If you've ever thought to yourself why it's fairly confusing that your mirror tells you a different story than the photographs you got clicked onto, read on. Regardless of how dashing that reflection looking back at you might seem, most of us pine over the complete lack of photogenic character that we have on camera. Why? Here's the interesting reason why you might prefer your reflection. On the other hand, a reflection in the mirror is also the lateral inversion of the original. Obviously, the lateral inversion just throws off your idea of what you look like, in reverse, and no face is perfectly symmetrical. Therefore, your image in a mirror already turns out to be a little different than you are in a photograph of yourself - considering that it is an inversion.

To begin with, photographs are only an interpretation of the actual image.

Regardless of how advanced the piece of photographic equipment might be, experts maintain that the resulting image is just an interpretation and far from the accuracy of the human eye. The human eye is the most advanced piece of optic equipment on the planet.

To begin with, photographs are only an interpretation of the actual image.

Regardless of how advanced the piece of photographic equipment might be, experts maintain that the resulting image is just an interpretation and far from the accuracy of the human eye. The human eye is the most advanced piece of optic equipment on the planet.