an hour agoWhy do we all look better in the mirror than in the picture?
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)On average, women look into a mirror over 70 times in one day and it's not surprising, because we have to get ready, make sure we have our hair in order and put our makeup on. But then someone takes a picture of you and you look terrible, you're almost two different people in the picture and the mirror. However, [...]
And it's not surprising, because we have to get ready, make sure our hair's fine and put the makeup on.
But then someone takes a picture of you and you look terrible, you're almost two different people in the picture and the mirror.
Still, relax, you are not alone in feeling that way.
In fact, there is also a scientific explanation for this, it broadcasts Telegrafi.
The Mirror turns us around
What we see when we look at ourselves in the mirror is not reality. The reflection of the mirror is the upside down version of how we really look.
And as we look in the mirror every day, we're used to the feeling of the overturned version. So if you don't see yourself very often in the picture, you really don't know how you look, so it's okay if you shake up a little bit.
Instant Control
When we look in the mirror, we have complete and immediate control. If we do not like the angle, we respond immediately by changing our face and correcting our standing but also by changing our facial expression to form more satisfying images.
When it comes to photographs, we see ourselves after the picture's taken.
Light Matters
The brain works in that way that we don't notice the differences of enlightenment when we look at the mirror because the brain automatically equates it and shows our face close to what we're used to.
The camera doesn't work that way and it gets all shades and shadows.
In the mirror we only see specific details
When we look in the mirror, we usually focus on a certain part of our face, such as lips, nose, eyes, etc. and we don't perceive what they all look like together.
When we look at the photograph, we experience it all at once and we judge the performance: the way we stand, the expression of our face and everything else that we have not paid attention to.
Our asymmetric Faces
Nobody has absolutely symmetric faces. We're used to seeing ourselves at one or several certain angles and often think that one side of the face is the same as the other. That is why we feel like a completely different person when we look at ourselves in the picture and feel less attractive. /Telegraphy/
