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Crazy thought!

rosnigetsfit
rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Why do I look fatter in pictures than in the mirror? Is it just me or have you experienced this? :o

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  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Lighting? angle? think we can all say that we have experienced this! try not to worry too much about it, just keep on keeping on :smile:
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    Different angle, pose, lighting, etc will affect the photo. If you're mostly comparing to how you look in the morning and the photos are taken after you've eaten then you've probably bloated a bit. Also looking in the mirror you're probably standing up straight, whereas you might be slouching more in photos. Focal length of the lens also changes how we look dramatically (google focal length face comparison to see what I mean).
  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
    I'll try not to slouch. Srsly, I still haven't found the right angle for me. Ha! :D
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,667 Member
    I did a thread kind of about this, looking fatter is just a symptom of your brain thinking you just look wrong:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10169494/hate-photos-of-yourself-theres-a-good-reason-for-that
  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I did a thread kind of about this, looking fatter is just a symptom of your brain thinking you just look wrong:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10169494/hate-photos-of-yourself-theres-a-good-reason-for-that

    Wow! thanks
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    With photos, you don't have depth perception, so it might trick your mind into thinking the fat spreads out more.
  • Sean_TheITGuy
    Sean_TheITGuy Posts: 67 Member
    A mirror is real time with instant feedback. You can move around and adjust your posture until you find the most flattering one. Photos are taken without your feedback, and since you can`t see yourself from the camera`s standpoint, you get stuff you're not happy with.
  • cupcakesplz
    cupcakesplz Posts: 237 Member
    I have always felt FAT when I go to the hair dressess !!!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,667 Member
    cupcakesplz wrote: »
    I have always felt FAT when I go to the hair dressess !!!

    OMG, me too! Take my neck away with a cape, and I look like a snowman. Round on round.
  • stephownsyou
    stephownsyou Posts: 13 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »

    OMG, me too! Take my neck away with a cape, and I look like a snowman. Round on round.

    Lmao, I know that feel..
  • karyabc
    karyabc Posts: 830 Member
    cupcakesplz wrote: »
    I have always felt FAT when I go to the hair dressess !!!

    yessss thisss so much!!! :| effing nightmare, I just try to stick to reading magazines or my cel, cause that damn mirror is pure evil. :D
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I posted a thread not too long ago asking the same thing. Depth perception and 2D vs 3D image were the most common responses.
  • pmm3437
    pmm3437 Posts: 529 Member
    edited August 2015
    I have always heard the saying "the camera adds 10 lbs."

    Interesting article about this : http://petapixel.com/2012/07/17/why-the-camera-adds-10-pounds-seeing-ourselves-in-pictures/
  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
    pmm3437 wrote: »
    I have always heard the saying "the camera adds 10 lbs."

    Interesting article about this : http://petapixel.com/2012/07/17/why-the-camera-adds-10-pounds-seeing-ourselves-in-pictures/

    Really? Dammit you camera.
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  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I'm the opposite - I look so much fatter in mirrors than pictures!
  • SaffronSunrise
    SaffronSunrise Posts: 182 Member
    pmm3437 wrote: »
    I have always heard the saying "the camera adds 10 lbs."

    Interesting article about this : http://petapixel.com/2012/07/17/why-the-camera-adds-10-pounds-seeing-ourselves-in-pictures/

    Wow!!! I must have about 8 cameras aimed at me all the time!!!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I hate pictures of me. People always take them when I have my mouth open or my arm at weird angles that make me look horrible.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    Because you aren't photogenic. Neither am I! I knew a lady once who was slightly overweight, not much, had long brown hair, and a relatively plain face. In a photograph, she looked like a beauty queen. It was unbelievable. She was photogenic in droves. I would rather look worse than my pics than better, because then when people only see me by my pic, then meet me, I look better rather than worse
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    go2gymgal wrote: »
    That's why I hate it when family or friends want to include me in the picture. I emotionally feel like Sean Penn when they try and take my picture.

    My sister always puts her children in front of her ;)

  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    Because you aren't photogenic. Neither am I! I knew a lady once who was slightly overweight, not much, had long brown hair, and a relatively plain face. In a photograph, she looked like a beauty queen. It was unbelievable. She was photogenic in droves. I would rather look worse than my pics than better, because then when people only see me by my pic, then meet me, I look better rather than worse

    This!! My brother's like bigger than me but miraculously looks thin and good in the pictures. What kind of sorcery is this?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,667 Member
    I'm weirdly photogenic is I know it is being taken and can smile and pose. Otherwise, candid photos of me are an atrocity.
  • rosnigetsfit
    rosnigetsfit Posts: 569 Member
    Taking a selfie makes everything easier. I can choose the 'right' angle. ;)
  • oh_happy_day
    oh_happy_day Posts: 1,137 Member
    cupcakesplz wrote: »
    I have always felt FAT when I go to the hair dressess !!!

    Ohh me too! I always feel so bleh and dumpy. I'm short and once the cape is on, it's just blob-city.
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