The more beautiful people are, the less photogenic they are.

The more beautiful people are, the less photogenic they are.

The more beautiful people are, the less photogenic they are. Some people are obviously good-looking, but their photos are not as good as their own. Psychologists at the University of California and Harvard University have found that people think that the people in the video are better than the screenshots of the same video. Let's take a look at the photos and related materials that the more beautiful people are, the less likely they are to be photographed.

The more beautiful people are, the less photogenic they are. What's it like to be good-looking but not photogenic?

There are no people who look bad on camera, only those who can't take pictures.

Self-portrait is completely different from him and himself.

Not even photogenic. What can you see by sending photos?

Maybe the five senses are not three-dimensional. . I'm just not on camera.

Ordinary-looking people can improve to six or seven points after makeup, but once they are on camera, they will soon return to their original shape.

Why do you think photos are uglier than me? Maybe your photography skills are not good, and different angles and different compositions show different effects!

As for me, the biggest romance I can think of is to find a boyfriend who can take pictures.

The first name that comes to mind is that Liu Yuning's facial features are three-dimensional, just like the face of a prince coming out of a comic story. Even I am ashamed to be a girl.

Then count me in. My friends always say that the photos are not as good as mine.

Why do you look good but not photogenic?

Beauty lies in the bones, not in the skin. There are really such girls around, which gives people a very good feeling in life. Many boys think she looks good and likes it very much. But flipping through her selfies feels normal. Later, I learned that we think this girl is beautiful because she is smart in life.

Very temperament, good figure, giving people a very comfortable feeling, which is subjective aesthetics. But looking at her selfies or other photos, there are great reasons for photography and retouching, and the whole person in the photo is static.

Locally, when we look at her objectively at this time, we will take a critical look and feel that there is no original temperament in the photo, and the five senses are not so refined and vulgar. So I don't think she's photogenic.

For most people, the lens will magnify the shortcomings. Because the effect presented by the camera is different from that seen by human eyes, and this difference will change with the change of focal length and angle (which is often called lens distortion, especially near focus)-in most cases, your cheeks will be more prominent, your nose will be lower than before, and your face will be more unsmooth (for most people, it is reflected in the expansion of zygomatic arch or the depression of temples).

What if I'm not in front of the camera?

Psychological self-confidence is very important. Some people are so afraid of the camera that they even avoid it. They are very stiff in front of the camera, but when they were young, they didn't know how to control their movements and expressions in front of the camera. That's a natural expression, so why the children are innocent, because they have nothing to hide.

It can't be said that everything that is not photogenic is pure beauty and ugliness. It depends. Some people are good-looking, and those who are not on camera say they are not as good-looking as themselves. Some people may look ordinary, but it's natural to shoot, so I feel a little unsure. You can practice more in front of the camera and cultivate self-confidence.

The more beautiful people are, the less photogenic they are. 1. Why do most people, real people look better than photos?

Frozen face effect

Psychologists at the University of California and Harvard University have found that people think people in videos look better than screenshots of the same video. In other words, even if you feel uncomfortable in the photo, don't worry, others will think that your real person looks much better.

When someone in a video is paused while talking, the static image of this person is usually not as good as the dynamic image when the video is playing.

Robert Post of the University of California, Davis and his team call this phenomenon that static faces are not as attractive as dynamic faces "frozen face effect".

People will average the same face in different positions and different sides.

This is consistent with the previous study that "the average face is more attractive". Another possibility is that "they (dynamic faces) have better activated our facial recognition neural mechanism". After all, the camera was invented not long ago, and our brain's face recognition system was originally evolved to deal with dynamic faces, not static faces.

With evolution, we are more accustomed to looking at dynamic faces than static ones. Because the brain can recognize dynamic faces more easily, it doesn't need much effort. This result may mean that dynamic faces may be considered more attractive.

The researchers' findings can explain why portrait photography is so challenging. The "frozen face effect" can explain why facial photography is so difficult to master and why people often think that real people are more beautiful than cameras.

2. What are the conditions for photogenic people to be photogenic?

We often say that a small face and three-dimensional facial features will be more photogenic.

Do you really have a small face? What kind of facial features can become three-dimensional?

Next, I will give you a step-by-step analysis, which is the premise of photography.

Let's talk about the concept of "little face"

Through the above pictures, I believe you can intuitively find the gap between the head and body proportions of different races. We always emphasize that Europeans and Americans have long legs and old black legs, but we ignore that people have small heads. A small head will make your shoulders wider. The nine heads of a model are not necessarily how long the legs are, but how small the head is.

3. Mystery of Five Senses

As Asians, there is not much difference in body proportion, but some people give people the impression that their faces are small.

What gives us the feeling of "little face"?

Let's look at a set of registration photos.

In the above photos, everyone can easily tell whose face is smaller.

Then, let's talk with facts and see if we feel right.

Through the auxiliary line, we will find that the proportion of five senses follows the principle of three courts and five eyes. The facial area of the left and right people is almost the same.

4. The Mystery of Little Face

Why do some people feel little when the proportion of three courts and five eyes is the same?

In fact, the following factors are combined, which eventually leads to the illusion that someone's face is small.

1. The importance of eyes (please note that I said eyes, not eyes) to the five senses.

A photo of a person, no matter how fancy the clothes are, the face is always the longest time we observe, and on the face, our observation will focus more on the eyes.

Excerpt from the old answer: Why is it better to cover half your face?

When human language is not fully developed, human communication mostly adopts the combination of body movements and facial expressions.

In other words, the motivation of facial recognition permeates our genes and is out of our control.

When we look at facial photos, in fact, our psychological activities have been analyzing facial expressions.

1. 1 eyebrow eye spacing

We often say that foreigners have deep eyes, in fact, the fundamental reason lies in the distance between eyebrows and eyes. In this respect, Europeans and Americans completely explode Asians, and men completely explode women.

The closer the eyebrows are to the eyes, the more masculine and sharp they will be. If the eyebrows are far away from the eyes, it will give people a feminine feeling. The closer the eyebrows are to the eyes, the more the outline of the eyes will be enlarged visually.

Insert a small egg!

I suggest you search for sensitive words in our country, such as Brother Meretrix, whose eyebrows are far from his eyes. From the side, this is a typical portrait of men and women, which belongs to the image of being rich or expensive (there are also portraits of southerners, northerners and southerners). This is why all sensitive words in our country are not suitable for growing beards. All right! I seem to be digressing. It makes me look like a fortune teller. Let's move on.

1.2 Silkworm

The lower eyelid has a bulge, which is called "lying silkworm". You can pay attention to whether all the photogenic stars have lying silkworms. Lying silkworm is different from pouch. The function of silkworm in eyes is to enrich the contents of eyes visually, and increase the relative visual area of eyes by increasing the shadow area. That's why there are lying silkworms, which make them look big.

1.3 contest between long eyebrows and short eyebrows

Slender eyebrows, even if they are not very thick, will visually make the face thinner and narrower. In other words, Vic Zhou's eyebrows are the most beautiful I have ever seen!

The more beautiful people are, the less photogenic they are. Why are some people not photogenic? I look good.

Frozen face effect

Psychologists at the University of California and Harvard University have found that people think people in videos look better than screenshots of the same video. When someone in a video is paused while talking, the static image of this person is usually not as good as the dynamic image when the video is playing.

The researchers' findings can explain why portrait photography is so challenging. The "frozen face effect" can explain why facial photography is so difficult to master and why people often think that real people are more beautiful than cameras.

My photos always look a little awkward. Why don't I take pictures?

Reason 1: You are too nervous, so your sympathetic nerves start to get excited-palms and backs sweat, adrenaline secretion increases, your heart beats faster, your blood pressure rises, and your facial movements are unnatural.

Some people are not used to being noticed by the public, and being photographed is no less than being exhibited. When posing, you fall into self-doubt-this action is not good, is it not perfect, is it that your head is raised too high? As a result, sympathetic nerves began to get excited-palms and backs sweated, adrenaline secretion increased, heart rate increased, blood pressure increased, and facial movements were unnatural. Some people choose the wrong expression because of this. An eternal example is, how can you be on camera if you smile and don't smile?

I am confident and not nervous.

Reason 2: photography technology is not enough. Photography is to change a person from a three-dimensional image to a two-dimensional image in a certain direction. If the information is lost, it may be unrecognizable. To take pictures, the relationship between shooting distance and facial three-dimensional structure (distribution of five senses) is familiar.

There will be a slight pillow-shaped distortion when shooting close-up, and the face will look more rounded and the facial features will be more prominent. For people with large facial distance and convex and concave faces, it is easy to deform excessively and look not photogenic enough. On the contrary, long-distance shooting will cause barrel distortion, which will make the face look very flat and the five senses seem to be in the same plane. For people with short facial distance or flat face, the photo effect will be discounted.

In addition, our visual system is very picky and likes to judge people by their appearances. Evolution has endowed our visual system with good recognition and anti-interference ability, and it performs well in all kinds of chromatic aberration (noon and dusk), size (distance can be changed) and brightness (day and night). But it also has disadvantages,

When faced with images of "three-dimensional and plane" and "static and dynamic", it is easy to be at a loss. When the human eye sees a photo, the brain will habitually restore two dimensions to three dimensions, which will naturally lead to errors. For example, in a picture of a sphere, although the sphere restored by the brain is different from the original one, there will be no big error in the brain's judgment-the ball is the ball.

It is round. People are different, although people are still the same person, but a little detail error will lead to a completely different judgment of beauty and ugliness in the brain. Professional photographers take better photos because of their experience and professionalism.

So that they know how to reduce or control the deviation. In addition, there are still some distortions around the camera lens, but students who are not on camera are generally low-key-standing on both sides of the line-even less on camera.

So what should we do?

To strengthen the basic skills, we should at least understand the functions and parameters of the camera, choose the morning and evening sunshine as the portrait light source, and the contrast between light and shadow on the face should not be too great. When posing, you can enhance your self-confidence and expressiveness. When taking pictures, you can think of some interesting things, and your expressions and actions are naturally amiable.