Which Is Right?

Having been asked to by a friend with a new phone (who needs pictures in her address book because apparently she can't read >__>), I have been looking for an opportunity to take a picture of myself that doesn't look like ****. Recently, when I glanced at the mirror, I caught myself at what I figured would be the best I would look. I held my phone up to eye level and took the picture. When I looked at it though, I looked extremely different from what I saw in the mirror. Disappointed, I tried again with the same result several times, tell I gave up.

Now the question is, which is right? The mirror, or the camera?

And yes, though that was a true story, those were metaphors.