auf nem zweiteplatz am fenster, fals das nicht möglich ist auf nem dreier quer, sofern ich außen sitzen kann. würde meist eher stehen, als auf nem vierer zu sitzen. wenn das so abgearbeitet ist, immer lieber oben und ruhig sonneseite, weil ich den luxus habe, bei den heutigen temperaturen selten fahren zu müssen. tbt ist mir aber sonne/schatten/oben/unten egal, solange ich zweier platz am fenster bekommen

i see that there is no way that we are going to see eye to eye here. i wish you all the best and that you are happy with your way.

should anybody else in this thread want to have more pleasing photographs of themselfs taken try to ask someone to take a photo of you using a longer lense of at least 50mm or even 80-105mm (full frame equivalent, on a crop sensor 30mm onwards is fine). if you have no access a camera with interchangeable lenses or someone who does but have a new phone with a zoom lense on the back (not just slidy zoom in software, needs to have at least one more lense on the back) try to set up the phone with the most zoom on a tripod and use the timer or ask someone for help.

i’m sorry but that is not how the technical aspect of focal length works. you can’t change the focal length of an lense using software, it is a physical property of the lens so unless you literally have two or more lenses on your phone (which phones do have one the back but presumably not on the front you simply cannot change that effect pictured in the link. what you are describing here is called cropping. also autofocus changes the distance from the sensor that the camera focusses to, it has nothing to do with the actual focal length. sorry to dissappoint.

i do agree that software does a shittin of post processing, but we are talking about way of feeling better about onse self especially if, like i mentioned, a mirror seems kinder. in that case a software manipulating an image is not the right approach but rather figuring out which focal length suits your own perception of yourself best.

i think it depends on what you don’t like when looking at yourself. if a different composition might change it your advice might do, but if a mirror seems kinder than your fron camera that it is probably due to focal length of the camera (which you can’t change for the front camera as of yet or am i that out of touch with todays phone technology?)

the comparism over here is a goto for me for years already as it shows how different lenses give your face a totally different look.

https://mcpactions.com/the-ideal-focal-length-for-portraiture-a-photographers-experiment/