I got a haircut and a beard trim today and felt cute, but I feel like an actual goblin when I try to take selfies. And I feel like it's weird to just send a couple to a friend and ask, "Hey, am I ugly?" lmao

  • Abraxiel
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    2 years ago

    The camera fov makes a lot of difference, as does lighting, angle and posture. Like just moving your chin forward a bit makes a big difference in a photo. We have binocular vision, so that means photos always look a bit different, plus the image we construct in our brains of an object in motion, even slightly, is different than a still. Finally, we're generally very familiar with our own faces, so what we read first in them is different from what someone else might.

    Anyway, I photograph like shit.

    • ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Maybe I'll do some reading on how to take decent photos and see if that helps. I also tend to look at myself much more negatively when I'm depressed.