I've seen this question asked many times on the internet and seen responses ranging from the mirror is correct to the photos are correct. My problem with photos of me is that I think they look nothing like the me in the mirror and I get looks from a considerable number of girls and a good number would consider me "cute" but there's no way the real me is in the photo if this is the case; I would have to trust the mirror.
I also notice that other people don't look so much different in photos of themselves and have heard others say how different certain people look in photos. But then again they look exactly as they do in mirror images of themselves except maybe for the paler skin since mirrors tend to take away a little color.
Cameras also have different focal lengths which can distort facial proportions. I've heard many people argue that the mirror isn't the real "you" because it's an inverted image, but that makes no difference to the shape. Words in a mirror look no different in real life other than the orientation. I'm not sure where people got "inverted image" means "opposite" or "completely different." Photos are also 2D representations, not 3D copies.
I also argue for the mirror because it is a direct reflection of incoming light without the series of lenses and computer chips.
My main question is which do I trust? The mirror or the iPhone photos that friends take of me? And why do some people look no different in photos? Maybe I don't analyze them as much as I do mine or maybe I'm the one seeing something different about the photo that no one else notices? Or maybe I'm just not photogenic like some people?