Poll: Which is more accurate? Mirror or Photos
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Some mirrors look horrid, some look great. Same goes with pictures.
The mirror in my room is pretty accurate I think, so I trust that mostly.
The mirror in my room is pretty accurate I think, so I trust that mostly.
I look much better in the mirror than I do in photos, at least in my opinion, so I'm going to totally flatter myself and say that the mirror is more accurate. 
I will be extremely sad if this is not the case. I find with photos, it depends on lighting and many other things, but it's rare that I end up looking exactly as I think I do in reality.
I will be extremely sad if this is not the case. I find with photos, it depends on lighting and many other things, but it's rare that I end up looking exactly as I think I do in reality.
In terms of proportions and the "what you look like from an objective point of view," it's the camera.
Mirrors show you the opposite arrangement of your features, flipped (as one would imagine) to a 'mirror image.' Because the sides of your face aren't symmetrical, this creates a familiarity with a specific arrangement and proportion of features. This is not however, what other people see when they look at you.
A camera shows your face in the appropriate arrangement, which is opposite what you're used to seeing in mirrors. This explains why people who aren't constantly looking at photos of themselves are generally a bit unhappy (or at least "meh") about photos of themselves, feeling it doesn't look like them.
There are other factors, too. Photos are more likely to bit lit in a favorable way, while very few bathrooms have a good mix of key, fill, and back lights in relation to the mirror. So even the textural advantage of mirrors can be misleading.
Mirrors show you the opposite arrangement of your features, flipped (as one would imagine) to a 'mirror image.' Because the sides of your face aren't symmetrical, this creates a familiarity with a specific arrangement and proportion of features. This is not however, what other people see when they look at you.
A camera shows your face in the appropriate arrangement, which is opposite what you're used to seeing in mirrors. This explains why people who aren't constantly looking at photos of themselves are generally a bit unhappy (or at least "meh") about photos of themselves, feeling it doesn't look like them.
There are other factors, too. Photos are more likely to bit lit in a favorable way, while very few bathrooms have a good mix of key, fill, and back lights in relation to the mirror. So even the textural advantage of mirrors can be misleading.
I would say mirrors nearly everytime, which reflect the lighting conditions a lot more accurately (at least as far as I've seen.)
Most deceny mirrors reflect about 96% or more of the light, so it's pretty dang accurate (it'll just be slightly darker)
With cameras it's interpreting data and changing that that do a digital image, so it's a lot easier to get wrong.
Most deceny mirrors reflect about 96% or more of the light, so it's pretty dang accurate (it'll just be slightly darker)
With cameras it's interpreting data and changing that that do a digital image, so it's a lot easier to get wrong.
A mirror, a photo shows a limited number of pixels...
A mirror shows a huge number of photons, far too small to see with even an electron microscope. Need I say more?
A mirror shows a huge number of photons, far too small to see with even an electron microscope. Need I say more?
If the mirror is good quality, or even OK quality, there is no way that a camera could ever beat it. Cameras work by taking in light and transcribing it onto a surface. A digital camera takes light coming in and places it into pixel format. A mirror, however, reflects the light back down to the individual photons. No camera could have a pixel count that mirrors that. Even if the camera is really good, it can't compare going down to a microscopic level.
The mirror wins hands down.
The mirror wins hands down.
Probably a mirror.
I've noticed that it makes me look BETTER sometimes.
It's always good to start out the morning with an ego boost after a refreshing shower.
I've noticed that it makes me look BETTER sometimes.
It's always good to start out the morning with an ego boost after a refreshing shower.
This is pretty much my view on the matter.Betancore said:I look much better in the mirror than I do in photos, at least in my opinion, so I'm going to totally flatter myself and say that the mirror is more accurate.
I think a video or recording is better.
A mirror is reflected, so it doesn't show you properly, and a photo is a still image which is affected a lot by light. I think photos are good if you're not posing, and it's a sneaky shot someone takes of you just being yourself, but I still prefer video, it shows everything. In fact, if I wanna take a picture to see a new hairstyle or something, I won't and I'll take a 10 second video of me instead, with the camera rotating as far around my head whilst I look forward.
A mirror is reflected, so it doesn't show you properly, and a photo is a still image which is affected a lot by light. I think photos are good if you're not posing, and it's a sneaky shot someone takes of you just being yourself, but I still prefer video, it shows everything. In fact, if I wanna take a picture to see a new hairstyle or something, I won't and I'll take a 10 second video of me instead, with the camera rotating as far around my head whilst I look forward.
depends, your eyes can only see an image so clearly. so if a camera has more megapixels than your eyes can process, it's more accurate than a mirror. but what use would it be? you can't see the difference anyway. but what's the whole point of this thread? mirrors and camera's have totally different uses...
This is actually a trick question. What you see in a mirror is the opposite of what other people see. So if you look good in the mirror you might want to make a quick check with a double-mirror (which is the right side round) to make sure you don't look like an idiot.