[Cheesecakefactory]

As we do in photos, because in the mirror we are looking directly at the mirror, and are conscious of how we look.

[ghanglish]

I always get confused by this. I think it's the second option. But you can see both views on your webcam. If you look good in both views then it's all good!

[z0tx]

Well the mirror is more precise than a picture, but it is also the reverse image of how people see you, whereas a photograph or a videotape is not reversed (i.e. the same as others perceive you, think of the lens as their eyes).
I guess both have their qualities though. Its interesting that people often prefer themselves in mirrors. I think it would be a bit of shock if someone created an electronic mirror which would reflect you as others see you.

[Prokaryotic_crap]

(Original post by Delta_Aitch)
It's like 'do I actually sound like I do when I record and play-back my voice?!'

We see ourselves differently to how other people do. Depending on what the other person is into, they might see a particular feature of yours more clearly than you perhaps do.

your sig is making my balls hurt

[StephenP91]

Some people do, some don't.

[Delta Aitch]

(Original post by Prokaryotic_crap)
your sig is making my balls hurt

She has that effect.

[genki]

I know that when I look at pictures of other people, I often think that they look better/worse (sometimes by a lot) than they do in real life, so I assume that that's the case for pictures of me too. And there's just such a difference between how I look in the mirror and how I look in pictures that one or both of them must be somewhat inaccurate.

[*Dreaming*]

The mirror is the other way round, but a photo is just one still shot. So it's hard to say.