Why We Look Different In The Mirror Than The Camera
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i just shit myself
Fr😂😂
IKR
We love her
she's so relateable that people use her as reference
Frrr
Also that mirror is angled. Making you look taller and leaner.
no wonder I always think Im so unhealthy whenever I look in the mirror
Mirror is 3d , camera makes you 2d .
I always look fat in mirrors and skinny on videos
@@speedified For me the exact opposite
mine is mounted on the wall does that still count as angled 😄
Camera lenses also wildly change people's appearances. That's why it supposedly adds 10lbs.
this completely depends on the type of lens, it can have the opposite outcome
@@strawberrydialectics iphone lenses distort faces heavily! I look literally completely different when my mom takes a picture of me with her iphone vs my Android.
Genuinely like two people
True. My phone's camera makes my forehead significantly bigger.
@@MissSchnickfitzeltyty for clearing this up for a minute i though i just looked like shit
@@MissSchnickfitzel how does it look different for iPhone vs android?
Vsauce explained the mirror effect very well, it's 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. It feels less symmetrical and features are all flipped making you feel like a potato.
yeah, that's why I avoid taking pictures it just messes with my self esteem.
@@madhavmathur4008 yeah, me too :(
So is your camera self real or is your mirror self real, not real but more appearance to be yourself.
@@Aubooboojoann they’re two sides of the same coin and they’re both real, one is how we’re used to seeing and the “ideal” way pics should look to us, but to our loved ones and peers irl the second one is the ideal way and the more beautiful one to them.
That's just one thing, the major one is that since we have eyes separated at a distance and our processes the entire image, it's different from how the camera lens processes it
So thats probably why I hate all my photos bc my mom and sister never tell me how to pose and take the worst angles of me lol gotta look for a photographer friend
Me, posing: is this a good angle? Am I hunching over at all? Does my smile look too cheeky? Should I fix my hair?
My boyfriend, holding my phone: you look good :)
Me: That is so unhelpful you don’t even know.
you gotta teach them how to photograph. one way i've done it with people is i take a test shot either of the empty space i'm going to fill or have them stand in, so i can show them the angle and framing i'm going for. learning your poses first definitely helps with this. also, take more photos than you need, try to make them all slightly different, check in with your photographer ✌️
Yup , I give them killer photo and then my turn - the … silent click , and it done , I swear in my head countless time cause you don’t wanna appear annoy in the trip 😢
God i really would love to take so many pictures! But i'm always nervous of taking too long (more than like,5 seconds) to take the picture and maybe the person posing becomes annoyed yk;the struggle... having models makes me nervous even if they asked me to take the picture :"(
I recently became this friend 😂 I had the knowledge and skill but something about me I guess just screamed “they don’t know how to photo” so no one ever asked- cut to - me and my friend on a trip and she wants some pics first day. The next 3 days are us taking *_fire_* pics of her because she’s never had photos she liked of herself til I started taking some.
Ok. But tell me one thing. If am looking good in mirror then am actually looking good right?
Yes
You're actually at least 30% better looking than yourself in the mirror.
@@KiKiLovesToCook dammit ;"(
Yes how u see urself in the mirror is how other ppl see u
@@ghwsted__well except… mirrored
Actually, there’s a technical reason for why that is. Cameras flatted an image when a photo is taken. So if you look wider, bigger or off in a photo, that’s why. It also warps depending on how close your are to the camera lens, and can have this fish eye effect up close and a flatten effect from far away.
Are you perhaps a physics student ?
thank you I am here to say that
The Haley cross over! What’s this girl up to now 😭😭
Still not over the eyebrow thing 😭
@@lils528 same my brother 😭😭😭
FR LOL
I’m so glad someone finally mentioned her, I actually love her videos
Its also a focal lenght thing. Our eyes have about 55f while most phone cameras have 25-45 so everything seem distored and wider.
The focal length doesn't matter, it's the distance from the camera that matters. But with a phone, you normally take arm length selfies, and that'll look bad no matter what lens you use. But with the same phone and the same wide lens, if you just set up a tripod and take a picture, you will look fine. You just might need to crop the photo to get the framing right. The focal length on the lens just sets the framing of the image, and if you crop the image from a wide angle lens you effectively get a lower res version of the same photo with a narrower lens.
@@MattMcConahajust get a magnifying mirror😢
Fun fact, most cameras with a wide angle heavily distort an image, so stuff near the edges is stretched outwards and stuff in the middle is kinda pushed inwards, and a lot of mobile phone cameras are like this, which is why you might look incredible in front of a mirror (which reflects what you actually look like, just inverted) but look a little funky in a photo (because the lens is compressing and stretching parts of the photo).
❤ this comment. Someone knows.👏🏽
restoring my confidence with this comment 🙏
Let's hope it's true bc I look like dogshit in photos
@@edithputhy4948fr 😭
Not Haley trying to pretend like she could take a bad pic
As a photographer, a bad reaction is my worst fear when I'm taking a picture for someone 😭 So thanks for the verbal affirmation tips :)
Ok but why do I feel myself all the way up to the moment I'm checking the picture??? Like it's not the being in front of the camera that I struggle with, it's the viewing after
Some of it has to do with the camera lenses we have. I dont know much about the details, just that up close, camera lenses can easily distort an image, producing an almost fisheye effect.
@@superlimeapple it's called lens distortion. Basically, the lens is a wider angle, so it distorts the way you look. The closer you are to the camera, the more rounded your face looks, and since your nose is closest to the camera, it makes it look huge.
@@persephone69420 That's it, thank you!
For me it’s the minute the photo gets flipped, lol
The second the photo flips i get a heart attack. Is that the fucking being i am? It's so ugly i feel sorry for people who see me like that.
I always always always always get hit with “you look wayyyy better in person, than photos”. So I’d rather be better in person than photogenic 🤷🏻♀️
Omg love this explanation!! I subconsciously thought about this too when taking selfies! So next time, I will hype myself up (positive affirmations in my head) so my selfies can turn out better! 🙌
I feel like my camera is too limited to be able to capture my beauty
Right.... High resolution cameras can't even capture the beauty of sun and moon let alone mine. So, feel sad for those people who cannot see you in real life. On real life, you're more beautiful
It’s mostly the focal length of cameras imo! But I see where you’re coming from ❤
This is why recording yourself and then screenshotting is the best way to go. You’re not psyching yourself out to get the “one” picture.
also cameras are warped
Haley is still a queen tho ❤
but why cant i take a pic of what i see in the mirror even if im taking a pic of my mirror image 😂 the angles and lenses f it up and i look fatter 😢
you can with a good camera/lens lol
Try to zoom in and step back. I always look better that way too, less distorted
I take my self-timer photos with a mirror behind the phone! I find it gives so much more life in the face when I am making eye contact with myself as well
I’ve thought about getting a mirrored phone case for this very reason.
And I don’t even remember the last time I took a selfie, lol.
I think it was sometime last year.
Haley!!
this is probably the LEAST important reason you look different through a camera lense
Camera lenses also have a slight fisheye(?) type effect when you're close to them. Mirrors don't. So the mirror you is what you really look like. Photos taken from a distance will be more accurate but selfie cam closeness will stretch out your face.
I don't like my photos coz my face is asymmetrical and im not used to seeing it mirrored.
Btw, you're amazing as always! I can't get over your charisma 😂
Same here ! Well it’s just my nose but it’s enough to make me delete the picture and avoid looking at myself for at least 3hours 😂 Since I deactivated the mirroring option it is waaaay better
This man really be good at his job 😂
I always assumed it was because I couldent see how I was posed or how my face looked like u can when u look in a mirror or take a selfie. Like I take really bad pics I refuse to let anyone take a photo or video of me cause it never looks like me even my family and friends tell me that I'm not photogenic lol which is crazy cause I was always told I should model but I just have to explain that I just take really bad pics so I can never do that lol
Omg that's hailey baileyyy my fV youtuberrrr
ITS 2 REASON 1: WE HAVE 2 high reso EYES AND NOT A 1 cam 🫱🏽🫲🏾AND 2: THE MIRROR IS IN 3d And phones and pics are 2d Broooo
I'm confused 😅 I don't see the difference on Hayley... But I know the mirror effect 👍
Let’s gooooo David and Haley my favss
The mirror reflects green ever so slightly and it’s more detailed plus some other psychology I forgot. It’s actually been scientifically explained.
Damn David looking goooood
to see your real self dont look at the camera image the mirror shows the real self of you if yoy dont believe i can explain..ask any of you friends or family members to tell you that you exactly look as in the mirror or if you want to cnfirm close your left or righ eye take a picture and see if you closed your right eye the left eye would be closed in the selfie or rear camera then go infront of a mirror and close your right eye you will se that your right eye would be closed in the mirror so mirror is not just a reflection it shows how we really looks and also i give you a suggestion... take 2 mirrors place them in v shape their you can exactly see your real self and dont believe in every scientific things as i dont know how to properly speak in english but i did
Your senses sometimes betray you, yanny laurel, placebo and what not. I mean you literally censor out your nose when using your eyes most of the time. Not to mention the mirror reflects more light as opposed to a camera
Yo I was today years old when I realized this. Phone cameras suck so horribly. Even when you flip it the right way it looks weird
I got so embarrassed and giggly and blushing when my mum's friend started giving me affirmations that all my pics came out terrible😂
Why does she look like Haileyyyy
😯😯
I think she is
It is Hayley!
Cus she is 😂
She is lmaooo
What i wonder since my face is asymmetrical, is it that obvious and bad like it is in camera or is it slightly and hard to notice as i see in the mirror, i have been always insecure the one side of my face is snatched and the other is a little falling down but it only is too visible in the front camera and idk how ppl see it tho
When I look in " za mirra" my booty goes "b"
I take "za foto" and it's "d" 😂
Didn't think I'd be finding Haley here
I love your shorts. I don’t take ‘insta’ photos of myself or anyone else (basically have avoided most social media). But I really love the positivity and energy you bring to poses and portrait composition.
i always thought it was because I can’t pose for shit unless I see it live and can fix it live. makes sense a photographer would help with that
Ok, so in bathroom mirrors, I look great, but with random mirrors or reflections, I look hella weird.
I literally look extremely good and beautiful in some reflections and subway reflections. In others, i look 50kg overweight
@@MissSchnickfitzel Same. I'll look fatter, but I also will go from having a normal forehead to a five head and magically get wrinkles on it. Idk.
There is one mirror I look like a hot beast it's at outside of my house, and in bathroom mirror I look average , another one is in room i look ok but it's just dark
Omg I actually love this reason
man i gotta go get a photoshoot done by this guy, he'd probably make it feel good about myself for the first time ever
Hey just fyi I am 100% positive you're a gorgeous and wonderful person and I know for a fact that you deserve to feel good about yourself. It's okay if you don't and it's important to accept your whole self even when that includes accepting feeling bad about yourself, but you are always worthy of feeling good about yourself, whether or not you're actively up to feeling it in any given moment. :) You are awesome, important, special, beautiful, enough, and needed in the world!
Haley is literally everywhere!!!!!!!
I thought it had to do with the fact that we see depth and that our eyes are spherical but the brain corrects that, while (phone) cameras compress everything together to be flat and most of them aren't spherical lenses
This is so important 🎉 I worked with so many photographers who are literally mute during the shoot! Just because I think a pose looks good, doesn't mean that it translates well to the camera. It's so important to have clear communication between both people on going throughout the session. You can tell easily in a person's eyes if they do not look comfortable with the shoot so it's important to help somebody feel as relaxed as possible and help them feel fierce and beautiful!
He’s so rightttt. Genius!
Your personality is 10/10 ❤
Definitely appreciate photogs who do this! It helps models become better in the long run!
Exactly. This is why I build my clients up as much as possible. I give them a pose and I want them to feel confident in it.
Never talked to myself in the mirror. That's asking for family to think you've lost it .
Haleyy!!! You slayyyy ,gurl!!
That makes so much sense!
Also helps that cameras on your phone are different than professional ones so it changes your face because it’s seeing a different view and width
I think it's less about affirmation more feedback. 😀
In the mirror you have controll over what you look like. Not everybody gives themselves verbal affirmations
Appeture and focal length as well as contrast / dynamic range of cameras are usually way different from the human eyes, which changes how everything looks. The contrast of screens is way lower than what eyes can perceive, so the mirror comes with way higher resolution, too. I agree that awkwardly standing in front of a camera without directions won't help exuding confidence.
I have been using VR, and it seems like binocular vision makes people look thinner and more correct, also certain camera settings up close can look less flattering
Omg i just thought this was Hayley's vid. I always watch her so it always pops up but anyways u really good
That makes sense why in movies photographers are always doing the poses and saying “yasss” “stunnnning” “give me fierce” “eat it” “no crumbs? 😳”, they’re being the verbal affirmation and mirror at the same time
Makes total Sense.
I do like that. I like that hype man aspect.
But we need a follow up with the science if it doesn’t exist.
How our eyes perceive our body naturally, versus a flat, glass mirror (that is hopefully not warped like the cheap one I have), versus the effect of up close or far away with these built in camera lenses that are a compromise.
Mirrors are not what we actually look like to others. Your right is your reflection’s right, but to another person looking at you it’s their left. Angles and curvature of camera lenses vs mirrors also play into effect
Haley is gorgeous from any angle.
This is not what it is. What it is is that we automatically adjust our bodies into the most flattering position when looking in a mirror and then, when posing for a photo, we’re self conscious out of a lack of editorial agency.
Apart from the technical illusions of how the camera lens works, i've never thought about how positive affirmations played a part in photography 🙏
Also cameras have to Make a 3d object flat. It can distort the features slightly
I hate pictures lol. I feel like I look better in person. 😂
It's also because the you that you see every day in the mirror is a reflection, and photos are a reflection of that, which looks more "off" to you. Mirror the photo and it will already look better to you.
That’s why if I can’t look at myself in the camera then I can’t get a picture. I always ask people to take it on a selfie camera
Yes, when others are taking pictures.. i don't have any visual affirmation!! And I hate the pictures others take. But I'm okay with my selfies!
It has alot to do with lense perspective too. Mirror is not similar to a camera's lense and captures sometimes unflattering angles, giving the "bugeye" effect.
If it helps anyone, most see people as how they see themselves in the mirror, at least upon first initial impression!
i feel like a huge part of this is that humans have binocular vision while a camera is monocular. so we have a slightly more 3d view of ourselves while cameras capture a flat 2D view. so shadows and contrast are way more important for a cameea
The focal length of the camera changes how you look. So you'll want to adjust that or move the camera to a different distance usually further away.
My beautiful Hayley saying she ugly. Like what......
No. My girl pretty
This is a very mental approach to answering the question but one reason is because a mirror or likely further than a camera from your face. So when you look at yourself in the mirror you don't look distorted because the mirror is further away. Right Infront of the camera your face will be distorted
Also, the mirror and camera give mirror images of you, if that makes sense. You're used to seeing yourself in the mirror, so seeing the opposite of that from a camera is kinda uncomfortable.
Do people see me the way i see myself in the mirror or do they see the flipped version of myself from pictures ??
They see you like pictures, but it's how they're familiar seeing you, so it feels as normal and comfortable as you seeing yourself in the mirror.
@@da_bananananana4171bruh that's not even true when I see mine sister pic I found her so ugly in pic but in a good quality mirror I found her more similar
It's not just this, though.
Some of us have what I call "Gemini face" (there is an actual name for it but I can't remember what it is) which is when your reversed image (like what you see in the mirror or one your selfie camera) looks better than your actual face!
I have a nose that misbehaves when I smile, one crooked tooth and my right eye is *slightly* bigger than my left.
I know, I'm a real goddess! 🥴
All these details reversed don't look so bad. But when I'm in front of the camera, if images of me are being shot by someone else, I look like the horror show I clearly am.
Mariah Carey does this too, insists that people only shoot the left side of her face. The late Princess Margaret preferred photographers reversed images of her when developing film (back in the days of analogue photography), so it's rare but not unknown.
** by "one crooked tooth" I meant that one of my teeth is crooked, not that I only have the one tooth!
so that’s why friends who don’t hype me up when taking pics take bad pics of me lolll
This isn't the furniture designer "now you know!" -guy but sure has same kind of energy!
I just love you. You bring so much LOVE ENERGY!
that's not what I say to myself in the mirror lmao
One thing that I've only ever seen in Europe and never anywhere else is corner mirrors - if you have two mirrors at right angles to each other and look into the corner, you'll see a reflected reflection, so it won't be a mirror image. It still baffles me that more places dont have this.
Verbal affirmation is everything tho!! 👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥💖💖
Sir! How do u explain selfies???
Face! 😀
he popped up like the dude that tells people how to arrange their furniture and i got so fucking confused for a second
THANK you for your content
That why i click my pics in selfie mode🤷🏻♀️
Never knew taking a selfie could be this complicated 😅😂😂
With the mirror I can also see if the pose is rocking or not. I suck at posing or dancing I have no spacial awareness when it comes to me 😂. I think I'm going to level up to some sassy confidence as you have David, I feel that will make me happier
This is why I take better photos when I can see myself, and it's easier for me mentally
Wow! That makes sense!!!
You are so right... Speechless... You worded my thoughts
I wish more photographers, or people are trying to be photographers, understood this! ❤
My only issue is when I take a photo is myself thru the mirror, I literally look different BC of how different a phone camera is to my eyes.
Cameras are typically portrait and longer up/down, but our vision is space to side landscape kinda which came also after how it looks compared to use as well. Often you'll look wider in portrait mode BC you're taking up more of what is visible in that compared to talking up less in what we see as it's larger.
I'm am artist and this is a weird thing I've had to acknowledge with a lot of things
Love that mirror!!@ where did you get it
Wherever I go, I see Haley! ❤❤
I love your videos!
So true 😅...I'll definitely try this