what's the deal ?

[jackie k]

Wife is gone. Kids are gone. All dressed up from heels to my favorive perfume . Finally got the guts to post a pic for all you girls to see. I looked in the mirror and was very pleased. I did well. Then I took a pic. Took 20 pics. What the hell ? Does conair put magic lights in their products? What happened? The person in the mirror and the person in the pic only resemble each other. I want those lights in my camera too!

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Jackie , Cameras don't change your looks it is what it is.

[outhiking]

I'm the same way. In the mirror I see a lovely woman, in the camera I see a guy in a dress. I've found it easier if I blur out my face in the photos, then I better like what I see.

Really though, who does like the way they look in photographs (or when thier voice is recorded). :-)

[Tina B.]

Every once in a while I get a picture I love, then I take anoter 100 or so pictures, before it happens again. It's hard to convince the camera to give me what I want in a picture, why can't it make me look young and pretty, the darn thing is just to honest. But I don't mind letting you see the real me, that's the one I have to live with, so you might as well have to look at her too.
Tina B.

[Stephanie47]

When I look in the mirror I see what my mind wants to see. That's in guy mode too. I see a lovely woman, tastefully dressed, IF I stand back from the mirror. When I get close I see a woman who has aged. Years ago I did take pictures of myself and I did look rather nice. Now? Not so much. It's just vanity. No more pictures. A woman's prerogative!

[Sarah Doepner]

I have the same defect in my camera. There must be a special filter I could use to get the photos closer to what I see in the mirror. But I look in the photography catalogs and there isn't anything listed under "Pink Fog" filter.

[Joanne Curl]

my camera has the same problem. The picture the camera takes doesn't look anything like the pretty thing I see in the mirror. I say the camera does lie! I'm much prettier in my mind's eye...

[Talldrinkofwater]

I have the same problem...and realized that flashes are never friendly to me. Pretty sure the only magic mirrors I come across are the ones in dressing rooms to get me to buy everything I try on

[Ashley Lyn]

I keep trying the camera thingy.. I imagine one thing, and it says another!! BUT, after the SO helps with makeup, etc... and I wear something a little longer and casual (instead of the Hot Topic/Tripp stuff I LOVE), I can almost 'look' like I want.. The older I get, the harder it gets tho.. I love to keep trying!

I just LOVE the way it feels to dress.. stockings, heels.. silk panties and bra.. short skirts and frilly tops.. Now where is that darn camera??