Why do we think our photos are ugly? You are really beautiful.

Buddha said: a flower and a world, a grass and a day, a leaf and a Buddha, a sand and a blessing, a pure land, a smile and a dust, a quiet heart. Do you like taking pictures? To tell the truth, I like it, but sometimes I'm afraid to take pictures, because occasionally looking at photos will make me feel particularly ugly. Others are very beautiful, but in fact you think you are more beautiful than your friends in that photo. So I will always ask myself: Do I really look like this? Many people have encountered the same problem as me. Actually, yes, you look really alike. But don't worry, because someone explained the reason: you look like yourself in the photo, but there is always something wrong. In fact, your real appearance is better than what you see in the photo. Few people have a magical mirror like Snow White's stepmother. We hate to see ourselves in photos? The answer is a mirror. Some people may have heard of this theory; Photographer Duncan David used to be a TED lecturer and gave a speech on "Perception, Mirrors and the" Valley of Terror Theory "that made us hate ourselves in photos:" How do we perceive ourselves? What tools do we use to perceive ourselves? The answer is that this process is not like the way any camera perceives you: a mirror. This is the mirror in your bathroom, with the length and width of your arm. This is a very personal vision, and you are the only person in the world who has this vision. No matter who captures you with what camera, it will never be the same as your own vision. So my theory-although I'm not a scientist, I'm just a photographer-is that when we see our photos, we will have a magical visual sense, thinking that it's like ourselves, but there is always something wrong, and this slight difference will make us feel resistant. Is this theory correct? I think someone will test this theory. Well, it turns out that someone really did this experiment, and it was at 1977. In a study called "Reversing the Hypothesis of Portrait and Exposure Effect", psychologists Theodore H Tammy, Marshall Dehmel and Geoffrey Knight explained that "people tend to identify with their looks in the mirror rather than what they see in the photos, that is, their real looks." But what is really interesting about this study is an exploration by these psychologists: Why do we find ourselves more attractive in the mirror? As the title of this study points out, this is related to the so-called "exposure effect" (also known as "pure exposure effect"). Exposure effect was first put forward by psychologist Robert Zajonc of Stanford University in 1960s. Simply put, exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon, which means that we will prefer what we are familiar with. This effect has been proved to be true by many people, no matter what kind of stimulus (vision, hearing, language, etc.). ), and is not limited to a cultural environment, but a cross-cultural psychological phenomenon. Even this phenomenon exists in other species. So when someone says that we hate mirrors as the main culprit of photos, we should actually attribute the mistakes to the exposure effect. Of course, one thing is very important about the exposure effect: it is a very personal experience-only you will feel much uglier than the real person in the photo, and you should be gratified. Also, to tell you another fact, if you look like you in the movie, like you in the mirror, everyone will think you look weird. These researchers also did some small surveys and found that when your friends and relatives look at your photos, they don't think you are ugly in the photos, only you think so. "You see, in fact, we are really beautiful, so let's grin in front of the mirror. Spiritual meditation: mirror, mirror, I am the most beautiful person in the world. Then you are the most beautiful person in the world.