# Does my head look too big for my body **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 1, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998 "2015-07-01T22:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rossiekerr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Rossiekerr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rossiekerr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/1 "2015-07-01T22:29:48Z")
Whenever I take pics, i cant help to notice that my head looks too huge for my body.Here are my pics and looking for honesty.I know it only looks like this in pics and not in real life [https://www.flickr.com/photos/44680119@N04/19335301755/in/dateposted-public/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/44680119@N04/19335301755/in/dateposted-public/) [https://www.flickr.com/photos/44680119@N04/19339724851/in/dateposted-public/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/44680119@N04/19339724851/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/2 "2015-07-01T23:12:30Z")
You look well within the “normal” range to me. You want to see someone with a big head-to-body ratio? The actor Edward James Olmos. I saw him in the LA museum one day and–dayum–his head is like 1/3-1/2 of his overall height. I think that’s true for a lot of actors. Most have fairly large heads, I’ve noticed, maybe this looks best on camera. I have a small head. (Still within “normal” range, I hope.) Your head is fine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/3 "2015-07-01T23:22:29Z")
Wow. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/4 "2015-07-01T23:24:22Z")
I think you look fine. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/5 "2015-07-02T01:04:26Z")
You look within the range of normal, certainly not frankensteinian. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/6 "2015-07-02T01:43:16Z")
Maybe you jut your head out a little when posing if you think it looks so different in pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/7 "2015-07-02T01:52:33Z")
I would recommend that you neither attempt to shrink your head nor enlarge your body in an effort to get them to “match”. You look fine as you are. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/8 "2015-07-02T02:09:45Z")
[QUOTE= Inspiration for the movie Pumpkinhead] Keep away from Pumpkinhead, Unless you’re tired of living, His enemies are mostly dead, He’s mean and unforgiving, Laugh at him and you’re undone, But in some dreadful fashion, Vengeance, he considers fun, And plans it with a passion, Time will not erase or blot, A plot that he has brewing, It’s when you think that he’s forgot, He’ll conjure your undoing, Bolted doors and windows barred, Guard dogs prowling in the yard, Won’t protect you in your bed, Nothing will, from Pumpkinhead. [/QUOTE] 😃 Ya look fine. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/9 "2015-07-02T05:17:40Z")
To get more specific, the reason you look like you have a big head in those pics is because they are shot with the camera above you. Doesn’t take much distance above, but it’s forcing perspective, making your head look bigger and your feet smaller, because your head is closer to the lens than your feet are. It also looks like you’re using a slightly wide-angle lens, which causes a similar kind of optic distortion… whatever is closest to the lens looks big, whatever is most distant gets compressed. Like this: [http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/235221-ultra-wide-angle-portraits-aps-c-imgp0229.jpg](http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/235221-ultra-wide-angle-portraits-aps-c-imgp0229.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/10 "2015-07-02T05:23:24Z")
Kaio is correct. It’s distortion caused by the camera. You should try a photo taken from a further distance but zoomed in, just a few steps back is enough, and taken by someone the same height as you or shorter (or you could stand on a step), putting the camera around your shoulder level. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/11 "2015-07-02T05:51:57Z")
**Does my head look too big for my body?** Not at all, but your body seems a bit small for your head. 😛 Sorry, it’s a silly joke but I couldn’t resist. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/12 "2015-07-02T05:55:57Z")
Yes, what Kaio said. It’s a “fisheye” distortion caused by the lens - similar to the peep holes in hotel room doors. Be farther back from the camera, and have the camera held lower, at about mid torso or chest level. If you try that, we can better judge your head proportions, but from the pictures I think you’re just fine. Quite attractive too, if I may say so without being fresh. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/13 "2015-07-02T05:57:35Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > **Does my head look too big for my body?** > > Not at all, but your body seems a bit small for your head. 😛 > Sorry, it’s a silly joke but I couldn’t resist. 🙂 Funny! I was going to joke that at least her outfits don’t make her butt look big. But I decided not to. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/14 "2015-07-02T06:20:34Z")
I just got home from teaching my intro photo class and was still in teacher mode. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/15 "2015-07-02T06:30:30Z")
I took out some of the distortion in Photoshop, and [you look](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38786500/Barnes66.jpg) a little more vertical now. Your head looks fine to me! You do have narrow shoulders, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/16 "2015-07-02T06:34:48Z")
For the record, my post was just a joke. I mean, c’mon. 😊 you look totally normal. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/17 "2015-07-02T07:11:36Z")
Ya know, some guys say they’d like “a little head”, but hell, I want a lotta head! 🙂 You have nice legs. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/18 "2015-07-02T11:17:58Z")
Look at the bright side; your head draws attention from them feet! [QUOTE=Fats Waller] Yes, your feet’s too big Don’t want you, 'cause you feet’s too big Can’t use you, 'cause you feet’s too big I really hate you, 'cause you feet’s too big Where did you get them? Your girl she likes you, she thinks you’re nice Got what it takes to be in paradise She said likes your face, she likes your ray Man oh man them things are too big Oh, your feet’s too big [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/19 "2015-07-02T13:37:33Z")
Your head does appear to be unusually large for your body. It is exaggerated by the camera angle, so it’s hard to say whether it looks unusual in real life from these photos. But so what? What are you planning to do with this information? There’s nothing wrong with having a large head, but even if you think there is, there is no swapping it out for a smaller one or any kind of head-reduction diet or surgery, so deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998/20 "2015-07-02T15:11:59Z")
> [@Barnes66](#): > > Whenever I take pics, i cant help to notice that my head looks too huge for my body.Here are my pics and looking for honesty.I know it only looks like this in pics and not in real life. Wow. That thing looks like[it has it’s own weather system](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRmLGYSc0XQ). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-head-look-too-big-for-my-body/723998.md?page=2)