I look a lot better in mirrors than in pictures

When I take a picture, I notice nasty shadows and stuff and my lips look weird. In the mirror though, I look a lot better and evened out. Does anyone else get this?

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  • Shrunk

    that happens to me too :c
    I'll look in the mirror thinking: ooh i look rlly good today, should take a picture! then i look rlly gross in the picture... lol
    maybe it's kinda like when you record ur voice, and then think it sounds weird...

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    • Ahh me too! Taking a bad picture after you thought you looked good in the mirror. Confusing!

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  • hippychick

    It's because your reflection in a mirror is reversed. You've looked at yourself in a mirror your whole life and become used to seeing all of your features reversed so you think that's what you look like. Pictures do not reverse your features though so you look different than what you're used to.

    Next time you take a picture, use the editting option that reverses the shot. You'll look normal to yourself again.

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    • Ah, I see! Thanks!

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  • combatgal856

    I find it difficult to get the ligthing right with pictures. Once I have done that the pictures tend to come out better. But i usually think I look better in mirrors rather than pictures too

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  • hotchickie81

    I am the same way!

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  • pambambam

    i feel i got a good side of
    my face and a bad side .yeahhhh

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  • UliNalaMansae

    i actually think my friend edited a picture on facebook so me and my other friend would look weirder. But thats probably in my head yeah i look better in mirrors.

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  • im the exact same way

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  • windowlicker

    It sucks because you notice you're not very simetrical :\

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    • windowlicker

      *symmetrical

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  • sherry

    I have never made good pix. Sometimes pix flatter people, but not me.

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  • Bobmac108

    I see myself much prettier in reflections then pictures I hate it I look terrile n pics and cam :(

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  • combatgal856

    Oooh and don't forget to find the best angle for your face

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    • Thanks for the pointer! :)

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  • Sheep

    get like a facebook photo and start taking pictures of yourself in the mirror.
    Hey Presto!
    problem solved!

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  • bdbdbd

    Yes. I think we all have this problem, i like some of the pictures of me here and there. I'm not and ugly person, and even though people tell me i look fine in a pic i feel hideous and un-even as well. I think it's just not our good sides?

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  • merkel204

    pictures dont lie,seabiscut.

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