I will try to explain this so I won’t sound crazy. If you have a picture taken is this how people see you?- For a small example: Let’s say I do my makeup a certain way, it looks great in the mirror, then you have picture taken (say on cell phone) and you look different, makeup looks different. Its the mirror right or the camera…im not crazy by the way! Bad camera? case of not being photogenic, or bad mirror/lighting
so in the end: and in conclusion: do i get ready and judge my appearence by MIRROR or PHOTOGRAPH?
#1 by Phil on August 21, 2010 - 7:34 am
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Certain lightning can make your skin look old, …
Light can also make you look slimmer.
The way you hold your head, body, arms can make you look different. For example a straight headshot can make a huge nose look normal, but isn’t really a flattering shot.
Also most lenses have distortion, meaning that shots get bold, and it’s more noticeable when you are closer to the camera (look at fisheye or "wideangle lens portrait" > google images)
There are lenses that have almost no distortion at all, for example a 85mm fixed lens for a SLR.
#2 by ✰VanGorkum◈Photography✰ on August 21, 2010 - 7:34 am
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its the same thing but mirrored.
You might look "distorted" due to different camera issues, like wide-angle distortion.
#3 by B.E.I. on August 21, 2010 - 7:34 am
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A lot has to do with the lighting. The type of bulb that is where you put on your makeup will not be the same as outside, in the mall, or where ever the photo is taken. All light can be measured as a temperature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature (your light in the bathroom may be a 3200K bulb, but when your outside at Noon the light is closer to ~5200K . Then you have the cameras "white balance" (what the camera perceives as white, and bases colors off of that). The camera could be set for something that is not correct.
That is why a lighted makeup mirror has different settings, to show different types (temperature) of lighting that you can change.
#4 by Mark Holmes on August 21, 2010 - 7:34 am
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Of course a camera isn’t an accurate view of how people see you! A camera creates a two dimensional picture based on the light focused on to the sensor. The camera manufacturer decides how the light gets translated into an image, by adjusting sharpness, color, noise, etc.
When I look at you, I do not see you as a frozen two-dimensional object. I see you as a moving, living person, on which the reflected light is constantly changing and your expressions are shifting. My image of you is also affected by your body language and any opinions I might hold about the sound of your voice etc.
Your photographic picture is just a weak representation of you. I can make the same person look ugly or pretty in a photograph without changing their makeup.
People see you as animated, so a mirror is the better judge. The trouble is that the person viewing the image in the mirror is often the worst critic!