How do I photograph a Framed Mirror without getting the reflection.?

Answer 1

Stand it on a mantelpiece or shelf and photograph from slightly below, or stood to one side

Answer 2

Remember this: The angle of incidence of the light is equal to the angle of reflection.

Put your flash far enough away from the right side or the left side of the camera, but not so far as to get a shadow from the frame, and shoot it that way. That way the light will bounce off the mirror and will not show up in the picture.

Another way would be to bounce your flash off a ceiling, but in calculating the distance, remember that the distance that the flash has to go is equal to the distance where it will hit the ceiling and the distance from that point on the ceiling to the subject.

It might not be a bad idea of place a hankerchief over your flash head to further disperse the light, but you are going to have to compensate for that by opening a half a stop (probably)

My other recommendation would be to bracket your shots, take several at different f stops, at least two more open that the meter says and two more stopped down thant he meter says. That is a good CYA in about anything in photography other than if you are just taking shapshots.

Answer 3

Anything you do to make it not reflect will likely make it look like crap too.

Could you please tell us what this is intended for?

Shooting at a 45 degree angle will prevent your reflection from showing up (as long as you can't see yourself in it, you should be OK).

I would set it up so that it reflected a simple object that won't distract from the mirror. That will show that it's "mirror-perfect".
Generally a mirror that doesn't reflect will look sort of odd...

OK. To your exact question. I will assume that you mean a distracting reflection.

How's about you shoot from a 45 degree angle and position something black on the other end of the 45 degree angle for the mirror to reflect?

If you hang a black background at a fair distance away, and use just use enough depth of field so that the entire mirror is in focus,
the black background should just be an indistinguishable black.

If the mirror is the only object in the photo, your camera meter will be getting most of its exposure info from what the mirror is reflecting. You're going to have to get a meter reading from another object and set that manually. I'd get a close-up meter reading on the frame.

If you shoot using flash (you'd have to set it manually) - the illumination on the back ground will be the flash's distance to the mirror + the distance from the mirror to the background.
This will cause the background to be underexposed also - helping put the reflection more in the background.

In either case, as previously suggested, bracket your exposures around a bit so that you get a good one.

You could use something other than black if you wished (a nice 18% gray would be nice ;) )

Answer 4

Photograph the framed mirror from far to the side, underneath or over it. Ensure you can't see your reflection in the mirror from one of these positions, then snap away.

Answer 5

When I create a self-portrait, I will set up my camera on a tripod and have someone pose for me, when I'm happy with what I see we will switch places, then my partner will push down the shutter for me. You could also use the self-timer or a remote if you have one.

Answer 6

Hire a vampire photographer

Answer 7

By taking the picture at midnight on an overcast night with the lights out and the curtains closed.

Answer 8

Can you alter your depth of field sufficiently to blurr out the reflection?

Answer 9

Spray it with hairspray - the aerosol kind - and stand at an angle from the mirror.

Answer 10

simple use tripod set at the correct angle and a camera with a timer device