Reflections VS. Photographs - How YOU see you VS. How THEY see you

Reflections VS. Photographs - How YOU see you VS. How THEY see you
What is the difference between your reflection and a photograph of yourself?

Why is it that a reflection can make a person feel beautiful, but a photograph can make a person want to smash the camera that took it?

Is it the lighting?
Is it the scenario?
Is it the camera?
Is it all in your head? Probably...

Whenever I look at myself in the mirror, I see something completely different than any photograph can portray.

It bothers me. I don't like getting my picture taken by someone else.

When I see myself in the mirror and all the hard work that I'd put into my look that day - I love it. I appreciate it. I get so excited to leave the house wearing it.

Then I see myself in a photo in the same war paint, same outfit, same face, and it's awful.

For a while, I thought it was the lighting in my bathroom. So I went from room to room and even sat outside with a mirror to see what the difference was and nothing changed. I still loved what I saw.

Then, later on, that day, someone took my picture and it was horrible. I didn't want anyone to see it, I didn't want anyone to look at me, I just wanted to put a bag over my head and go home.

But, what's the difference?

I couldn't figure it out until just recently. For me - it's all in my head. It could very well be all in yours too.

I very rarely take a "selfie" but when I do - it's adjusted, filtered, contrasted, brightened, modified, changed damn near completely until I'm satisfied with anyone else seeing it.

When I take that selfie, I make sure the picture *represents* me, not just shows me. It's not to change how I look per say, but to change how I want it to make people feel.

And that's just it.

My reflection...is me. Just me. Looking at me. No one else is there to see me.

A photograph gets shared. It gets passed around. People will see it and I wouldn't have had a chance to put my mark on it. I wouldn't have gotten to approve it.

My reflection is already approved because it's how I see me - when I'm all by myself and I truly feel like myself.

My photograph is how other people see me.

I shy away from cameras, I ask anyone who takes my picture not to share it because it's not how I see me.

I see me from the inside. The camera shows nothing more than the outside.

I see my character, my personality, and my soul in my own reflection. A camera hides all of that.

A camera doesn't show how I feel inside. My reflection knows how I feel inside.

A reflection is how I see me.

A photograph is how they see me.

If you don't like what you see in a picture - look in the mirror and see the WHOLE you and know that you are beautiful inside and out.

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