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    Crazy thought!

    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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    • 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:
    • 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).
    • Posts: 569 Member
      I'll try not to slouch. Srsly, I still haven't found the right angle for me. Ha! :D
    • Posts: 18,878 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
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Posts: 237 Member
      I have always felt FAT when I go to the hair dressess !!!
    • Posts: 18,878 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.
    • 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..
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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/
    • 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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    • Posts: 3,380 Member
      I'm the opposite - I look so much fatter in mirrors than pictures!
    • 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!!!
    • 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.
    • 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
    • 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 ;)

    • 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?
    • Posts: 18,878 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.
    • Posts: 569 Member
      Taking a selfie makes everything easier. I can choose the 'right' angle. ;)
    • 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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