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We take millions of photographs. How are all of our snaps affecting our eyes, brains, and bodies? WIRED Senior Editor Peter Rubin looks at the ways that selfies can distort our self perception, shoots with a pro photographer, and examines the way that all those images are affecting our moods and memory.
Follow the links below to read more about the research we used in this video:
WIRED.com - “Use Science (Not Surgery) to Create Your Best Selfie”: www.wired.com/story/use-scien...
Boris Paskhover study on nasal distortion in selfies:
www.ohadf.com/papers/WardWard...
Selfie perspective manipulator created by researcher Ohad Fried: faces.cs.princeton.edu/
Jennifer Mills study on selfies and mood: www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Alixandra Barasch study - “How Taking Photos Increases Enjoyment of Experiences”
www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rel...
Alixandra Barasch study - “How the Intention to Share Can Undermine Enjoyment: Photo-Taking Goals and Evaluation of Experiences” academic.oup.com/jcr/article/...
Alixandra Barasch study - “Photographic Memory: The Effects of Volitional Photo Taking on Memory for Visual and Auditory Aspects of an Experience” journals.sagepub.com/doi/full...
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@hopscotch39 5 лет назад

“Selfies aren’t what you actually look like.” The most reassuring words I’ve heard in years

@tw06le1 5 лет назад

99.9% of phone buyers are not photographers, so they will never understand what 35mm or 24mm lens at various distances does to the face as Distortion- "Bulging out effect in the middle of the photo" Apps make photography seem less technical than it is & the untrained eye will never see a difference. "A lady once tried to argue that the photos she took with her iPhone of another photo, with even the Pink Case casting a hue via the flash, was better than a $3000 DSLR Camera $2000 lens & $4000 worth of lighting."

@ruffprophetproductions 5 лет назад

tw06le1 which one will get to IG faster? That is a struggle we face in this world of short attention spans

@nanaamoako4175 5 лет назад

smh. There are people who think they know everything. I know this girl who takes photos that are no where near straight then takes directly to instagram. Honestly i think if we were to straighten the image, so much would be left out.

@ElineSandes 5 лет назад

I’m not a professional photographer, but I’m learning a lot about its technical procedures and gears. The thing is, nowadays, thanks to digital photography, people don’t think about the composition of the image before snapping a picture. They just go straight for the shot and repeat it as many times it is necessary until they’re satisfied.

@andrewselbyphotography 5 лет назад

You needed a guy with a PhD to tell you a wide angle lens up close distorts your face?!?

@mikakorhonen5715 5 лет назад

When PhD has started to mean smart?

@Jay-jb2vr 5 лет назад

@@mikakorhonen5715 Lmfaoooo

@nurbsenvi 5 лет назад

It’s called journalism

@andrewselbyphotography 5 лет назад

@@nurbsenvi But I don't have a PhD and I could've told you that... My roommate could've told you that? why the PhD?

@TheAwesomePikachu 5 лет назад

@@andrewselbyphotography credibility

@brandocristo 5 лет назад

Knew it wasn't my fault my selfies were ugly

@alex2070 5 лет назад

I like landscape photograph, it gives me most of the time a reason to go out, hike around and taking pictures of cool stuff and I make more sport since I started making landscape photographing. I just have an old Canon 450D, 2 kind of cheap lenses and some filters, but most of the time the pictures aren‘t the goal. When someone says that they find one Cool, I‘m so happy, it‘s something you made yourself and getting appreciation for this is the best ting ever.

@jonothanpeanut522 5 лет назад

same, nature is awsome

@jeremiahwat1 5 лет назад

Wired: Why do selfies look off in the first place? (Let's ask a plastic surgeon and not a photographer)

@alvarny77 5 лет назад

And I think it is brilliant, because it is not why it is off that is important. It is how it is affecting our self image that is important.

@jeremiahwat1 5 лет назад

You could just talk to a photographer about images and then a psychologist/counselor about self-image. The dude specializes in cutting people open, not understanding the mind. He's smart enough to learn some things, but not specialized enough to tell us everything.

@jeremiahwat1 5 лет назад

@@rthomp62 In regards to a field or specific subject. I can talk to you about biology, but I can't talk to you about how to perform heart surgery. The word everything in this context relates to depth of a subject not random aspects of life.

@jeremiahwat1 5 лет назад

@@rthomp62 Robert Thompson No. He's not wrong, but he's making it overcomplicated and missed explaining the vital point that a cellphone camera is known as a wide angle lense. Wide angles are designed to have a wider view of a scene but bend the image slightly to get it. It's like being in a carnival fun house. You have mirrors bent on different ways to reflect a distorted image that you know is distorted. You don't know with your phone because the effect is less. The producers of the video already knew this answer because they use cameras on a regular basis. It also shows in their writing of the video because they mention the comparison between landscapes and selfies at the beginning of the video. Another thing, the image feature of bending an image back into place like the doctor did is called lense correction. It's a common tool used in photo editing programs like Photoshop, Lightroom, Gimp, & Lightzone. The producer was using an app that did all those "calculations" in the video. What they should have done was introduce a psychologist to explain the emotional intelligence aspect of using a distorted lense on your face. Teach people how their emotional well-being is being damaged when you have a distorted view of yourself.

@justayoutuber1906 Год назад

or better, a psychologist

@two-face1041 5 лет назад

Look at this photograph

@xbjrrtc 5 лет назад

Look at this graaaaaaaaaph. 😐

@wesleychapman9001 5 лет назад

As soon as Chris Burkard stepped in at 6:30 this video got real interesting

@hoonchoi95 5 лет назад

FAX

@wesleychapman9001 5 лет назад

Chris is instafamous because he's a great photographer.@Rich Clark Photography

@leierlord 5 лет назад

the problem is that we make ourselves look the way we want to for the photos on social media but not really change ourselves. be the change you want to see in the world.

@ANURAGSINGH-fb7jb 5 лет назад

In conclusion...social media makes us vulnerable. It makes us to show our PRESENCE in the world.

@BobMcCoy 5 лет назад

*_Instagram wants to know your location_*

@SilasWilloughby 5 лет назад

Did you forget to color grade a large portion of this video?

@AxxLAfriku 5 лет назад

Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two DANGEROUSLY beautiful girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest RU-vidr ever, having two hot girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear Silas W

@SilasWilloughby 5 лет назад

AxxL Ummmm what?!

@two-face1041 5 лет назад

Silas Willoughby ignore him

@SilasWilloughby 5 лет назад

Two-Face apparently 😂

@two-face1041 5 лет назад

Silas Willoughby this is all he does

@bluemwhitew 5 лет назад

Look at this graaaaaph...

@jeremylavine 5 лет назад

Saying "selfies" per se distort is a bit misleading. It's the close range. Strange that this isn't common knowledge. It's readily apparent when taking pictures of things at different distances, and is the main reason selfie sticks - abominations though they may be - were invented.

@arachnophilia427 5 лет назад

yep, if you see the paper in there, it has "short distance" in the name.

@PolarBlairGaming 5 лет назад

More like this! I would love a well produced photography series.

@abdullahnaseer2533 5 лет назад

When you realize every single bit in this video is a photograph ...

@terrillmaxwell3862 5 лет назад

Essentially

@changoazucar 5 лет назад

I don´t think so.

@user-jj2zv4ic5k 5 лет назад

You mean every single frame?

@abdullahnaseer2533 5 лет назад

Yes

@barrettdecutler8979 2 года назад

What about the audio?

@IrondragonGamingYouTubeChannel 5 лет назад

I like how this plastic surgeon did a big research paper on something all professional photographers already know... gj smh

@zephyrxcyrus 5 лет назад

Exactly what I was thinking. Lol

@mitchellpatterson7164 5 лет назад

Yeah but then the research also led to a mathematical model for exactly what the distortion was and created a software to reverse which was more than likely the key parts of the paper not just that selfies cause distortion.

@zephyrxcyrus 5 лет назад

@@mitchellpatterson7164 That's all good. but I think people have figured it out for sometime now because programs like adobe lightroom and darktable have had it for years. They have lens correction and perspective correction.

@tobiasyoder 5 лет назад

@@zephyrxcyrus I can't speak for darktable, but Lightroom is only correcting lens distortion effects (like an unwanted fisheye). What is going on with the nose thing is just basic lens compression, which is an inherent attribute of a given len's focal length and cant be 'corrected'. I am sure the researcher guy new about lens compression and the person who made the video mistakingly presented it like the PhD discovered it.

@thetimecapsuleproject4090 5 лет назад

You could laugh all you you want, but the credit is all on him. You know why? He made it into a journal article.

@huajie666liu8 5 лет назад

Taking pictures make me happy. I like the feeling.

@diggyz82 5 лет назад

Thats why you use 85mm + for portraits and not a wide angle lens :)

@carjac820 4 года назад

Mattias Nilsson 85mm for full-frame sensor cameras. 50mm for crop-sensor cameras.

@SpookyRipples9 5 лет назад

Excellent topic!!!

@christiangeiselmann 5 лет назад

Study at min 4:30 ff. obviously forgot to take into account that people with higher self-esteem might simply make less selfies than more insecure people.

@barrettdecutler8979 2 года назад

That's a good point. There's a definite possibility that people who spend a lot of time on social media and/or taking selfies may be seeking affirmation or attention that others don't need or find elsewhere. There's a lot to be said for that theory.

@boysent 5 лет назад

My expectations for this video were low. But, this was really well done and informative. Well done Wired.

@colinstu 5 лет назад

"How are Selfies Affecting Us? | Tech Effects | WIRED"

@openquin1 5 лет назад

"Human's took.." I wonder how many were taken by non-humans

@vishugondaliya7644 5 лет назад

you got point there :))

@jonothanpeanut522 5 лет назад

WAIT I MINUTE i see wat u mean

@barrettdecutler8979 2 года назад

I believe some animals have taken pictures, including selfies. Animals can also paint, build structures, make music, and do math.

@shirsenduadak7347 5 лет назад

Randomly clicked on the video thumbnail, and it's best video for the whole day for sure (and the day just started) ;)

@Dara-lu5ql 5 лет назад

I saw Christ suddenly on Ted talk 4 years ago, and watched his talk over and over again, totally inspired me want to become a photographer. Love him.🙏

@justayoutuber1906 Год назад

Jesus took photos too?

@aakashakolkar6506 5 лет назад

Nice explanation n illustration sir

@vekkdrums 5 лет назад

“There is a lot of pressure to get the right angle” this made me laugh so much

@thambamaran 5 лет назад

Excellent information

@philipperdmann2213 5 лет назад

As a passionate hobby photographer, I really enjoyed this!

@mwtfrooo6098 5 лет назад

Philipp Erdmann iso 200 f/1.4 1/1000 of a second . would that be an overexposed photo or underexposed?

@philipperdmann2213 5 лет назад

AfrOmAn fro depends on the scenery. If you shoot in daylight it‘s probably fine or slightly overexposed, at night it‘s definitely underexposed. Sunset shots could be pretty decent with those numbers i guess

@mwtfrooo6098 5 лет назад

Philipp Erdmann good job!

@philipperdmann2213 5 лет назад

AfrOmAn fro was that like some kind of test? ^^

@mwtfrooo6098 5 лет назад

Philipp Erdmann yes

@maeyycheck5602 5 лет назад

Nice whole video

@carmen3275 5 лет назад

I really liked this and it helped me understand things and clarity’s things so now I can go to my friends and tell them to stop with the instagram

@ikisfilm1994 5 лет назад

Cellphones are not high end cameras

@JayUchiha17 5 лет назад

You clearly don't have a good camera phone

@befer 5 лет назад

@@JayUchiha17 what are you talking about? Have you ever even seen a high end camera ? It's non-comperable

@dhruvvishwakarma8129 5 лет назад

It's not "comperable" guys, it's just not!!

@CroutonsRawk 5 лет назад

JayEl if a cell-phone is the standard of a good camera for you, then you’ve never seen what an actual good camera, in the right hands, produces

@leierlord 5 лет назад

as long as it can take photos it's good enough to learn photography

@drparham 5 лет назад

Great video

@omanuelsa 5 лет назад

nice doc!

@jonahmasson1529 5 лет назад

Super interesting!

@ashtonvaleroso5911 5 лет назад

Thanks wired, very interesting.

@AdolfoUsierPhotographer 5 лет назад

awesome 👏🏻

@AyushBakshi 5 лет назад

That eye tracking experiment could reveal a lot of things about how normies and pros process the world.

@swepperx 5 лет назад

Nice video!

@DanAnderson_TheMaddestShredder 5 лет назад

Love Your Channel my Friend god bless you my brother

@michealbay1290 5 лет назад

Holy sht that "observation aspect" part is 💯💯

@skumar4444 5 лет назад

Awesome

@lucasbalthazar5807 5 лет назад

One minute of ads that you can't skip. That's simply INSANE

@MatthewMcBrayer 5 лет назад

It’s taken us this long to collectively realize that comparing ourselves to others on social media is a bad thing?

@dizzyiguana981 5 лет назад

This the first video I've watch that was made in 2019

@darklight6405 5 лет назад

Nice vedio❤️👌

@alejandrosilvafilmmaker2319 5 лет назад

Chris is a legend

@mrrolandlawrence 5 лет назад

as an anxious person. photos are not the things that stress me in every day life. watching the news is just like staring into a pit of despair.

@Rebelsin 5 лет назад

This should actually be called, "How Social Media is Affecting the Brain."

@barrettdecutler8979 2 года назад

It's not social media in general, but specifically selfies and digital photography. They also talk about how other aspects of taking photos affect people, not just photos taken for social media.

@khalidalasad5441 5 лет назад

What is the name of the app that revert camera lens effect? Thanks

@WIRED 5 лет назад

khalid maged we put links in the description box but Ohad Friend’s tool is online here: faces.cs.princeton.edu/ thanks for watching!

@makenapatterson7985 5 лет назад

What website does he use?

@SPcamert 5 лет назад

Dude at 1:42 has a jacket that says "Obey" on it. Accurate.

@flipfilms1759 5 лет назад

No one ever say photography is bad. It is a great art form.

@barrettdecutler8979 2 года назад

Photography can be valuable and beautiful, but picture can also be shocking, exploitative, disturbing, and invasive. There are plenty of reasons to be wary of photography.

@finlaykusik4839 5 лет назад

I HAVE THE PHOTO IN THE THUMBNAIL OVER MY FIREPLACE. #SHOOK

@zhnigo 5 лет назад

9:29 research manager at the eye tracking tech company is called Ashley Ogle

@picvan 5 лет назад

I saw two people drive by photo shooting in Joshua tree 3 days ago. It made me really sad as setting up a landscape photo takes time and thought so you experience it. They literally jumped out of a car with dslr's for 30 seconds. Actually running too. The woman was open to talking but her bf got annoyed she said hello to me as he slammed the door and started the car.

@TheHikeChoseMe 5 лет назад

i know. i cant stand those 'tourists' that use dslrs or mirrorless for nonsense photography. just use your phone. youre just going to post it on social media anyways.

@abbycollins262 5 лет назад

PLEASE DO A JAMES CORDEN ANSWERS THHE WEBS MOST SEARCHED QUESTIONS! THAT WOULD BE SO GREAT!

@user-ei7ed6zy9k 5 лет назад

4:50 this is exactly the reason why I don't look at concert pictures or videos for a couple of weeks after the show

@hummingbirdjourney2971 5 лет назад

Wow world changed the photography, and now the photography is changing the world

@thecactusinthevalley4657 5 лет назад

This definitely seems less concerned w the phenomenon of photographing and much more with selfie culture and social media. If it's really about photography, there's almost 200 years of history and evolution that should be taken into account. Also, you really only spoke to one photographer? and he's a LANDSCAPE photographer? Why not seek out a technical teacher at an art school? Or someone who specializes in portraiture or even a photo theorist.

@techmad2808 5 лет назад

I came because of the picture on the thumbnail because it's on my social text book

@irontale1834 5 лет назад

This is why a good camera operator when getting a close up will not the close up to the person They will adjust the lenses

@maxshootsfilm306 5 лет назад

can we please stop calling selfis photography? that be nice

@itsfrank5412 5 лет назад

Agreed

@jayshaholloway8255 5 лет назад

Lol but it’s a photo

@maxshootsfilm306 5 лет назад

Jahlani Holloway ya but it’s not photography

@izabellaanitacsanki5207 5 лет назад

@Graham Smith photography is the art of taking photos that tell a story, and it has rules like the rule of thirds, rule of odds, white space and so on. Selfies are used to simply appease the ego of the person who took the photo. A good photographer takes a lot of time and checks background, foreground, lighting and so on before even getting out the camera!

@geewiz8253 5 лет назад

Art is subjective, hun.

@sky-xu6fj 5 лет назад

We use the thumbnail no this video in our school history lessons😂💯

@ivanttosuckyourblood 5 лет назад

Selfie people had it coming

@1Sweetness 5 лет назад

I don't take selfies ..born in the 60's I don't feel the need to if anyone wants to take a picture of me than they can...😃

@lovepeacepositivityllc 5 лет назад

The thumbnail is the picture on one of my school books

@AndreiComsa23 5 лет назад

The phone has a wide angle lens. Wide angle lenses have a barrel distortion, what it is photographed closer apears much bigger. That's why their heads/noses are much bigger in their selfies. :D Any photographer knows this. You generally use wide angle lenses for landscapes, not for portraits. The problem is that most consumers don't know what a wide, normal or telephoto lens is all about.

@nanaamoako4175 5 лет назад

I learnt so much in the comment section than the video

@risingsun8609 5 лет назад

"High End Cameras in our pockets "

@brandielee7971 5 лет назад

Compared to the cameras in the past? The cameras available when I was a child (I'm 31) he is absolutely right.

@CutieMoli 5 лет назад

I take selfies all the time. But I don't share them, and I certainly don't do it for the view lol

@satyammeena 3 года назад

I shoot a lot of photos with my mobile phone and just came to know that there's a selfie camera.

@Bleeblo21 5 лет назад

That blonde girl at the beginning defiantly takes selfies

@adnanmohammed4354 5 лет назад

That thumbnail is literally in my social studies textbook😂

@MorkSD 5 лет назад

So canon's brand isn't allowed to show up but there's a pretty good sony presence after all ;)

@DaGreat7 5 лет назад

Ah didn't expect this to be about Selfies and Social Media...

@Salterisks 5 лет назад

Me, doesn't take pictures of myself: me bad look. Anxiety? Yep.

@b991228 5 лет назад

If you pay someone to take your portrait they will stand back and use a short telephoto lens. There can be nothing more grotesque than a wide angle image taken taken at arms length with a phone.

@nickbarrett7163 5 лет назад

As a professional photographer, I agree with this video

@aaffariya 5 лет назад

Like ?..You recommend selfie?

@flamencoprof 5 лет назад

Hah! My one and only selfie involved a 35mm camera, a tripod because of low light, and a mirror, about 25 years ago. Can't remember when I last saw it, probably just after it was developed and printed. As you might guess, I'm not on FaceGram or whatever.

@sohnicholas 5 лет назад

Chinese and Korean mobile gives you hassle-free selfie picture. Everyone looks perfect under their lens. Even their mom also not able to recognize them.