I can’t even count the number of times this little scene has taken place in my life:
Friend: “Hey, take a look at the new pics! They’re awesome!”
Me: “Ooh, show me, show me!!”
… (A few seconds of stony silence)
Me: “Oh. My. God. I look so fat! Delete that picture, NOW!”
Even if you’ve got a figure that makes even Megan Fox envious (fat chance of that happening!), when you look at those cheesy pictures of yourself, you can’t help but blanch. When did your hips become so wide? After all, hips don’t lie. And those thighs look like mega-sized salami sausages. And you don’t even want to get started on your backside, or even your face, which seems to have acquired multiple chins especially for the picture-taking occasion.
After years of agonising over ‘pounded’ pictures of myself, I set out on the ultimate quest: to unravel the mystery behind the extra pulpy flesh that magically adorns my body in all the wrong places in every picture of mine.
Turns out that we have someone else to blame for our apparent fatness…thank god I’ve got nothing to do with it.
Studies have shown that camera pictures DO make you look a little…err…fuller. The easiest way to say this is that light bends around the outlines of your body (i.e. your hips, tummy, backside, chin, cheeks, etc.) and makes them appear minutely diffused. This causes it to look a little bigger. Many photographers say that cameras add exactly 10 pounds (about 4.5 kgs) to a person in a picture.
However, your posture, clothes and lighting also play a role in determining your picture’s figure. Heads bowed down give images of triple chins; placing the arms directly down your sides makes your arms look fatter; feet and knees stuck to each other enlarge the hips, and so on.
Anyhow, in the end, it’s not your fault you look fat in those hideous, blackmail-worthy pictures. So take a breather…and continue your diet.
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