Thanks for answering my questions. Another one :) Why don't i come out as good looking in photos then I do looking in the mirror?

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Ancient Hippy Profile
Ancient Hippy answered

It's reality vs wishful thinking.

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Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
I love your photograph, Hippy. It must have been a shock to your mother when she saw those ears, though.
Ancient Hippy
Ancient Hippy commented
Well, let me tell you something Didge. My ears sure don't look that big in the mirror. LOL
Skip  Gentry
Skip Gentry commented
Chuckle :)
PJ Stein Profile
PJ Stein answered

You are looking at two different images. A photograph is actually what people see. A mirror in a reflection and everything is reversed. You are just so used to seeing the reflection that pictures always look off. Plus mirrors tend to be places that have fairly good lighting and most pictures don't. 

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Didge Doo answered

You look pretty good to me, Johnny. I'd kill for that crop of yellow hair.

Seriously? When we see ourselves in a mirror our subconscious takes over and edits the reflection so that we see what we want to see.

When we look at a photograph we're stuck with the reality.

Not too many people look as good in photographs as they think they should -- I know that I don't -- but not to worry: Everybody is used to the way you look and they think you look just fine.


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Tom  Jackson
Tom Jackson commented
When I was in my early 20's I joined a health club.

One of the guys working there was unarguably good looking and quite well built. He was also not ripped, but exceedingly well defined and proportionately muscled.

I remember him walking through the dressing room, stopping in front of a floor to ceiling mirror, striking a pose and saying out loud, "God, don't ever die."

Still cracks me up---he had a great sense of humor.
Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
I'd have liked him, too. That's something that would have stuck in my memory. :)
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Corey The Goofyhawk , Epic has no limit, answered

Because cameras come with a built-in always-active ugly filter. And I'm pretty sure they doubled down on my camera... Yikes.

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