They can't both be right

[dufkm@lemmy.world]

The mirror is how you see yourself. The camera is how you're seen by others.

[frederiknjs@lemm.ee]

The depth perception also makes quite a difference. The side of your face can clearly be seen in a mirror to be the side of your face, but depending on lighting, the side of your face can look as if it's part of the front of your face in a picture as you don't have the depth perception. The result is that photos make you look fatter than your mirror image would.

[implyingimplications@lemmy.ca]

In addition to being a flipped image

Common misconception. Mirrors reflect images, but do not flip them. If you put two items next to each other, their order is preserved in the reflection, not inverted.

The reason people think mirrors are flipped is because writing on shirts appear backwards, but that's because your shirt is facing the wrong direction. Write a word on something clear and hold it up to a mirror. It's not flipped. Put the word up against your chest like it was written on your shirt. Notice how you flipped the word in order to do that.

[dragonsinaroom@lemmy.world]

Or they both show you you're own inverted reflection and are lying to you

[299792458ms@lemmy.zip]

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

I didn't notice for a while that by default the camera on my Pixel 8 was using a filter that makes your eyes and lips bigger. Every time I open the camera, I have to turn off the filter because there's no way to change what the default filter is.

[flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works]

That's shocking. I'm currently evaluating my prejudice as that sounds like such a Samsung thing to do (as much as I hate Google and alphabet, I thought the Android crew were fairly upright)

[brbposting@sh.itjust.works]

Least mirrors don’t filter [much(?) yet(?)]

[desertdwellingweirdo@lemmy.world]

It's the camera. A wider lens will help immensely, but you'll need a dedicated camera for it. I never use my cellular camera for selfies.

[desertdwellingweirdo@lemmy.world]

Have you considered upgrading to GrapheneOS?

[socsa@piefed.social]

I find that analog reflections have a warmer, more pleasant tone.

[mr_dr_oink@lemmy.world]

Take a photo of yourself in the mirror. Where is your god now?

[sam_bass@lemmy.world]

They are both editable

[wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world]

standing in front of a mirror

Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me so hard.

[confusedbythebasics@lemmy.world]

I've disabled Face Retouching (smoothing) and it stays disabled. Where is the eyes and lips filter setting?

[droggelbecher@lemmy.world]

Took me until my 20s to figure out that this is why I look like shit in close up photos. Phone cameras make my nose look suuuper disproportionately large. It's a relief that I look better irl.

[skyestarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Or maybe it's just what the camera defaults to and they don't bother changing it because why would you? Which is a more reasonable assumption than calling them delusional

[dragonfucker@lemmy.nz]

The right one looks like a mii

[dragonfucker@lemmy.nz]

It is flipped. The mirror is showing you the reverse side of the card, so the image in the mirror is flipped twice. Two flips make a normal. A person looking at that card from the mirror side would see it as reversed, but the mirror flips it again so it looks normal to you.

[dingus@lemmy.world]

Imo mirror selfies do on average tend to look a lot better. I think a lot of it must be that the photo is taken from further away. This causes two things...

1. The picture isn't a detailed because the shot is simply further away. Wrinkles, acne, and other imperfections are not as clear or pronounced.

2. Features like your nose, chin, eyes, etc. appear smaller in far shots than close shots. In close shots, there is a bit of a "fisheye" effect due to the perspective, even if you aren't using a fisheye lens. It exaggerates a lot of facial features and isn't how you normally see yourself when you're looking into the mirror because you just aren't that close.