Mirror vs photo

[Boomer]

How many of you have this issue. ... when looking in the mirror u can see all your gains... sometimes i look hard enough to even see the slightest off gains but once i take a photo i turn into a fat ugly piece of shit (maybe not to that extent,but you know what i mean)

I can never cature what i see on camera, but i saying that... if i happen to be in the background of somone elses photo or like an action shot i look huge compared to everyone else in the pic

 

[Iron Game]

The reverse is true for me! Sucks...

 

[Presser]

How many of you have this issue. ... when looking in the mirror u can see all your gains... sometimes i look hard enough to even see the slightest off gains but once i take a photo i turn into a fat ugly piece of shit (maybe not to that extent,but you know what i mean)

I can never cature what i see on camera, but i saying that... if i happen to be in the background of somone elses photo or like an action shot i look huge compared to everyone else in the pic

bro, I hate myself in photos, and i dont even feel like i look like i really do in pictures, but when i look in mirror i feel like i look great lol, but pictures, i look like shit, and im not just talking about my body, im talking face and all! im just not so photogenic like some, my wife is photogenic and always trying to get me in pictures and i have to see it first before deciding to delete it if i look awful or let her keep it and post to her social accounts lol,

im the same way with my voice recording, im like i dont sound like that pussy do i? lol,

 

[CarterMars]

Oh my god. I think i am only one who facing this issue.
It's happened to me all the time. At the mirror my muscles is alright, like ripped body.
But on the photo damn!!!!

 

[SilkQuads]

Me too! I thought it was just me being a "silly girl", but I HATE the way I look in pics! In the past I've posted some progress pics on MC where I thought I was lookin goooood (lol) but when I saw the pics I felt like I needed to add an asterisk coupled with a note saying "I swear I'm leaner in person" I always think "is this what I really look like in person?! ...cuz I thought I was a lot cuter" LOL! Only joking with that last part, but seriously though, even my avatar... HATE IT (I know my pose isn't very flattering), but that was probably the leanest I'd ever been! Not looking for compliments, The Dude does a good job there.

 

[Presser]

Me too! I thought it was just me being a "silly girl", but I HATE the way I look in pics! In the past I've posted some progress pics on MC where I thought I was lookin goooood (lol) but when I saw the pics I felt like I needed to add an asterisk coupled with a note saying "I swear I'm leaner in person" I always think "is this what I really look like in person?! ...cuz I thought I was a lot cuter" LOL! Only joking with that last part, but seriously though, even my avatar... HATE IT (I know my pose isn't very flattering), but that was probably the leanest I'd ever been! Not looking for compliments, The Dude does a good job there.

No your not joking about that last part! lol, cause that is precisely how i feel and what i say and im one hell of a sexy good looking hansom mother fucker, lol, but for some reason iphone and all these hd cameras catch some awfule pictures lol, a lot of people say the same thing! So dont lie! Cause i have said that exact shit dozens of times! lol

and no one is going to think your ugly just cause you said that then diecided to take it back incase they think it lol, im on to you women!!

 

[SilkQuads]

HAHA! You totally caught me cuz that is exactly what I think, but I just didn't want to sound like on of those self absorbed girls, lol

 

[Loganwolf]

I think when we look at the mirror we see what we want to see, but HD camera cannot be treated like that))

 

[yellow snow]

You all are missing one very big piece..............lighting. When you look at yourself in a mirror you typically find a mirror that has favorable lighting. I look different in different mirrors.

Photo with flashes change the lighting.

 

[Metal85]

My buddy, formernpc on here told me when I asked him this same question, that if you wanna know how you look take a pic, don't trust the mirror. I still see this to this day. I will be outside and see my reflection in my wife's sunglasses and I'm like damn my abs are really showing a lot today, I will look in the mirror same thing, than on a photo I gain 4% BF somehow haha

 

[EMW14]

I don't trust the mirror AT ALL! I KNOW I don't see myself accurately at all.

For example: I've gained about 8 lbs in the last year or so, maybe a little less. I often think, "I must be getting fat... Yup, look at that! I'm gaining it around the middle!" This is while looking in the mirror before getting in the shower. Meanwhile, I'm still wearing the same jeans; still using the same hole in my belt, etc. But I HAVE outgrown my shirts. So I check myself with my caliper: Nope, no real change in fat content... I must be getting bigger.

Then, I measure myself in a few places and compare to last time, which was 8 months ago. I'm ASTONISHED to find that I've gained an INCH on my arms! Don't see it in the mirror at all, I don't look any different.

 

[Metal85]

If you look at yourself in the mirror right after sex you look like 10 times better too, very odd. Not sure if it's the pump, or all the endorphines, maybe both

 

[Ox 51]

There are so many variables. Different mirrors have different magnifications. Lighting plays a big role too. But, like someone said above, some people are photogenic, others are not. I have a couple of friends, guys and girls, who are hot as hell, but when you go to show someone a picture of them, they don't really look as good. Other people aren't that good looking in person, but take great pictures.

 

[The Dude]

I'm just like Presser... but BETTER LOOKING! I think I look great in the mirror and in person I look like Brad Pitt with Phil Heath's body, but for some reason cameras can't seem to capture my opulence... it's total bullshit because so many people are missing out on my incredible looks!!!
No seriously I'm the exact same way. My face looks fat and I just look like total crap in most pictures... Im happy that I'm not the only one afflicted

 

[Metal85]

I feel like photos always can't capture vascularity either, like it gets 75% of what you see in the mirror

 

[trekrider215]

Ill get out of my car and shut the door and look at myself in the reflection of my tinted windows and look like fucking jay cutler.

 

[LeatherHead]

Yup like last night I was trying to capture the striations and vascularity but it just wasn't happening. The camera would not catch it! I thought about positioning the camera at my eye level, so it sees what I do, but then I'm shaking too much. Ugh

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[T-bar]

The mirror is NOT your friend. In fact, it's like having a fat friend that always tells you how great you look even when you look like shit. Do not trust your mirror. It will convince you that it's a great idea to take pictures and send them to people. It will convince you that you look AMAZING! Hell, it will even convince you that it's a good idea to take pictures of your penis and that horses will be jealous. THE MIRROR IS A FUCKING LIAR!!!!! or worse yet... it's a sick bastard that laughs it's ass off after you take pictures and send them to people. I'm not sure which, but I know it's evil.