Photographs taken in mirrors have always intrigued me because it seems like such an easy thing to do for a photographer. You don't have to worry about framing the shot since you already have the frame in the mirror. I look at pictures of people in mirrors and the opportunities to tell different stories are endless. One I saw recently was of a woman getting married and her bridesmaids were all gathered around a tall mirror posed as looking into it, while the bride was reflected in the mirror as if she was the center of a fairy tale. Another idea I think about is that the reflected mirror shot speaks volumes in that sometimes the meaning of the shot is that you are looking into the past and the future at the same time.
The courthouse challenge I set for myself earlier rings true to capturing the bell tower in my side mirror as I drove my daughter to school. Quite accidentally, I took a different route to drop her off this morning and I had looked in my mirror and saw the square as I drove away from it. I thought that it would work well as a good shot, so after dropping her off, I came back to attempt to replicate what I saw. Feeling like a private investigator trying to catch a cheating spouse, I crouched down in my driver's seat and caught the tower in just the right way. This was a fun experience and I think the reflecting shots are going to be making a lot of appearances in the future.
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