in reality
Mirrors are not what we actually look like to others. Your right is your reflection’s right, but to another person looking at you it’s their left. Angles and curvature of camera lenses vs mirrors also play into effect
That makes sense why in movies photographers are always doing the poses and saying “yasss” “stunnnning” “give me fierce” “eat it” “no crumbs? 😳”, they’re being the verbal affirmation and mirror at the same time
i went to school with his assistant!!! she is so sweet. happy to see her on my shorts this morning! ❤
Never talked to myself in the mirror. That's asking for family to think you've lost it .
I'm confused 😅 I don't see the difference on Hayley... But I know the mirror effect 👍
Bro this man is single handedly improving my portrait game. I normally just tell a funny joke or some shit, but im not that funny so that barely works
I always assumed it was because I couldent see how I was posed or how my face looked like u can when u look in a mirror or take a selfie. Like I take really bad pics I refuse to let anyone take a photo or video of me cause it never looks like me even my family and friends tell me that I'm not photogenic lol which is crazy cause I was always told I should model but I just have to explain that I just take really bad pics so I can never do that lol
It's also because the you that you see every day in the mirror is a reflection, and photos are a reflection of that, which looks more "off" to you. Mirror the photo and it will already look better to you.
i feel like a huge part of this is that humans have binocular vision while a camera is monocular. so we have a slightly more 3d view of ourselves while cameras capture a flat 2D view. so shadows and contrast are way more important for a cameea
I have been using VR, and it seems like binocular vision makes people look thinner and more correct, also certain camera settings up close can look less flattering
I love your videos!
One major difference is that the mirror flips your image horizontally. If your face has any asymmetry, which mine sure does, you might be subconsciously doing things to compliment your face as you see it that get flipped visually on camera. If your eye is used to moving across your face in a certain direction (for instance, in the same direction as the language you read) it will encounter your features in a different order, and see the asymmetrical elements differently. For a really good example, look at that famous photo of Abraham Lincoln regular and reversed, and see how different he looks.
I thought it had to do with the fact that we see depth and that our eyes are spherical but the brain corrects that, while (phone) cameras compress everything together to be flat and most of them aren't spherical lenses
There's a psychological element to it that makes you see what you think you look like. There was an experiment done with an adjustable mirror where they asked participants to adjust the mirror until the image looks like themself. Then they brought a regular mirror out to put side by side so they could see the difference.
NAH OMG HALEY AND DAVID COLLABBED?? I LOVE THEM BOTH SO MUCH
This is not what it is. What it is is that we automatically adjust our bodies into the most flattering position when looking in a mirror and then, when posing for a photo, we’re self conscious out of a lack of editorial agency.
It’s also a difference in distance. A reflection does not show the distance from the surface to you. It shows the distance from you to the mirror and back. Where as the camera is a much shorter distance. That changes how your face looks. That’s why people tend to like mirror selfies, they look better because of the distance
That why i click my pics in selfie mode🤷🏻♀️
The actual reason is that mirrors show our reflection flipped. We're all used to seeing a flipped version of ourselves. Then, when we take a picture, it's odd cause you're not seeing a flipped version.
Omg I actually love this reason
This is a very mental approach to answering the question but one reason is because a mirror or likely further than a camera from your face. So when you look at yourself in the mirror you don't look distorted because the mirror is further away. Right Infront of the camera your face will be distorted
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It's not just this, though.
Some of us have what I call "Gemini face" (there is an actual name for it but I can't remember what it is) which is when your reversed image (like what you see in the mirror or one your selfie camera) looks better than your actual face!
I have a nose that misbehaves when I smile, one crooked tooth and my right eye is *slightly* bigger than my left.
I know, I'm a real goddess! 🥴
All these details reversed don't look so bad. But when I'm in front of the camera, if images of me are being shot by someone else, I look like the horror show I clearly am.
Mariah Carey does this too, insists that people only shoot the left side of her face. The late Princess Margaret preferred photographers reversed images of her when developing film (back in the days of analogue photography), so it's rare but not unknown.
** by "one crooked tooth" I meant that one of my teeth is crooked, not that I only have the one tooth!
I think it's less about affirmation more feedback. 😀
In the mirror you have controll over what you look like. Not everybody gives themselves verbal affirmations
so that’s why friends who don’t hype me up when taking pics take bad pics of me lolll
When I look in " za mirra" my booty goes "b"
I take "za foto" and it's "d" 😂
One thing that I've only ever seen in Europe and never anywhere else is corner mirrors - if you have two mirrors at right angles to each other and look into the corner, you'll see a reflected reflection, so it won't be a mirror image. It still baffles me that more places dont have this.
It has alot to do with lense perspective too. Mirror is not similar to a camera's lense and captures sometimes unflattering angles, giving the "bugeye" effect.
If it helps anyone, most see people as how they see themselves in the mirror, at least upon first initial impression!
ITS 2 REASON 1: WE HAVE 2 high reso EYES AND NOT A 1 cam 🫱🏽🫲🏾AND 2: THE MIRROR IS IN 3d And phones and pics are 2d Broooo
Makes total Sense.
I put two mirrors together because I read somewhere on the internet that our image is flipped, but if you put two mirrors together and angle it so you can see yourself, that's how you look irl. I don't know if that explanation made any sense at all.
It was in that moment that I completely understood why I was bullied so bad for my appearance in school.
There's something called lens distortion in cameras which can distort the face's proportions depending on the distance between the subject and the camera lens. The mirror is how you actually look, pictures genuinely distort your face's proportions.
i always thought it was because I can’t pose for shit unless I see it live and can fix it live. makes sense a photographer would help with that
What i wonder since my face is asymmetrical, is it that obvious and bad like it is in camera or is it slightly and hard to notice as i see in the mirror, i have been always insecure the one side of my face is snatched and the other is a little falling down but it only is too visible in the front camera and idk how ppl see it tho
I have facial dysmorphism. But it's not too bad. It's kind of make me looks good when I smile. But I absolutely hate my photos. It looks so weird. Back then I never understood why people Called me pretty. Some of them say I should do modelling. Then I realized something that I looks so much different in real life.
I can selfies because I'm looking at it, at how I'm posing, if I look good or not, my expressions... but as soon as someone gets the camera and I am no longer seeing myself, but the other person is looking at me, I kinda get shy and have no idea what am I doing
Also, I feel like cameras desaturate everything and captures things on your face better (like pours and smile lines).
Basically people look better in person than in pictures
Now this is an excellent photographer ❤
Wow! That makes sense!!!
You’re wonderful dude. ❤
Nah man, I be taking my own pictures and still look light shit after I just looked fly in the mirror. Bane of my existence.
I would like to see a series based on weight and height. Which poses work best for y’all vs fat vs short vs thicc etc