I love methodical, dry, unemotional Bäckström as much as everybody else, but I still like to remember a certain effusive, overwhelmed draft pick in 2006.
“The camera adds 10 pounds” is a phrase of the past. Now people look better in their pictures than they do in person
When people say that the camera adds ten pounds it’s because cameras used in filmmaking/TV production have a wider focal length and therefore subjects look wider or bigger. Whereas cellphone cameras have a short focal length that makes subjects appear thinner or smaller.
Nowadays, with DSLR’s and a variety of lenses, we are able to depict a wide range of focal lengths by using one kind of camera.
So that is why most people on social media may seem to look thinner than they do in person (especially in selfies because the front facing camera on phones especially have short focal lengths).
And that is also how the phrase “the camera adds ten pounds” came about.
The Cup was also later passed to Coach Barry Trotz and goalie coach Olie Kolzig who was the Capitals’ starting goaltender during their 1998 Stanley Cup Finals run.