WHY DO I LOOK SO UGLY ON ZOOM?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Zoom is better than the Target self-checkout security cameras though

Oh fk those things.

+1

[Anonymous]

Looking down at a computer is not flattering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM is loaded with J.Lo lookalikes, until they see their own reflections.

right?! I've always eye rolled hard at all the 'I'm aging amazingly" "I don't need makeup I am so naturally gorgeous" which almost every woman on here insists. LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Some faces look worse in 2D than others. You could be gorgeous and still have a bad zoom look. Play with lighting and angles using tips from YouTube.

What types of faces look better in one than the other?

Pronounced cheekbones. Full-on, I have a boring round face. 3/4, I have gorgeous cheekbones and a tapering face. It's shocking how different faces can look with different angles and under different light angles and colors.

Lol. I actually look really good on Zoom. Better than in real life. People always compliment me on Zoom "oh, wow, you look great!". "you're looking amazing". This is people I've seen recently and ones I haven't seen in years.
I think it's because I have high cheekbones and sharp features. Somehow they look great on camera.
It's nice but I'd rather look better in real life.

this is me too. My kid's teacher told me I looked great the other day LOL

[Anonymous]

I look good on mirror and my camera but in zoom hell nah!

[Anonymous]

Put a ring light on. They are fantastic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put a ring light on. They are fantastic!

+1. I bought a ring light and it gets rid of the shadows. A must have!

[Anonymous]

Softer, rounder faces look terrible on video and in photos.

[Anonymous]

I look fat no matter the angle. Because I am fat.

[Anonymous]

It's your lighting. Google how to do flattering lighting for photos. If it doesn't help, dim the lights and put cheese cloth over the camera to 'soften' your ugliness.

[Anonymous]

A dab of Vaseline on the camera helps.

[Anonymous]

I'm the OP of the "omg I love juvederm" post. My place finally started doing fillers again (they stopped doing fillers around or on the mouth bc covid) so I went in a couple days ago for it. And suddenly I look much better on camera! Cameras emphasize lines because they provide a one dimensional image of your face.

Prior to being able to get juvederm, I tried to add depth and dimension to my face by contouring. It helps, every little bit helps on camera.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Softer, rounder faces look terrible on video and in photos.

My sharp, thin face also looks terrible on Zoom! I think that most people look pretty bad on video calls because of no makeup / poor lighting. There is a reason entertainers have glam squads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some faces look worse in 2D than others. You could be gorgeous and still have a bad zoom look. Play with lighting and angles using tips from YouTube.

What types of faces look better in one than the other?

Pronounced cheekbones. Full-on, I have a boring round face. 3/4, I have gorgeous cheekbones and a tapering face. It's shocking how different faces can look with different angles and under different light angles and colors.

Lol. I actually look really good on Zoom. Better than in real life. People always compliment me on Zoom "oh, wow, you look great!". "you're looking amazing". This is people I've seen recently and ones I haven't seen in years.
I think it's because I have high cheekbones and sharp features. Somehow they look great on camera.
It's nice but I'd rather look better in real life.

this is me too. My kid's teacher told me I looked great the other day LOL

Haha I have a longer face and pronounced cheekbones/jawline and people who have seen me on Zoom that finally meet me in real life always assume I am like 5'10" tall (in real life I'm about 7 inches shorter than that!).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCUM is loaded with J.Lo lookalikes, until they see their own reflections.

right?! I've always eye rolled hard at all the 'I'm aging amazingly" "I don't need makeup I am so naturally gorgeous" which almost every woman on here insists. LOL.

Everyone here claims they could pass for 15 years younger, lol.