2007-08-26 20:47:16 · 5 answers · asked by vicky c 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Cameraman or photographer? If you mean for the movies, usually the actor looking into the mirror is actually looking to the side of the mirror, and standing sort of off to the side, so it looks like they're looking at themselves, but they're really looking at the camera (or somewhere else).
Alternately, the camera can be way in the background with a telephoto lens, so even though the camera is technically "in the picture," it's so dark you can't see it.
What the other answerer said about the "view camera" is correct. When the lens of the camera is at a different angle to the back of the camera (or film plane), it will change the angles in the picture, so the mirror might look perfectly square, like the camera is in the middle of the mirror, but the camera is actually off to the side, and looking at the mirror with our bare eyes from the camera position, or through a regular lens, the mirror would look skewed.
There's an explanation (I only skimmed) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_correction_lens.
Lastly, it's pretty easy in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to fix something shot from an angle, at least enough to make a difference. If you were to shoot with a regular lens from the side (so the camera doesn't show up), but it LOOKS like it's from the side, just put the pic in Photoshop and go to the Image options, then try "Transform" and then "Distort," "Skew," or "Perspective." You should get the hang of it pretty fast.
2007-08-29 13:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by Conrad S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the olden days they often used a view camera. I once saw a photo of an engine positioned between two mirrors. It looked as though the engine went to infinity. It was taken for Hot Rod magazine and they actually included a sidebar showing how it was done.
Today about all you can do is whats been suggested, especially shooting at an angle. It should be obvious that you'd use bounce flash with a smaller f-stop for added depth of field.
2007-08-27 00:39:39 · answer #2 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By shooting at an angle to the mirror
2007-08-26 20:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by Mike C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
shoot through a two way mirror. you lose two stops of light.
2007-08-26 20:54:08 · answer #4 · answered by P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
use your head..
2007-08-26 20:57:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋