I always see people yapping about muh my face is deformed at back camera muh i dont look like this compared to in real life yeah now u'll know the answer
So why do we look worse in back camera?
The thing you are seeing isnt a flaw or an illusion, its the result of psychological phenomena, optical physics, and camera hardware processing basically lens disortion
The thing you are seeing isnt a flaw or an illusion, its the result of psychological phenomena, optical physics, and camera hardware processing basically lens disortion
Why you think you're the "deformed" one
Lets say you're in a group photo right? Everyone is gathered around you and you guys take a picture, after taking the picture u'll realise everyone looks perfectly fine expect you. That's the reason because you think you look bad in photos because you are comparing your unmirrored face to your mirror memory
Lets say you're in a group photo right? Everyone is gathered around you and you guys take a picture, after taking the picture u'll realise everyone looks perfectly fine expect you. That's the reason because you think you look bad in photos because you are comparing your unmirrored face to your mirror memory
Mathematical & Psychological Breakdown
Perceived Asymmetry Discrepancy = Actual Feature Position - Expected Feature Position
Imagine you have a small mole near your left cheek, about 1 inch away from the center of your nose
What brain expects:
When you look at mirror your reflection flips ur face
To your eyes, that mole appears on the left side (-1 inch)
Your brain memorizes this as your normal face
What camera captures:
When someone takes a picture of you, your face isnt slipped
The mole is now on your actual right side (+1 inch)
The 2x Jump (why does it feels wrong for everyone)
When you look at the photo, your brain takes the photo (+1) and compares it to your mirror memory (-1)
Instead of feeling like your feature moved 1 inch, your brain feels like it jumped 2 whole inches across your face
Total jump = ((+1) - (-1)) = 2 inches
Conclusion
To you, 1 inch asymmetry feels like 2 inch flaw cuz your brain compares it to a flipped memory
To your friends, they see you as +1 inch everyday, to them the jump is zero, so you look completely natural.
Perceived Asymmetry Discrepancy = Actual Feature Position - Expected Feature Position
Imagine you have a small mole near your left cheek, about 1 inch away from the center of your nose
What brain expects:
When you look at mirror your reflection flips ur face
To your eyes, that mole appears on the left side (-1 inch)
Your brain memorizes this as your normal face
What camera captures:
When someone takes a picture of you, your face isnt slipped
The mole is now on your actual right side (+1 inch)
The 2x Jump (why does it feels wrong for everyone)
When you look at the photo, your brain takes the photo (+1) and compares it to your mirror memory (-1)
Instead of feeling like your feature moved 1 inch, your brain feels like it jumped 2 whole inches across your face
Total jump = ((+1) - (-1)) = 2 inches
Conclusion
To you, 1 inch asymmetry feels like 2 inch flaw cuz your brain compares it to a flipped memory
To your friends, they see you as +1 inch everyday, to them the jump is zero, so you look completely natural.
Hardware & Computational Processing
Super simple explanation
Front camera
it blurs small details, smooth out the skin, makes skin texture less noticeable so u look better in close selfies
Back camera
It works like high powered scanner that is perfectly made for landscapes pictures, it cranks up the contrast and sharpness to capture every single tiny detail and shadow
How to prove it right now
Take selfie with ur front camera, look at ur cheek. Your skin will look smooth and soft
Take photo with ur back camera, look at the same exact spot on your cheek, suddently you'll see every single detail, pore, small shadow, basically the things human eye barely notices
Super simple explanation
Front camera
it blurs small details, smooth out the skin, makes skin texture less noticeable so u look better in close selfies
Back camera
It works like high powered scanner that is perfectly made for landscapes pictures, it cranks up the contrast and sharpness to capture every single tiny detail and shadow
How to prove it right now
Take selfie with ur front camera, look at ur cheek. Your skin will look smooth and soft
Take photo with ur back camera, look at the same exact spot on your cheek, suddently you'll see every single detail, pore, small shadow, basically the things human eye barely notices
So in conclusion back camera isnt making you look worse, its just turning the sharpness and contrast up to 100% on details that human eye cant notice in real life
