Here's Why You Look Different In Pictures

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[@jamaalvibes]

In my 20 years of existence, I have yet to take a good picture.

[@azvr8997]

ur pfp is good picture :)

[@jamaalvibes]

@@azvr8997 🥲thx

[@kingxray8719]

Go to a professional photographer if you’re still ugly then just know your face doesn’t equal your worth

[@Goofion]

Me too bruh

[@CoffeeMate-mu6ng]

Even my baby pictures are gollum-esque. My mom won't admit it though

[@JimmyJapan]

I look like roadkill in both real life and pictures. Brutal.

[@ACMR6297]

Same

[@zzrroott6459]

Broootal brother.

[@PaulClipMaster]

That sucks man.

[@bluegiant13]

Brutal

[@reylo99]

Same! It's beyond brutal! I'm saving up for plastic surgery to change my canthal tilt from negative to positive. I'm also thinking of an MSE to expand my palate so that my mouth is wider.

[@poleag]

If familiarity adds to attraction, then we're all less attractive than we think.

[@Noise_floorxx]

Im not sure because my family members or no one close to me comments on my looks but strangers often do. But I can see this because I often see strangers online talking about their "beautiful mother" and mom is generally a 4/10.

[@agatazietek9098]

@@Noise_floorxx I see this with all the people in comment section of models being like "my wife/girlfriend/husband/etc is hotter than them!" but then if you look at their partner they're between 4/10 and 6/10, 99% of the time

[@Noise_floorxx]

Now that I'm thinking about it, did you mean looking at yourself?

[@rebeccaorlando9815]

​@@Noise_floorxx people are saying that more in the way that their mom or whoever is just a beautiful person, like their soul is beautiful. Not necessarily because they’re literally “beautiful.” As for our partners, if anything, we stop appreciating their attraction and notice more flaws over time because we get used to looking at them, not the opposite. So I call bs on some of this...

[@Noise_floorxx]

@@rebeccaorlando9815 no. I know what I watch a lot better than you do but thanks. The last video that I was referencing, a mother was teaching her daughter how to apply blue eyeliner to her blue eyes. It was an 80s monochromatic look. The daughter said the mother pulled it off better than her and said that she was a baddie. Pretty sure she meant her physical appearance in that context😊

[@caleb3781]

Love that the channel that usually tells me I'm ugly is reassuring me this time 😊

[@zzrroott6459]

Broski is embracing the bluepill

[@someoneelse8295]

I was happy until they said "People tend to overestimate their attractiveness" Aia

[@80sbrunnette]

LOL I feel your pain

[@mambamentality1056]

​@@zzrroott6459 Nope lens distortion is the truth not blue pilled😂

[@ericsonhazeltine5064]

I know the feeling.

[@Liv_1524]

The picture that especially horrified me was my drivers license pic 😂

[@charred1010]

Me too I gave myself ptsd on accident😞

[@alex_jermaine]

It's like they turn the contrast all the way up in those pics!!!

[@Noise_floorxx]

Mine was good but I made sure my makeup was perfect

[@TrinaGallo]

That’s universal. They must have a “super ugly filter” at the DMV.

[@zqingng1123]

I looked like a zombie in that pic bcos I booked it way too early in the morning 😂😂

[@hariko1972]

I love the way he's telling us we're ugly in a scientific way

[@bri-zy4ty]

😂

[@positivevibes2506]

😂😂

[@beautifulsoulgirl8683]

Weird. People tell me all the time I’m more attractive in person than pictures. So, I guess for some of us, pictures aren’t what we actually look like.

[@caxtei]

most people I know are more attractive in person than pictures , I get disappointed most times I find the instagram profile of a woman I find attractive in person

[@caxtei]

maybe it is makeup idk

[@DioShiver]

It is true, some people might be more photogenic than others, I guess you actually can search for scientific backup for that! I also think it depends on the way we are photographed and there are ways to take photos in which you will look like more or less yourself irl

[@jayrossxo]

Me too! People tell me that all the time. I honestly prefer looking prettier in person - I'd be hurt if it was the opposite. loll

[@agatazietek9098]

I'm sure it also depends on whether you can pose and make flattering expressions for the pictures. This is trickier than youd think as different light may make different angles look more flattering. And with selfies, they are even more dependent on the skill

[@yp2324]

Yup. Feel great looking in the mirror and my pictures are horrifying. The way the light catches in the lines under my eyes in photos makes me look like I haven’t slept in years, meanwhile looks totally negligible in real life 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@isitstupidtoaskquestions]

facts. started to wonder if I've alway had lines under my eyes and if I really look tired asf when I speak to people lol

[@yp2324]

I’ve never recovered from hearing a little kid say “why does she look so tired?” 😭 time for 💉

[@TrinaGallo]

@@yp2324 😂 (Hey, facial Gua Sha works wonders! 20 minutes 3 times/ week is so worth it. I also do face yoga on my eye area. And I look amazing in the mirror ☺️ Seriously though…)

[@softerhaze]

For me, I somehow always have horrible shadows on my cheeks that make them look so puffy and like my face is sagging in photos 😂

[@melovil9199]

@@yp2324vaseline under eyes every night (try it on your arm or leg skin first to avoid any bad reactions) always remove make up chamomile tea under and above eyes before going out, no alcohol, if you smoke don’t blow it back on your face, dont overuse corrector and pick the right tone (might look nice in the mirror but it will distort your face for stangers)

[@nicolcacola]

Cameras have bent lenses causing "fisheye" distortions, pick up depth differently depending on how far or close it is, and cameras dont always pick up light in the ways the eyes do.

[@irissupercoolsy]

Don't also look pictures more flat?

[@ryrez4478]

Yes, pictures are 2d​ @@irissupercoolsy

[@nicolcacola]

@@irissupercoolsy good point!

[@wiliam3622]

True

[@agatazietek9098]

@@irissupercoolsy I've heard many portrait photographers claim that because camera flattens, many girls with sharp features or heavy features may look average in real life but much better in pictures, while girls with soft features are less favored by the camera even if they're pretty irl

[@Bratzmaniac29]

And this is exactly why I value strangers opinions of me 😂

[@Lightfeather0076]

Do strangers say truth? Bcz i get compliment from many people whom ive never seen before Tho my fmly members say I'm pretty I don't feel like but stranger says too.people look at me always at road although I'm not well groomed .am i actually good or ugly ? I'm too insecure abt my face

[@Bratzmaniac29]

@@Lightfeather0076 people who don't know you who go out of their way to compliment you is probably genuine

[@Miracleofnight__]

​​@@Bratzmaniac29 well I get some compliment people usually don't compliment me cuz they are jealous but behind my back they talk about it me that I'm beautiful or blah blah I've got to know from some people even my own mother lied to me saying I'm not that much white but my brother told me that truth I look different in different mirror in my academy mirror I look good but in home mirror I look bad in some camera I look good but in some camera I look bad I have no idea once I have a back stabber friend she always used to point out that I look bad or blah but once she said that when I saw you I thought you are western your white colour and light brown hairs alot of people compliment my mom that I'm beautiful people look at me when I enter in rooms they are really very interested in me but hate me idk why ? More of jealousy I think I look rude for the first time but all I'm is sad

[@junemoonchild69]

​@@Miracleofnight__I understand. You have to deal with the curse of being the kind of woman other men and women see as either a threat, competition, to be jealous or envious of, and to basically be treated like you don't fit in anywhere. It's a horrible thing to have to figure this out much later in life, I just am now, after years of baffling and awful interactions with both sexes, when I consider myself to be undeserving of such harsh and nonsensical treatment. It seems a phenomenon of human beings since the beginning, I don't think it has a name, but in the subconscious race-world-mind it exists and it is there from where it comes. It's not your fault, it's simply a form of universal judgement, based on your type of "female". I am an Astrologer, so on another note, if you're interested, look at your Venus and Mars placements in your Natal chart...look there for a positive perspective, an interesting and different answer, a possible explanation for the situation you find yourself in, one that will always help you to understand yourself and others around you in a Good way 🤍 use it only in the best way.

[@sugarapple5465]

We’re not mentioning how pictures suck and are distorted due to the lens, lighting, and how far and close you are to the cam, even the position of your can and face can exaggerate your chin, or nose, or forehead etc . Some people aren’t photogenic. I’ve shown my husband my pics and asked is this really what i look like and he said no. Mirrors are more accurate, yes it’s true they’re seeing it flipped but since they are used to it, the level of beauty is the same one you appreciate. And we use filters to bring back some of the beauty that the picture distortions take away! 🥰

[@user-cx4ri5uh3k]

This is mentioned in the video

[@rufoosy4760]

@@user-cx4ri5uh3kyea lmfao what are they saying

[@sugarapple5465]

No they’re saying that it is the photo that is more accurate than the mirror. Which isn’t true. Photos are very distorted. That’s what I understood, or maybe i should watch it again.

[@PaulaRoxana-pi3gj]

Yep I remember a pro photographer showing the ideal lense photos of people should be taken with (70mm if I remember correctly?). That's why photos taken professionally or of celebrities always look ood, because they're using professional camera settings and lense to take photos of them. I also noticed I look way differently on a good camera, iphone camera, and completely horrible on a cheap phone camera. If the picture was 100% true, then which one?

[@emis8755]

@@sugarapple5465 i don;t think it s about accuracy it s more about perception, in the video it says that people see the unmirrored version of us. Our perception regarding the unmirrored version is bad, however, this does not mean that the other's perceptions is same as ours.

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

Pictures show how asymmetrical my face is and I don't know how anyone would wanna be close to me. 😂😂 I'd prefer mirror images. Yes i wanna be delulu.

[@ZinniaGulden]

It’s not delulu tho? The mirror is literally more accurate than photos. Idk why people think a 2D picture is more realistic than a 3D mirror..

[@user-bp7xz2bo5w]

My pictures are asymmetric but in real life no one realised

[@poptraxx418]

Are you Nigerian

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

@@poptraxx418 no

[@rosierose4452]

​@@ZinniaGuldenja, but the most people will never understand this. The most atractive people i know are not that much photogenic, on the other side there are some, in real life they look realy boring but on pictures like supermodels

[@bladenovak]

literally noticed this days ago and have been having an identity crisis since then, this is perfect timing thank you lol

[@carmel2029]

Same lol!!! I was mortified 😭

[@spacebuddy5339]

Lol I've lived with this my whole life. I once was cast as a model and lost the job during the shoot because I looked very different in the picture. 😂

[@ablueberry5616]

Does anyone also seem to look different in every mirror? Like in some mirrors my face is wider and in some I have a slimmer face

[@fionam8894]

well with some mirrors the surface may have a slight warp to it

[@zzrroott6459]

The mirrors in your house might be bad. Look at yourself in a bigger high quality mirror in a gym or somethn

[@ablueberry5616]

@@zzrroott6459 I could be wrong but I heard bigger mirrors tend to be less accurate since they're more prone to bending so wouldn't a gym mirror be less accurate?

[@aisnow5788]

I think it all depends on lighting.

[@bottledducky9610]

@@fionam8894 this is true, I was at my grandma's house and each mirror had me looking different

[@Madi-dt7bo]

Also I’ve noticed motion can influence how attractive you look. Like I definitely look better in videos than photos. Photos always catch your face at an ugly moment.

[@user-iu8yx6iz8x]

Man social media really messed all of us in terms of self esteem

[@reylo99]

People can easily fraud with filters, overexposed lighting, and makeup. I don't buy into the "glow up" transformations that much anymore.

[@chudchadanstud]

Depends on the camera. I look bad on mobile cameras. My friend likes to take pictures of me using his DSLR, I'm usually suprised that I look good on those. I used to think I was ugly when I was young then I went home to see family photos of me from photoshoots or taken by professional photographers at events. Mobile phones just don't work on me. I've also seen the opposite. People with a tonne of make-up look good on photos, but really uncanny or weird irl.

[@PaulaRoxana-pi3gj]

Yes same I even look different on phone cameras, depending on which one I use. On my iphone I look almost as good as my regular canon camera (with maybe minimal distortions), on my other cheap phone I look horrible af.

[@AmyFerguson]

My iPhone even makes objects that I think are beautiful in real life look ugly. It tries to “fix” everything

[@ToyCircle]

notice how every mirrored and non mirrored example used in the video looked basically the same ? That's the same for us too, it's just us who thinks it's ugly.

[@Orphiclov]

Yup. I even tried the thing where you stand in front a mirror with someone close to you then comparing what they look like in the mirror vs irl, they looked the exact same lol

[@nadiaorekhova3921]

@@Orphiclov I have the opposite feeling: was always scared of my ex's reflection in the mirror because it was an average stranger, and not the cute guy I know

[@ThanhNguyen-br1rh]

My whole life i always contend with how i look in the mirror but have the opposite feeling on how i look in pictures

[@Orphiclov]

@@ThanhNguyen-br1rh well, pictures are almost always not very high in quality so even if it shows your face un-mirrored, it would still make you look a little odd or disproportionate. Mirrors are more accurate in that sense. However The only thing about them is that we're flipped in them lol

[@jafarhassan3592]

It's the camera problem If you take picture by back camera and reverse it, it will be uglier than front camera without reverse

[@JuneKafaltiya]

I am on that stage of life where I dont care, not in the sense of giving up or "meh" but in the sense of its okay, I feel fullfilled in the way I look, I dont preseve it bad or good, its just me and I know myself as a person I am good, I talk nice, I dont hurt anyone, I am a normal functioning human being all in all I feel fullfilled, Yes I do take care of my self like skincare and exersice but I dont do it in an obbssive attempt to look better, good video

[@The_void111]

Obsessing over improving something gave me depression so it never help speaking from experience

[@kleenexx]

i love this so much

[@kaitlinmiaka3818]

I was traumatized by my own picture

[@LeticiaAGentil]

I was traumatized by my own voice

[@VictoriaGisele]

😂

[@reylo99]

Same!

[@clodragonthesecond9162]

Me too

[@totheotherside5603]

😂

[@howcanyoudothistome1]

I’m a model who feels they’re not very photogenic. It’s so weird…. I’ll go out with friends and they’ll love taking selfies.. but I hate it. They assume that I like taking pictures all night because I’m a model, when the truth is I’m terrified of how hideous I’ll look in photos. One of the weirdest things about being a model whose insecure about their looks is the lack of control you have over your image. I’ve had my face blown up massively for campaigns, face pasted on walls in stores…. and I think it looks absolutely AWFUL. 😢 It’ll be so bad that I don’t even want to share the achievement with friends or family because regardless of how big the campaign or brand is… I think I look ugly in the photo. I just think why oh why did they choose THAT picture?? Did they do it on purpose or do they genuinely think I look nice ?

[@skhulilengema4094]

I'm not a model but this is exactly what I've dealt with most of my life.

[@kris3451]

Emotionally, you'll never really get over that. The only way, is to view it rationally: of course they chose the most attractive picture - they want sales. No brand/company/photographer is going to choose an unattractive picture of you to advertise with. You just have to trust the truth of that, and learn to ignore the overly self-critical feelings.

[@subratanandy2142]

You probably don't look ugly in those photos, not from the pov of the ones who post them .

[@poleag]

You must love the spontaneous group photos where the person taking the picture doesn't even say when they're taking it and you have no time to prepare. Oh, and the worst version gets posted somewhere by someone else.

[@Imean626]

​@@poleag whenever multiple people take pictures of me in a group I never look at the right camera lmao

[@ingridh99]

Yess this happens always to me, i feel like i look okay in the mirror but on photos i am always shocked🙈 thanks for making a video on this topic😁

[@MiguelADav]

The most accurate way is to put a mirror in an angle with another mirror and the reflection will turn to how you actually look like

[@NihilsticGauge]

Yess correct!

[@_vee001]

I’ve done that and it literally looks so horrible and cringe I just want to kms 💀

[@The.DiamondDNA]

Hm i can't imagine exactly the angle

[@MiguelADav]

@@The.DiamondDNA Just put 2 mirrors in like an 85 degree angle, stand in front the angle created with the mirrors and your reflection will be the real you.

[@Fairozz]

كن اظن انه لا احد يعرف هذه الطريقة سواي 😆😆

[@lyfi_istired]

im ugly in both 💀fun video tho!

[@reylo99]

Same, or at least below average if not downright hideous.

[@vickibrown1611]

Me too. I'm hideous in both. ( I'm marginally less unattractive in the mirror😢)

[@v.r.2834]

I think that you are not ugly, for sure

[@Viciac1356]

I mirror my mirror in my bathroom, so that I can look at myself in the mirrored view, but also the “real” view. It’s helped me to feel more comfortable with learning how to look better in photos 😂😂😂

[@cat-mv4xw]

How did you do that?

[@Viciac1356]

@@cat-mv4xw you get another mirror and put it at a 45 angle to your “main” mirror… I have a mirrored bathroom cabinet which allows for this easily, but you can do it with any other mirror

[@endgamefond]

I dont like both mirror and camera. I even dont like when i am on Zoom call. This is unhealthy. I need to accept for my sanity.

[@user-xl5fw6ej6t]

Same every time I wanna talk to loved one of friends or just have fun & once I open the camera & see myself I completely shut off start acting I can’t talk look or focus on who I’m face timing

[@akilasultana2368]

Phew! Thank you. Flipping my pictures and seeing that I looked more like me in the mirror and so more attractive to me, without the picture changing was a relief.

[@CrimsonUniverse22]

Mirror, picture, reflection off a car window…none of it is a true gauge of how attractive you are compared to treatment from the opposite sex throughout your whole life thus far.

[@Aadhitiya]

but the thing is, that includes things other than just 'physical attractiveness', like confidence, style, etc., which are beyond the scope of what this channel talks about

[@CrimsonUniverse22]

@@Aadhitiya no it doesn’t. If we’re talking about how PHYSICALLY attractive you are, treatment from the opposite sex is the best indicator. Very physically attractive people, have gotten a good deal of compliments from people of the opposite sex throughout their lives…without knowing their personality.

[@ukhtiiiojo9186]

@@CrimsonUniverse22that’s not true 😂😂

[@StarryHoshi]

@@CrimsonUniverse22 this method of retrieving "data" can easily be flawed though. especially for those who are young and haven't interacted with many people of the opposite sex. for example, i grew up in a very small and majority white town and growing up I was deemed ugly simply for not being white and having non-white features. if i based my attractiveness solely on those interactions during that time then i guess i'm butt ugly and need some surgery. but objectively i'm a very average looking person for my race + gender.

[@CrimsonUniverse22]

@@StarryHoshi I’m speaking in general, obviously. You’re a specific case. And there are always exceptions to the rule. I’m Filipino and grew up in both a majority Asian community (military brat overseas) and a mostly white and Hispanic community in Texas (middle school through high school), and not once EVER been complimented or had any girl show some kind of interest in me. In either community. That’s three different races of girls that never showed any attraction to me growing up. It’s how I knew I’m also very very average looking.

[@Juniper93]

Awesome. Here I was thinking it was all in my head. Thanks YT for confirming everyone else thinks im ugly too 🥰

[@sashavenka]

Camera lens makes big difference on your face

[@ElRenecito]

This is the topic I have always wanted you to explain us.!!!

[@Damngoodchicken_]

My face is very unique. My features look different in every photo. It sucks not really knowing what I look like. I could go from model to roadkill. It really depends on the lighting.

[@iiiiana]

bruhhh same

[@Imean626]

Same, I'm a female but with really masculine features, especially my brow bone, if the lighting is bad I look like a neanderthal lmao

[@conformist]

man this is some crazy good research, and very enlightening on this asymmetrical face idea i've had before. seems like it's just more what i'm used to see myself of lol.

[@Skux720]

Facial distortion has nothing to do with focal length, what actually matters is the distance between camera and subject. Longer focal lengths simply force the photographer to stand further away from the subject to fit them in the frame, resulting in a generally more flattering appearance. You can achieve the same effect with your phone even though it has a wide angle lens, simply stand further away from the camera and crop into the photo while editing.

[@thinkbluealex]

In the end, beauty is in the eye of the beholder 😍

[@pavlal.4552]

So true

[@ML-rs7we]

QOVES already debunked this myth

[@mayakovske]

Delulululu

[@R_S747]

​@@ML-rs7we...no they didn't. It's not a myth, everyone finds different things beautiful. Just because a bunch of plastic surgeons asked some people who they found more attractive and made a "science" out of it does not mean everyone will find one person attractive or one person unattractive.

[@R_S747]

​@@mayakovske Hardly. Beauty standards are different around the world and personal taste is different from person to person. Not everyone is gonna find the """perfect""" face attractive

[@crystalstrader9806]

I so appreciate the research and science that went into the making of this video. Thank you!

[@BlackNella]

I feel unattractive but people always tell me I’m beautiful. It’s a mindfu€k

[@schpeidermann]

They just try to be nice.

[@alexreyes1371]

Same. The opposite sex has told me several times. I get looks from many girls but I don't feel that I am that attractive. Maybe I have some facial features that they like or the way i present myself / frame

[@Lightfeather0076]

​@@alexreyes1371actually i want to know i get a lot compliment from unknown girls .They say I'm pretty cute even tho i never saw them before Are they telling me truth why would they even try to impress me as they saw me first time

[@reve605]

Might be a self-esteem issue.

[@painexotic3757]

​@@alexreyes1371I've been told my entire life that I could be a male model and I attract women pretty easily but still only see myself as a 6/10 lol. When I see actual male models, I don't see myself on their level. But I do know for a fact that I'm above average if average is a 5/10. You might be the same. Above average but you may just be certain women's type so they hype you up. I think that's the case for me.

[@Bunny-ch2ul]

I'm not at all bad looking. I get compliments regularly, I get the kind of treatment that people describe as "pretty privilege," like people going out of their way to be helpful to me, etc. I am incredibly unphotogenic though. Like, my passport photo is so bad that I had a flight attendant genuinely question if it was me, and it's a pretty run of the mill picture of me. Another thing people don't tell you is that digital cameras, especially camera phones make a LOT of choices on their own. I take portraits of people at work, and I won't even let them see the photos I've taken until I've color corrected them. Even in good lighting, digital cameras can completely screw up your undertones which flattens features like cheekbones, and can make you look sick or ruddy. If your face is low contrast (pale and blond for example) cameras that do any degree of auto contrast can make you look bizarre. I'm pale, and blond, and have fairly cool undertones. I'm low contrast, except my eyes are navy. Any degree of auto contrast amplifies even the tiniest bit of redness in my skin, my eyes look borderline scary and dead, and my facial bone structure gets flattened, which makes me look like I have significantly more facial fat than I do. If your face is high contrast, you can easily look harsh, gaunt, etc. Anyone telling you to trust digital cameras to tell the truth about your appearance is trying to sell you something. RUN. Mirrors are significantly more accurate, as are FILM photos. (Caveat: Film photos also have a degree of color balance baked in, and they're not more accurate for all skin tones. A lot of filmstock doesn't accurately render people of color.)

[@bittersweetmadam]

Same. This kind of videos are just dull.

[@Bunny-ch2ul]

@@bittersweetmadam Dull and just incorrect. Not everyone who is attractive is particularly photogenic and not everyone who is photogenic is especially attractive in real life. I used to work as a stylist and attended a lot of runway shows. There are plenty of models who are *INCREDIBLE* in photos, but just decent looking in real life. Like, there's enough of a gap between photos and real life that you might not even recognize them. There are a fair number of plastic surgeons who aren't super happy with the advice that people get from videos like this because people are increasingly asking for procedures that will make them more photogenic, but the patients end up hating the results in real life. A lot of surgeons won't do aggressive buccal fat removals anymore because the patients hate the results. Yes, you get exquisite looking cheekbones in photos, but you can easily end up looking skeletal in real life. *PHOTOS ARE NOT REAL LIFE*

[@seriouserica640]

I have always wondered what was the real me! But I do prefer my face in the mirror vs in a front camera photo. I have also noticed certain physical traits photograph better than their actual appearance

[@anonmous4468]

Great video. I was trying to explain this to people a while ago but was shut down.

[@Madi-dt7bo]

This is such a relevant conversation. I’ve had this experience a million fucking times

[@Thomas48484]

I've gotten used to how my un-mirrored face by frequently taking pictures of myself. I found that if I take pictures or videos from different ranges, they all look close to how I look in the mirror. However, when my friends take group pictures on their phone I tend to get exeggarated eye bags and my face looks a lot fatter. I've noticed that when taking pictures in a bright natural setting with a *large background* (2+ meters away) tends to make my skin look off and give me harsh shadows, but if I were to take a picture in the same setting, but closer, I tend to look like how I'm used to perceiving myself. My friends don't really have that issue, they look way more like how I perceive them in their pictures, so why is this? Apart from other environmental factors like focal lengths, I've come to the conclusion that a major cause is the *difference between the lighting present and the lighting that your skin tone needs in order to take a good picture* . My friends all have white skin and so their skin needs less light in order to get rid of shadows, while for darker skintones it is the opposite. So in order for me to have a better picture I need to position the camera closer to my face (so more of the light is directly on my face), or I need a brighter light. This also explains why I tend to look better in dark settings because all the light is focused on my face. Skin undertone and the type of lighting matters as well. Lastly, I noticed that I don't experience this issue with video's. It could be because of how the light hits your face is different every frame, plus that you see your face move, that this issue is less prevelant. Edit: As for why the pictures I took still looked good to me regardless or range, is likely because they were taken in settings where the only light present is directed towards my face (like a bathroom light)

[@1iiii11i9]

That’s not true I have the same problem and I m white. It’s the opposite. If u have darker skin the lighting do not affect u at all. That’s why lightskins always look good in videos and pictures. And sometimes when I see a very attractive white person. They also look bad in some lights. But if u know them u won’t notice cause ur brain knows how they look. Sry for my English

[@Moe90ies]

People who see me in real life always tell me I look better than in photos, even though I really try to take good photos. I have also tried seeing people in real life who look better in photos

[@alo-hq3]

Much needed video🥲

[@monac1504]

Thanks for this explanation! 💕

[@lciav]

I’ve had strangers stop and tell me I’m beautiful. So I guess that really means something, huh.

[@UndisturbedMonk]

And are you beautiful in the mirror? If yes, then that pretty much sums it up

[@thathonestguy-oh9mx]

Finally a video we need more

[@emapelikanova478]

I've started writing a comment that photo lenses focal lenght distort faces. Selfie cameras have a short one, so it really takes in that effect. (And I do think Instagram actually employs some lens correction for photos taken in the app.) Similar effect is also known to be in mirrors, it depends how close you are.

[@Chiara_Elena]

I believe it has to do with the quality of cameras and lightning for me. Sometimes I want to take a picture of the bright and shiny eye makeup I just put on and can clearly see in the mirror. Then I take a photo and the colors are nearly invisible, almost grey and morphed into my skin tone. On the other hand, darkee shadows have suddenly appeared underneath my eyes or nose that were certainly not as noticeable in reality.

[@_Lilllyy_]

My asian mom is always a critic and point out what is good and bad. She says I look bloated and gloomy in pictures but look good in real life. So I do think some people look better in real life than in pictures.

[@TrinaGallo]

My Brooklyn mom does the same exact thing like 🤣 I’m like “Gee thanks Ma!”

[@Dr.ch4]

Idk, I look great on all levels of reality, or at least that's what I tell myself. Everyone is beautiful in its own way.

[@The.DiamondDNA]

👏🏼

[@Prodigy396]

What you look like in the mirror what is you look like in real life, just ask someone to stand in front of the mirror. Then switch between taking a look at them and their reflection you will see there is no difference, I’ve even had my brother say I look weird on FaceTime because the camera is flipped when recording.

[@themalawiandiner180]

Loved ones are more likely to find a person to be more attractive, than they actually are.....but then beauty is very subjective.

[@nymphey]

If a person is loved, doesn't that prove the person is attractive?

[@Imean626]

​@@nympheynah I'm ugly asf but I'm still loved

[@Taiga-16]

That's why i don't like to take pictures. I'm always ugly. If somone suggest me to take picture with him, i always ruine the picture with my weird face 😂

[@lalalalaland84]

Nop. Doesn't matter how it's flipped. No photo is the same as a mirrored version. Plus only the mirrors in my home looks normal. The ones in the mall and gym are warped

[@MoonLightt57]

Omg I was literally thinking about this rn

[@harryforrest6347]

*mind reading*

[@elizabethhardy5357]

Me too😅

[@11n_n]

Same

[@BlowUpTheOutsideWorld]

I'm so pretty in the mirror!

[@sumobot5212]

Very well made and educational video!

[@sooraj4l]

Mirror images are real, coz if another person stands with me in front of mirror thier mirror image look same as when I see them directly.. So that means I also look that way..But pictures are different..

[@belladonna1994]

beauty is in the eye of the camera

[@noneother7549]

the focal length of a camera has zero impact on how your features look - what makes the difference is how close you are to the camera. most people look best at a distance between 1.5 and 3 meters, but it depends on your individual facial features.

[@Madison0193]

yeah...

[@crystalnelson314]

I've put a ton of effort into making my face more symmetrical. It's helped a lot

[@TheOutlierToday]

How?

[@nadjaschneider3242]

What especially?

[@crystalnelson314]

@@TheOutlierToday jaw exercises, mewing, botox, orthodontics, sleeping positions, makeup techniques 👍

[@totti.]

@@crystalnelson314Drawing eyebrows ?

[@ily.SUMMER]

@@crystalnelson314 yh im cooked😭😭

[@LadyCaffeSuperLeche]

I went to a event some years ago and I meet an actress from a Fox series. She look like a average woman (not pretty just average) but when I took her picture she look pretty like in the series. Cameras flatten your face and if you have the right angles you will look better in a picture or in movies than in real life. I had meet a lot of actors, (I used to work as a journalist) and none look in real life as good as in the movies even with makeup.

[@wuiemotional4271]

the drop in confidence oh my god

[@AM-np3hf]

Another factor not mentioned is mirror distortion. Some mirrors have imperfections that can distort the reflection one sees similar to different types of camera lenses. Sometimes a slight bend in a mirror can very slightly either widen or lengthen the face.

[@JilTheReal]

Okay, so 1) I'm even uglier than I believe 2) I have to befriend everyone to be perceived prettier 3) I gotta get my ol' selfiestick out again That's oddly helpful, thanks!

[@d3vilman69]

Thanks for the video to explain why I hate how I look in real life for over 30 years. It is definitely different from my mirror image.

[@JungcockSevenDaysAWeek]

Can you please do a video on the "Jimin effect" and why specifically males tend to fall for it more than females? 🙏🏽

[@watchdog6619]

Omg, thanks, i hated making selfies because i looked so different to my mirror image. Nose huge and my whole face so wide. Then i recently made a picture of my mother and she looks so much older on the pictures, there's even light on one side that isn't there irl. Phone cams are just weird. And it helps if you set the ratio to full instead of 1:1😅

[@Josher_C.]

make a video about mirrors because why do i look different in other mirrors? like some mirrors makes me look attractive others not. and when i go to a barbershop their mirrors make me look so attractive. what should i trust? the mirror in the barbershop? is mirror quality affects our looks when we see ourselves in the mirror?

[@thevinufernando8526]

The guy who took my picture for my ID CARD took this sh*t to a whole other level💀😭

[@emis8755]

sameeeee

[@thevinufernando8526]

@@emis8755 NO.

[@thevinufernando8526]

@@emis8755 NO. >:(

[@BeaLucile]

I look better IRL than in photos or videos, but my sister in law is the opposite. I have small, faded facial features, so cameras tend to make me look older & sicker unless I pile on makeup to emphasize them so the camera can "see them" the way they look IRL. I look much better in the mirror. My SIL has large facial features - lush lips, big eyes, & dark eyebrows, so the camera picks it up very well in a way that looks natural, yet IRL her features look quite intense in a way that looks better in the photos. Many people in my life (who didnt have a reason to lie) have told me that they were surprised when they met me IRL, because I looked younger & prettier than on camera. I'm both glad & frustrated about it. It takes a LOT to get a good photo, & pretty much all candid photos make me look like a trash possum.

[@cengiz2645]

i dont get how after all the evidence pointing to mirrors being better as pictures have so many variables, you concluded that a good quality pic is what people look like more than their mirror selves?? i believe we're most likely our mirror selves just inverted..

[@ShellyBomb]

⭐ Also, depending upon the light in the room and into the mirror - which then reflects back onto one's face, thus lights a face differently - 😘

[@wiandryadiwasistio2062]

100mm or 85mm prime lens (for me) do the job well. my clients say 50mm photos were ‘chubbier’, but i reckon it’s also affected by angle (taking portraits at eye level or higher/lower than my clients) also some people only, apologies, look good at certain expressions. smiling does not always look good on people sometimes. _also also_ lighting (i hate to bring this to conversations as this is ridiculously complicated to even execute)

[@raylonajohnson1275]

I've come across so many people who look so much better in person than in pictures. These are people I've only seen online, complete strangers. So dont really agree with what this guy is saying 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Exosfear13]

good thing samsung selfie is already "un-mirrored" so i already know my good angles when looking at people.

[@alistlesshowlfromtheether]

It should be also noted that mirrors actually show you smaller and further away than you are. Even if your reflection seems to be on the mirrors surface, the actual image is 'behind' the mirror; it's what's called a virtual image.

[@lindatheresa8449]

Yes you're right. We see ourselves in the mirror opposite to what people see us I think, because my frown line is on the right in the mirror, but on the left in photos. Weird! 😧😳

[@synchronicity-thelanguageo3991]

No. No. Even if you flip it to suit the mirror there are still distortions. The skin tone doesn't match. Even sometimes the face looks a lot longer. The skin quality doesn't look anywhere near as good as it does in the mirror and it doesn't even match the skin tone of the hands and body...I've had one's where I look like I was run over by a cheese grater but looked good in the mirror, even if you flip it still looks awful so this doesn't explain it at all. Only when a real camera was used, from far away do I start to recognise myself. But then again, the mirror image is also sightly distorted too. It tends to darken the tone or lighten the tone depending on the lighting around the mirror. Also, I'm suspicious why these cameras and apps make a person look so much worse? Are there ugly filters on them or something?

[@YurinanAcquiline]

I agree to an extent. But I think it is more than that, photos especially selfies are taken up close. No one is 6 inches away from you examining your face. Photos are also take only a moment in time. So shadows and the face texture are just a moment in time. Also, 2d makes faces look weird.

[@synchronicity-thelanguageo3991]

@@YurinanAcquiline Explain the hands and face looking like they've been runover by a cheese grater? I can see the hands...something not quite right there. Almost like a setting that is purposely making people look uglier in pictures.

[@LittleDevil233]

This is exactly what I'm thinking and what never gets mentioned in discussions like these. It reminds me of when makeup gurus on here say some makeup looks amazing on camera but too heavy/shiny/whatever irl, that proves that cameras aren't always accurate

[@lynndupree1205]

I developed a "camera smile" that I use whenever someone points a camera at me. In real life it looks kinda goofy, but I almost always look better in photos. Try this: mouth slightly open, top lip slightly more receding to show more of your upper teeth. This camera smile looks better on anyone unless you have a very small or receding chin. I'm not prettier than the average woman, but my photos are almost always pretty.

[@Bri-ss1gu]

I notice this effect with makeup, both on myself and others. If I’m used to seeing someone with makeup and I see them without it, I feel like they don’t look like themselves. Like my brain cannot process that they don’t naturally have eyeliner and full contour when they wake up in the morning 😂

[@wowandrss]

I don't know about all phones but my camera has a setting to auto mirror/flip the photo so you can indeed keep looking at your REAL face not the mirrored one only you see.

[@alejandrop.s.3942]

I managed to find some ways to make my photos as much similar as possible to how I see myself in the mirror. 1. My face is not very simetric (I have an eye bigger than the other, jaw slightly towards one side, same with the nose), which are more obvious if a photo is taken totally frontally. So, I always pose either with my head slightly tilted or just showing one side of my face. 2. The smile. We have been always been told to smile in photos, but unless it's a goofy photo or it's capturing a moment when I am really laughing, I prefer to pose with a slight, Mona Lisa kind of smile. I have excellent teeth, but smiling makes me overall uglier. 3. Relaxed but dignified. That's how I pose for photos and it works great for me, when it comes for photos that I want to use for social or dating apps. Being too rigid makes you look awful, and even though being totally relaxed is better than that, it's not optimal either. Try to highlight your best features, which in my case are a defined jawline, height and wide shoulders, so I tend to make kind of "arrogant" poses that make these features more obvious. 4. Take some distance. Taking a selfie from a too short distance will definetely take an ugly, unreal photo of yours. If possible, try always to ask a friend to take a picture. I do hate selfies tbh. At the end of the day, it's not that our brain gives us a totally fake reflect, but more like it prefers to provide us the optimal version of our current self. P.S. imo, you should never use edition tools that "improve" your image. That's fooling yourself.

[@MarlopolyGaming]

00:56 I've found a decent way to offset this is to have your phone's selfie camera set to flip the images back. That way you never see any photos of yourself in reverse

[@mrdouche9172]

real life>mirror>picture common sense and you don't need a video analysis for it

[@sfxgamer2594]

Quality of cameras can vary, but mirrors give the best quality, but mirrors are inverted and cameras are 2d....so the best thing to see yourself like how other people see you is to buy an uninverted mirror or to get 2 mirrors next to each other like you're reading a book and thus you'll see yourself uninverted

[@jaaanska]

Try to take a picture of the moon or the night sky, Forests... Does it look like how you see it in person? Most likely not. And so do pictures of you accept professional high detail pictures maybe. If you get compliments, just believe them. It's the only true perception you can get besides the mirror. Even tho the mirror is still mirrored, others are just aas used to the unmirrored version of you as you are to the mirrored one.

[@Indielizard711]

I look better when someone else takes a picture than mirrored

[@carolina4643]

Some people are really photogenic other’s aren’t at all

[@reylo99]

That's why I'm thinking of getting surgery.

[@carolina4643]

@@reylo99why not 😉

[@reylo99]

​@@carolina4643if I had the money I would. I'm thinking of getting a canthoplasty so that there is a positive canthal tilt for my eyes. I'm also considering orbital decompression to make my eyes smaller and more deep set even though I don't have Graves' Disease.

[@SSenorr]

You should do a Morten Harket facial analysis. The most attractive human I’ve ever seen

[@bearclaire]

Ive always noticed people often end up having a relationship with someone thatnlooks similar to them , like same shape teeth or same nose, same shape face etc

[@rbanerjee605]

8:57 I love attractice people.

[@MoonLightt57]

So is mirror or camera more accurate? I think mirror is accurate

[@Ilovefrangipanis]

Mirror is accurate but you have to invert it

[@Nizaar1]

You're perception of your mirrored face is closest to other people's perception of you're unmirrored face (because: familiarity effect, higher resolution, no akward expressions).

[@ananyamalakar438]

Why is it that I like my mirrored version in pictures more because it has better symmetry but for other people whom I see irl I find their mirrored pictures more asymmetrical?

[@spacebuddy5339]

Attractiveness in photos has to do with the way light falls on your face. I once was cast as a model for a photoshoot but lost the job during the shoot because I looked very different in the pictures than in real life. The casting lady was bewildered by the whole thing. She couldn't understand how someone can be so physically attractive but yet so un-photogenic. I gave up modelling since then. The whole thing didn't hurt my self esteem infact it made me laugh 😂. When someone says you're handsome. I reply that depends with a smirk 😂.

[@caxtei]

these normal and inverted pictures have the same beauty level to me

[@UndisturbedMonk]

Because they are the same. It's not possible for them to look better or worse because the features don't change, they only flip the other way.

[@UndisturbedMonk]

I mean... Just flip the photo of a celebrity and you'll see that they look the exact same but with their facial features flipped the other way. It's not possible to look better or worse, because it's the same features but just flipped. It only looks weird to ourselves. Look at everyone in the comments that hate the way they look in pictures, basically everyone. That can't be a coincidence, not everyone is an ugly ogre troll. It's our own perception. The mirror image in the real you.

[@debdutmajumder3470]

For few days I have been thinking about this topic, KZbin felt that.

[@connection7405]

My theory is that the camera is never looking us from the same angle as we see ourselves with our eyes. Plus the flipped image