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What is the best way to take a mirror picture!?
Flash wise!?
Setting wise!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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One thing nice about digital is you can see and get instant feedback on a shot!. If you don't like it, take it again, and again until you get it like you want it and delete the rest!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.

The flash WILL give a big ol' white spot in your picture, try it!.!.! Adjust room light to lighten up the subject IN the mirror and try to keep the lights OUT of the mirror!. If you have directional lights, like them from a desk where the light is on a lil flexible neck, these may be good to aim at what your trying to get pictures of!.!. You may also want to set your ISO speed up a notch or two to something like 400 or 800 unless your camera has a lot of noise then!.

If the mirror is on the wall and you want a photo of the actual mirror, stand at angle to it, like 45' or so!. Think of playing pool and your light is the Que ball!. Once sent out, it will reflect at the same angle, away from the camera!. However, if any part of the camera (the flash) is seen in the mirror you will still get a bright hot spot in your picture!. As long as you can not see the camera in the mirror you will not get the reflection back into your image of it's flash!.!.!.

Bob - TucsonWww@QuestionHome@Com

yeah, flash off, and clean the mirror!. and if you maybe want it to look a little better, you can crop it to not include the edges and such!. but I dont know what you are going for, so do whatever!. aaand good luckWww@QuestionHome@Com

You have to turn the flash off, or there will be a big light in the pictureWww@QuestionHome@Com