Mirrors vs. Pictures - What is more accurate?

[Deleted member 689]

I look perfectly symmetrical in mirrors and pictures that people take of me with the back camera/selfies with me. But when I decide to take a selfie my face looks completely asymmetrical, can anyone explain this? Do people see me as I'm in the mirror or in selfies?

 

[ovrck]

camera

mirror turns 360 your reflection

human face is asymmetrical

 

[Deleted member 689]

camera

mirror turns 360 your reflection

human face is asymmetrical

But what I don't understand is
> When other people take pictures of me/selfies with me I look symmetrical.
> When I take a selfie of myself I look asymmetrical

wtf?

 

[ovrck]

But what I don't understand is
> When other people take pictures of me/selfies with me I look symmetrical.
> When I take a selfie of myself I look asymmetrical

wtf?

there is mirror function in front camera that you can on/off

thats probably why you seem symmetrical

 

[PjSon]

selfies strongly distort your face and make make existing asymmetries even look worse, especially if you use android phones.
Besides that pictures dont capture depth and thus a mirror is clearly more accurate.

 

[androidcel]

pictures

 

[Blitz]

pictures

Why?

 

[spark]

mirror unless the camera is top notch, most people use some shitty phone cameras that make everything look extra shit, especially those selfies from up close that distort your face

 

[Zyros]

Every retard here saying its because of image mirroring.

Its because of lens distortion, specially if you notice a difference between others taking pics of you (rear camera, far distance) and selfies.

 

[Phad]

just record yourself in video format from all distances and various walks and angles to see how people see you. end of convo