It must have happened to you that when you look in the mirror and see a photo of yourself, you see a completely different picture. Nobody likes it when they don't look the way they want in a photo, and nobody feels the most confident about it. That's why we asked experts in the field of photography how it is possible that sometimes it seems that we look completely different in the mirror than in the photos.
It's no good for anyone if they somehow can't do it nice selfie, even though in the mirror looks perfectly fine. It's even worse when he catches us in the lens a friend, and the picture looks perfect otherwise, as the mirror showed us.
That's when we ask ourselves if it's about optical illusion, or we do not see ourselves as we really look, or bear the blame camera. We therefore asked experts in the field about this phenomenon photographs.
Do you look different in selfies than in the mirror? Photo: Cottonbro / PexelsWhy do you look different in the mirror than in the photos?
First, let the village let's calm down: if you think you look completely different in the photos than in the mirror, no way you are not the only one. This is completely normal: first of all, let's emphasize that how we look in photos depends a lot on us poses and light, under which the photo was taken. If we are aware of what positions we will look like the best, we can manage to appear in the pictures slimmer, we emphasize ours curves etc. They can play with our face shadows: it depends on them which part of our face will fall out bigger, smaller, more conspicuous…
The secret also lies in type of lens, with which the photo was taken. Photographers claim that there is no lens, which would show completely real picture: lenses show two-dimensional perspective, which of course differs from 3D images, which we see in real life. That's why we usually look the same in photos wider, ours facial features and curves but slightly different from the mirror image they differ. Also light it lands on the lens in a different way than it does on the mirror, which can still make a difference increases.
The third reason that photographs can us surprise, it can also be that a friend catches us from angle, from which themselves usually we don't see. This is why our face and body can look different from what we are used to.
Light has a big influence on photos Photo: Anete Lusina / PexelsWhich picture is more realistic?
With so much different pictures it is quite normal to ask ourselves how exactly we look. Experts say we still will the most realistic picture seen in the mirror. That's why it's not no reason to worry, if you are not the best in the photos like it.
You should also realize that we themselves own biggest critics: if you ever feel like you look like yourself in a photo terrible, to your friends most likely at all it won't be clear, what are you talking about. You can also be aware that yours also add a lot to your look in real life energy, self-confidence, openness and kindness: features that the camera lens just can't capture.
