Put simply, light beams from every point on your face travel to the mirror, where they are reflected. Some of those reflected beams will travel towards your eyes where they will be detected. The image that you see has two interesting features: The image of your face appears to be behind the mirror.
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.
There's a difference between your image in the mirror and in photos. The image you see in the mirror is reversed compared to the image that others see face-to-face with you. Your friends are familiar with your non-reversed image, while you are familiar with your reversed image in a regular mirror.
You become familiar with this image because you see it every single day of your life. 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.
This may be because when we look in a mirror, our image is reversed left to right, which can make us look different than we expect. In photographs, however, our image is not reversed, so we are likely to perceive ourselves as looking more like we do in reality.
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.
Humans have a very precise "software" for face analysis. The image you have about yourself is the one in the mirror, beacuse it is what you've seen most of your life, so when you see yourself in pictures, your brain feels that something is wrong. A mirror isn't an accurate depiction of what you really look like.
The "Correct" Representation
However, when we see a photo, we look at a 2D representation of ourselves, which is not reversed and can look different from what we see in the mirror and we are not used to the reversed face in the photo. We don't have a symmetrical face that shows no differences when it is reversed.
Taking a photograph with the front camera (like a selfie) from too close a distance will distort your face (ending up with a slightly enlarged nose, for example). That's one of the reasons that people use those horrid selfie sticks, but it does move the camera far enough away that your face won't be distorted.
If you are struggling with low self-esteem, it may be difficult to look at yourself in the mirror. Mirrors reflect an image of ourselves back to us. When we don't like ourselves, it can be hard to look at ourselves. Overcoming low self-esteem is achievable with some adjustments to your thought process and behavior.
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.
Lighting, warping, and glass thickness can cause you to look different in different mirrors. Mirrors reverse your image, making you look different in mirrors rather than in photos. Mirrors are generally a more accurate depiction of how you look than photos.
In the case of mirror-gazing, the subject's facial expressions are reflected in the mirror and then perceived and recognized by the subject itself. This dynamic self-reflection can produce, within the subject, recognition-expression or perception-action loops.
People see you inverted in real life, or the opposite of your mirror image. When you look in a mirror, what you're actually seeing is a reversed image of yourself. As you're hanging out with friends or walking down the street, people see your image un-flipped.
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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.
We have spent our lives seeing our faces in the mirror, and we have become used to seeing our face that way round. So when we reverse that image, it doesn't look right. No one has a perfectly symmetrical face. Most people part their hair on one side rather than the other.
Conclusion. There are some people who overestimate their physical attractiveness, but on average, as research has shown, most people tend to underestimate how physically attractive they are. The explosion of social media has made unrealistic standards and unfair comparisons the leading causes of this dilemma.
A new study shows that 20% of people see you as more attractive than you do.
Another reason why people are not photogenic in picture is that cameras over-emphasize flaws. It may even distort your features when you stand close to the lens, such as your legs or arms may look stronger than they are.
The only difference between a mirror and a camera is that you are reversed in the mirror. Otherwise, they are both just as “accurate.” Here's the thing: the camera/mirror doesn't matter.
Neither is very accurate. A mirror shows a reversed image of your face, and our faces are subtly asymmetrical. Therefore, a mirror image will always look slightly different from how we appear to other people - in that regard a photo is more accurate.