Which one is more real, the self in the photo or the self in the mirror?

Photos are not as real as looking in the mirror.

(1) Analysis of SLR camera photos

No matter how beautiful the beauties are, whether they wear makeup or not, they can be taken with a SLR camera If you don’t use photoshop, you will look different from me. Most of them are uglier, including a bigger face, fatter skin, and worse skin.

In terms of specific analysis, it is due to the following reasons:

(1) The light is too hard or too dark or the lighting angle is wrong. If the light is not good, it will appear to the naked eye that the appearance will decline without taking pictures. However, the evaluation of a person's appearance by the naked eye comes from the comprehensive evaluation of the effects of multiple light changes, and a picture The photo only has one lighting effect and cannot form a comprehensive judgment

(The poor lighting in the photo causes Liu Yifei's appearance to decline. Friends who have seen Liu Yifei in person know that Liu Yifei is much more beautiful in person than in the photo)

(2) Use flash. The flash light is extremely harsh, with a single spectrum and high definition. It is not like natural light and soft light, where various lights from all angles are mixed together and gelled. , the flash will further magnify the shortcomings of the human face

(Comparison between soft lighting and flash in the picture, the flash makes the face larger and the flaws more obvious. Note: The comparison picture is the original picture without PS taken by me personally. And they are all of the same focal length, eliminating interference factors)

(3) Perspective distortion of wide-angle lenses and telephoto lenses

The characteristic of close-up shooting with a wide-angle lens is that the distance between the eyes and cheekbones, the nose and the mouth of the face that are close to the camera will be larger than the actual size, and the outer edges of the face that are far from the camera will be circled. (Face shape, top of the head, temporal bones) are taken smaller than they actually are

And shooting with a telephoto lens at a distance will weaken the near and far, make the eyes, nose, and mouth appear smaller than they actually are, and make the face appear larger than they actually are.

(The picture shows the effect of shooting the same person at different distances with different focal lengths. 24mm is a wide-angle lens for close-up shooting. The same is true for front-facing selfies on mobile phones. The photos are very distorted. The face is too thin and elongated, and the distance between the eyes becomes wider. The cheekbones It becomes wider, the temporal bones become narrower, the hairstyle becomes flat, causing the face to be larger than the head (the head cannot cover the face), and the nose and mouth become larger. The 50mm standard lens is closest to the real you when shooting at a distance of 1-1.5 meters, and the 85-400 medium telephoto lens is a little fatter when shooting at a distance.

Comparing 24mm and 400mm, they look like the same person)

(4) When shooting from above or from above, due to the large distance near and small, the face will look thinner than it actually is when you lower your head and the face will look bigger than it actually is when you look up.

(Photo from above)

Therefore, only use a 50mm standard lens, 1-1.5 away from the face meters, shoot at the height of the human eye, and use soft natural light with just the right brightness (soft natural light is closer to the naked eye’s comprehensive average evaluation of various lights. It is recommended to choose the light in the shade outdoors on a sunny day. The reason for choosing this kind of light will be analyzed in detail below). Take a full-body or large-bust portrait, and then add a slight beautification PS to get close to the real effect

(Why do you need slight beautification? It’s because of the frozen face effect, that is, static photos are not as beautiful as dynamic people) , people in motion prevent observers from concentrating on identifying all the flaws on the face, but static photos put all the flaws quietly there for people to carefully identify, so the slight beauty is closer to the real dynamic self. However, when you are doing beauty retouching, it is best to put a mirror in front of you and look in the mirror while retouching to avoid accidentally retouching)

(2) Analysis of mobile phone shooting and why selfies are taken , it is different from being photographed by others

First of all, some people are more beautiful when they use the front camera to take selfies than when others use the rear camera, even if they are not beautiful. The reasons are as follows

(1) The front camera has built-in beautification, but the rear camera generally does not, and the rear camera is higher definition and magnifies the shortcomings

(2) In addition, you are most familiar with yourself when taking selfies Which angle is the best and what light is best will be unfamiliar to you when others take pictures

(3) As analyzed above, the mobile phone camera is a wide-angle lens, which will make the face smaller

Then the problem arises Yes, the front camera and the rear camera are both wide-angle. Why can you take a selfie with a small face, but when someone else takes a photo, your face still looks big?

This is because:

When taking a selfie, when you are close to the camera, the distance between the outer contour of the face and the eyes, nose, and mouth in the middle of the face is more obvious. That is to say, the size near and far is more obvious. With this obvious effect, and then using a wide-angle lens to further magnify this obvious effect, it will appear that the face shape has been greatly reduced

When you are photographed by others, you are farther away from the camera, and the distance between the center of your face and the outer contour of your face is different. It is not so obvious, that is, the near large and far small are not so obvious. It's not obvious in itself. No matter how hard you try with a wide-angle lens, the effect won't be big.

So, although the mobile phone camera has a wide-angle lens, keep it farther away and follow the shooting techniques mentioned in (1) above. , it can also achieve results that are close to the real person

For some people, selfies are not as good-looking as those taken by others. This is usually due to one or more of the following situations: the face is too thin, the nose or mouth Too big, wide cheekbones, wide eye distance, and low head

As analyzed above, the wide-angle lens for selfies will enlarge the distance between the nose, mouth, cheekbones, and eyes, and shrink the face shape, so the originally big part will be It becomes too big, and the originally small face becomes too small and out of proportion.

But if someone uses a mobile phone to zoom out to take a picture, or uses a SLR standard lens telephoto lens to take a picture, there will be no such problem, so it will look better

(3) Is there any difference between yourself in the mirror and the self in the eyes of others? Gap

Although the self in the mirror is closer to reality than the photo, it cannot be completely equivalent to the self in the eyes of others

The self in the eyes of others does not have a unified standard. Friends or lovers see you. , they think you are very comfortable or beautiful, and people who hate you will feel uncomfortable or beautiful when they look at you

In general, you should be the same in your own eyes as in the eyes of your best ordinary friends. The closest thing is someone who looks very comfortable but has no desire for love or sex. Generally, you in the eyes of strangers are worse than you in your own eyes, while you in the eyes of your lover are more beautiful than you in your own eyes, because your lover sees you You will directly have love and sexual desire

Why does this phenomenon occur? It is because

(1) Eyes, the prerequisite for friends to become friends is Seeing the other person is comfortable, pleasing to the eye, and attractive

(2) Exposure effect. If someone who is not beautiful often appears next to you and has done some good things, then your evaluation of his appearance will be will rise.

For example, Zhang Yishan, many people thought he was not handsome at first, but after watching "Yu Zui", I felt that he was quite handsome.

Good friends and lovers often see themselves, and of course they are more beautiful than strangers see them.

Here, I invented a way to check my appearance in the eyes of strangers. The most worthwhile solution is to endure not looking in the mirror or taking selfies for a month. Wait until you have forgotten what you look like, and then take a photo again. Then you can almost see "yourself in the eyes of strangers"

(4) Which one is more realistic, the mirror in the toilet/barber shop or other mirrors?

New questions arise. Mirrors in different places have different effects on people. Which one is closer? Where is the real me?

I think bringing a large mirror with a pure flat surface, at least 50 cm long and wide, and standing outdoors in the shade on a sunny day is the closest to the real me (although I bring a large mirror with me) It feels a bit strange to look in the mirror... But in order to study your true appearance, I suggest you give it a try.

) Why should it be purely flat? Because the mirrors in many shopping malls and barber shops are slightly concave mirrors, which will make people look slimmer. How to judge whether a mirror is purely flat? The method is to turn the mirror sideways to look at it. If it looks fatter when looking horizontally than when looking vertically, then the mirror is uneven

(2) Why do you need a shaded place outdoors on a sunny day? , because the light is the most moderate in the shade on a sunny day outdoors. Toilet, barber shop, fitting room, indoor photography, head-up light, the light after 4 pm on a sunny day makes people beautiful. Living room, top light on a sunny day at noon, the light on a cloudy day makes people look ugly

The pictures show the different effects of the same person under top light and indoor photography on a sunny day at noon, both of which are unpublished pictures from the Internet

Please see the specific analysis

The lighting in the toilet is usually an overhead spotlight or a bath heater , the light quality is relatively strong, hard, translucent, and still warm yellow. Human skin is also yellow. When yellow light hits yellow skin, human vision will think that the yellow skin is caused by the light. The original skin should be white. of. . . .

Hard and translucent yellow light is not enough, because although the skin is whitened, hard light can easily cause excessive shadows on the face, which is still unsightly

At this time we have to thank the toilet Mirrors, white walls, floors, and ceramic tiles act as reflectors to fill in light. This fill in light will weaken people's facial shadows (such as the shadows caused by eye bags, cheekbones, wrinkles, and acne), making the person's face appear smoother, younger, and The eyes also have eye light and are more energetic

The lights in fitting rooms and barber shops are similar to toilets, with strong warm yellow lights + fill light, and these shops have more lights than toilets. There is more light, which is even more beautiful than the toilet

Indoor photography uses head-on light (such as a 0-30 degree angle, a video light flash with a soft box or soft screen, the ring shape is beautiful Facial fill light), a warm-toned light that is used at eye level after four o'clock in the afternoon on a sunny day. Its angle and light quality will weaken people's facial shadows, improve skin quality, and make people beautiful

And the lights in the living room, or outdoor light on cloudy days , are all soft, and the soft light itself is weak, so the mirror walls and floors will not reflect much light to fill in the light, and the walls and floors in the living room and outdoors are mostly matte, and the space is empty, the light is relatively scattered, and the reflective effect It is not as strong as the tiles in a small toilet, so it cannot reduce the shadows on the face

Direct sunlight at noon on a sunny day will exaggerate the shadows on the face, making the skin dark, rough and oily

To sum up, these three types of light can make people look ugly

So, choose the light in the shade on a sunny day outdoors, which is the most moderate and closest to the naked eye’s comprehensive average evaluation of various lights.

(5) Why do you look fatter when you take a picture of yourself in the mirror with your cell phone than you see with the naked eye?

Some friends said that since the mirror is real, then you can use your cell phone to look at yourself in the mirror. If you shoot it yourself and then use PS to flip it left and right, it should be closer to reality

However, when you actually shoot like this, you will find that the photos are still fatter than what you see with the naked eye

This Why?

For this reason, I deliberately conducted an experiment: I asked a friend to look in the mirror, and I used my mobile phone to take pictures of him in the mirror.

It turned out that the photo was taller than the person in person. Fat

I think the reason is because photos are flat, but real people are three-dimensional, and flat things appear larger than three-dimensional things

In general, everyone must fully understand Trust the mirror! The you in the mirror is the real you (except for concave mirrors). Although the you in the mirror and the real you are flipped left and right, in the eyes of others, this left-right flipping actually doesn't matter. It's just that you are too sensitive and harsh about yourself, so you feel that your facial features or face are a bit crooked after the photo is flipped left and right

It is a rumor that 30% of mirror beautification is done. There is no scientific paper to support this argument. There are countless articles on the Internet to refute the rumor.

“Good-looking people look good no matter how you take them. The reason why the photos don’t look good is because the person is ugly.” is also wrong. The example above of the top beauty Liu Yifei not being photogenic, gettyimage visual Chinese website There are even a bunch of ugly photos of beautiful celebrities that were taken because of poor lighting, bad angles, and wrong lens focus.

If someone wants your photos without photos in the future, you can just refuse to give them to me. I sent him the article and told him legitimately: Photos cannot reflect a person’s true appearance if they are not photoshopped! (Of course, it’s not okay to use too much p)

(6) Looking in the mirror at close range or looking in the mirror at a distance, which one is more real?

When you look in the mirror, you will find that looking in the mirror at close range is more realistic. When you look in the mirror, your face is smaller and your skin is better. When you look in the mirror from a distance, your face is bigger and your skin is worse.

Why is this?

Because when you are closer to the mirror, your skin is worse. The light source that reflects the fill light in the mirror is also closer, so the fill light effect is better and the skin becomes better. However, in reality, when you meet others, there is no lighting engineer to fill in the light for you (tips, choose to When meeting people in shopping malls or barber shops, you can use your own lighting effects, because the lights in these places are specially designed to make people look beautiful... Never choose to meet people outdoors in the scorching sun, as it will make them look ugly! Don’t choose a place with a dark floor on a cloudy day, as it will make you look ugly! If you can only meet outdoors, it is recommended to choose a place with a light-colored floor that can reflect the light! )

Also, at a close distance! Compared with looking in the mirror at a distance, the distance between the center of the face (eyes, nose, mouth) and the outer circle of the face (face shape) is more obvious, that is, the distance from the mirror is more obvious, so the distance from the mirror is more obvious. Faces that are farther away from the mirror will appear smaller, producing an effect similar to a selfie with a wide-angle lens on a mobile phone, so it is not realistic enough

Therefore, looking in the mirror from a distance is closer to the real self in the eyes of others

Unless you sit very close to a stranger when you first meet, the first impression will be the effect of close distance, otherwise the first impression others will have of you will be close to the effect of looking in the mirror from a distance

When a couple kisses or makes out, both parties are very close to each other, and each other's skin reflects and supplements the other's light. At this time, each other's eyes are like looking at each other in the mirror at close range, which will become more beautiful. Beauty further promotes "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". . . .

Finally, concave mirror + beautiful lighting in the toilet + looking in the mirror at close range will indeed make people beautiful, but we cannot generally say "mirrors beautify 30%" because the correct use of pure flat mirrors + ordinary light +Looking in the mirror from a distance will not make you beautiful, but will make you look closer to your true self

(7) Which is more realistic when looking in the mirror wearing glasses or contact lenses

Some friends responded , when I look in the mirror with contact lenses, objects become bigger, and so does my face

This is because the concave lenses of myopia glasses have a shrinking effect on objects, and the farther the lenses are from the eyes, the smaller the effect. The more obvious it is, the lenses of glasses are some distance away from the eyes, while contact lenses are close to the eyes, so contact lenses are more real

The reason why we think that objects will become larger when we wear contact lenses, This is because we are used to seeing shrunken objects after wearing glasses for a long time. If we wear contact lenses for a long time and no longer wear glasses, we will adapt and no longer feel that objects are getting bigger

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