via FlickrĪnd, if we’re not careful to notice the difference, we’re apt to use pictures with details that are unflattering to us. What results is that pictures look cluttered, distracting, and crappy compared to what we had seen through our own two eyes. We automatically “edit out” unimportant, periphery details while zooming in on small windows of vision at a time. They can be adjusted to focus on highlights or shadows, but never both at once.Īs a result, sometimes we get these dark, creepy, or washed-out pictures that cause us to question, “Was that what I really looked like at the party?”Īnother quirk of how we see in real life is about focus. Our eyes (with help from our brain) automatically adjust to darkness and brightness. Not that I can personally confirm or deny.) #3 Most pictures are disappointing because your brain is like Photoshop (Kate Moss, for example, has been rumored to look quite ordinary in the flesh. Photographers have long been known to note the difference between the on-camera and off-camera appearances of famous models. And being naturally photogenic doesn’t automatically equal attractive in person. Right: world’s highest-paid supermodel, Gisele Bundchen.īeing attractive in person doesn’t automatically equal photogenic. Neither one of these girls are “prettier”, BECAUSE IT’S THE SAME GIRL (ME)… ✔️JUST 5 SECONDS APART.” - HalleĪdditionally, because a sharp bone structure doesn’t flatten out as much in the transition to 2D, angular faces are generally more photogenic than softer ones.Īll in all, it’s helpful to understand that natural photogenicness is correlated with (but not the same as) attractiveness.□IT’S□JUST□ANGLES□& different ways of standing□ Without that extra dimension, in photos, a human arm can look way smaller or larger than it really is.įor this reason, professional models learn to manipulate their body shape by moving parts of themselves closer or farther from the lens. This difference can have major implications.įor instance, when you’re standing in front of someone, you get a 3D sense of their size. #2 Going from 3D to 2D creates optical illusions Most photographers say that the type of lens used also has a lot to do with it, and wide-angle lenses (like the ones in our camera phones) are big offenders. The most common cause of camera distortion is that the subject is too close to the lens. #1 Camera distortion warps your proportions As illustrated by photographer Stephen Eastwood As illustrated on Daniel’s VisionariumĮver suspect that your forehead or nose looked larger in a particular picture than in real life?Ĭamera distortion is ubiquitous in social media pictures - especially selfies. Read on to learn 5 ways that pictures skew reality. What if the pictures you’re currently using, say on dating apps, aren’t as attractive as you are in real life? Often, a new user will come to Photofeeler thinking, “This website can tell me how attractive I am! I want to know this about me!” But this is not what Photofeeler does. One man’s dating pics rated on Photofeeler And, for us, the difference between a bad and good picture can be genuinely consequential to our professional and dating lives. But most of us tend to fall somewhere near average. You could be a fitness model or look like the bottom of a garbage can. I’m not saying this to be “nice.” I’m saying it because it’s the reason we built Photofeeler in the first place. That bad pictures are the most “real.” (Myth.) That photos show you just the way you are. You’ve been told that the camera doesn’t lie. Myth: “The photo I used was just what I really look like”
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