Sunday, February 25, 2007
Why does the camera add 10 pounds?
Slate Magazine: "For weeks, Hollywood stars have lip-plumped and lasered themselves in preparation for the red carpet photographers at the Academy Awards. Celebrities have many reasons to fear the camera: Just look at Tyra Banks, who recently blamed bad camera angles after tabloids caught the former model sporting flab in a bathing suit and dubbed her 'Thigh-ra Banks.' So why do cameras add 10 pounds?"
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This is a neat article and makes perfect sense. I know as a camera man you really have to live in the world of your viewfinder because the differnece between looking up and seeing things in real life is very differnt than seeing it through the camera.
This was really interesting with the explanation of my we don't always recognize ourselves in video and photos. I do a lot of portrait photography but it never really occurred to me why I always think I look different in photos, but others dont....good to know
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