I look horrible in videos/pics but nice in the mirror?

K I know a lot of people probably ask this, but I was wondering if it's the camera or mirror that is closer to how you really look? When I look in the mirror before school, I think I look pretty, my smile isn't crooked, but when I take a selfie off my iPhone, I have the most crooked smile ever, I asked 2 of my friends so far, and they all say that I look pretty but because they are friends I think they are lying. I've just started grade 8 and everyone else seems pretty but me!

No ones face is symmetrical. You are used to seeing your mirror image so nothing looks too asymmetrical but when you take a mirror pic you see yourself in a different way and you think you look weird when in reality you look exactly the same. Cameras can alter your face a little (lighting, lense, quality of camera, distance etc etc) so mirror is the one you should trust. I sent two pictures of myself to my friend last night one reversed and she said i don't look weird at all in the other pic. If i stand next to my friend in front of a mirror then look at his/her face i see literally NO difference. Trust the mirror.

  • Why do I look ugly in my camera, but not in the mirror? Whenever I look into my iPhone camera I look extremely pale, my zits look extremely red, and my eyes just appear "brown" but when I look into the mirror I look a little tan, and my zits look very small and not that big of a deal, and my eyes appear more greenish and hazel. And no there's no lighting of the room when I'm looking into the mirror it's just natural light. Is it just the camera that makes me look ugly? Or is my mirror wrong and my Cameras right? :/
  • Why do I look so horrible on my iPhone camera? I can be taking the picture in the mirror and I still look extremely different than my mirror reflection on his camera. The coloring is off too. What's the deal?
  • Why do I look so fat in iPhone pictures but good in the mirror? So I've been on a health kick lately and I looked in the mirror today and I thought I looked okay. I was actually happy with my body for once. Later I took a full length pic with my iPhone 5 and I couldn't believe how fat I looked… Omfg I'm so depressed now. I feel like all my hard work eating healthy and exercising was for nothing. Why did I look so fat in my pictures but good in the mirror? Which is more accurate? Ughh
  • Why do I look horrible on selfies? When I take selfies with a friend or just by myself I look really bad but in reality I'm not that ugly. Its like the iPhone makes my face look worse and shows all my defects lol why? And when I take it with a professional camera I look good.