No. The image you see in the mirror is inverted. Other people see you the way you appear in a photograph, not the way you appear in the mirror.
Summary. Mirror images provide a more accurate perception of self due to the mere exposure effect, while camera images show how others see us. Selfies offer a unique perspective but can be distorted and less accurate than mirror selfies.
The camera picture is more "real" in the sense that you mean, because the mirror image appears reversed left to right. That mirror reversal is called "lateral inversion". It's a little bit complicated to explain properly, but you see that reversal of your true self, in a plane (flat) mirror.
This is 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.
Hold two hand mirrors in front of you with their edges touching and a right angle between them like the two covers of a book when you're reading. With a little adjustment you can get a complete reflection of your face as others see it.
When it comes to accuracy, mirrors are generally considered more reliable than photos or videos. This is because mirrors reflect light in a way that's closer to how we see things in real life.
In short, what you see in the mirror is nothing but a reflection and that may just not be how people see you in real life. In real life, the picture may be completely different. All you have to do is stare at a selfie camera, flip and capture your photo. That's what you really look like.
A new study shows that 20% of people see you as more attractive than you do.
04/5The camera angle
It is important to understand that pictures are a 2-D version of real life. This simply means that photos tend to flatten your features or distort them due to certain angles.
Do you see yourself uglier or prettier? In a series of studies, Epley and Whitchurch showed that we see ourselves as better looking than we actually are. The researchers took pictures of study participants and, using a computerized procedure, produced more attractive and less attractive versions of those pictures.
In a series of studies, Epley and Whitchurch showed that we see ourselves as better looking than we actually are.
Back camera is how you look from other people, and typically shot from distance people normally see you, so perspective will be also likely going to be close.
Concave mirrors can produce both real and virtual images depending on the distance from the mirror to the object and the curvature of the mirror, while convex mirrors produce only virtual images.
If you don't wear clothes that flatter your body, you likely won't look good in photos. Choose styles and cuts that work for your body and colours that work for your complexion. The most important thing is to feel confident in whatever you're wearing, it's sure to shine through! Makeup can make or break your photo.
Cameras flip your selfies because it gives you the image of what you look like to other people. This is the flipped version of what you see in your reflection and people do not usually see themselves in that way. After you take the picture you are looking at yourself from an outsider's perspective.
According to psychology, when we see ourselves in the mirror, we tend to think of ourselves as prettier, than how we actually look to others, in real life. That's the perception of the mirror, vs what you look like to others in real life.
Given that FOV and the distance you can hold the camera from your face is going to top out at around 2.5 feet for most people, your features closest to the camera will seem quite exaggerated, and is not an accurate representation of proportions.
People gravitate toward you. Attraction by definition means that other people will feel the need to be near you. If you are attractive, you may find that you naturally become the center of conversation or of a large group of friends. People send you messages or contact you out of the blue.
If you have a lot of people interested in you or pursuing you, it could be a sign that you're attractive. People are naturally attracted to beauty, and if you have it, you might find that you have a lot of admirers.
But the image you see in the mirror is NOT what everyone else sees. The reflection you see in the mirror each morning is a REVERSED IMAGE of how you appear to the world, and to the camera.
Many of the photos posted on social media platforms are selfies. Judges rated positivity in selfies to be related to extraversion and agreeableness. Duckface selfies were related to neuroticism. Selfies allow the owners a degree of control over how they look.
Relax! You will be relieved to know that when other people look at you in real life, they are more likely to see what you see when you look in a mirror (without the reversal) rather than what you look like on phone pictures.
The camera lens is not the human eye
It's called lens distortion and it can render your nose, eyes, hips, head, chest, thighs and all the rest of it marginally bigger, smaller, wider or narrower than they really are.