perspective

This post is sorta coming out of [url=www.blogladder.com/showBlog.php?id=12]Lithium's[/url] interesting post on flaws and our perception of them.

Have you noticed how easy it is to tell whether we've lost or gained weight from looking at a photograph as compared to a mirror? What is it in the transfer from virtual space to tangible object held in hand that makes this change in our perception of ourselves possible? Does a mirror lie then, or at least not tell the whole truth? Curious to know what you think.