For us, looking in the mirror is a daily activity when we want to go out. Especially for girls, they can spend more than half of the day looking in the mirror to admire themselves. But have you ever noticed that when you look in the mirror and when you take a photo, it is so different? Is it because the camera changes the image radically or should we blame the mirrors? Photos and mirrors, which tool gives you a more accurate image of yourself? Let's find out through this article.
1. Look at the psychological perspective

When looking in the mirror, we often feel our image clearer, not only that, when looking in the mirror at that time we are at home or in the toilet, this is an environment that makes you feel most comfortable and pleasant. Meanwhile, when standing in front of the camera lens, we more or less always feel shy, lack of confidence and cannot fully express the charisma and attractive lines of the body. That explains why sometimes you glance in the mirror before going to a party and you look so beautiful and proud. However, the next day when you look back at the picture, it is completely opposite to you last night.
2. In terms of perspective
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You may not believe it, but the truth is that each of our faces is asymmetrical. This is true for everyone, it just differs in the degree of facial symmetry in each person more or less. Therefore, this is also the reason that leads to confusion, maybe you look very good in the mirror but feel that you are not photogenic.
Every morning when we wake up, we look at ourselves in the mirror, the same angle, the same position makes our eyes feel so familiar with this image that you always feel it is easy to see and beautiful.
However, when we switch to taking photos, we cannot judge the direction of the camera, what our expression will be like? Will that angle be the highlight of your face... This is what makes your photo not as you want.
3. About white balance
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In each different lighting condition, our camera needs to have a mode to balance the white to match the photo and the lighting condition. However, when we look at the mirror, we cannot recognize the difference in light temperature at that time. This makes our brain automatically receive and process all the different levels of light so that our eyes can see the most realistic and familiar colors.
On the contrary, under the camera lens, colors are shown realistically with very distinct differences and this can reveal some of your "bad points", or at least the points you are not used to seeing like when looking at yourself in the mirror.
4. Consider focusing on each individual department
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When we look in the mirror, we only focus on certain typical parts of our body such as our face and body and often pay little attention to other factors. Meanwhile, in a photo, we can see everything in its entirety and pay attention to things that we rarely pay attention to such as posture, hand position, etc.
5. About reflection
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When we look in the mirror, we will see our own image, which means the brain will transmit signals and we will think that it is you, not someone else. On the contrary, when taking pictures, if the photographer has a heart, he will help you shine, and create pictures with a different perspective than you have always seen yourself in the mirror.
So, we can conclude that new photos give us objective and accurate views of our appearance. However, many people will think, why do you sometimes take photos that are not as beautiful as you think? The answer is probably because the photographer is not attentive, or because at that moment you were not beautiful...
Don't be too sad or disappointed, you have to know when and from what angle you are beautiful. Maybe other people also recognize your beauty, so don't worry, your job is to always be confident and know how to take care of yourself, you will naturally be beautiful.