Photo Of The Day: November 16, 2008

Taking photographs in mirrors is a fun challenge: you have to keep yourself and your equipment out of the shot, and at the same time keep the perspective as straight-on as possible so it looks as if you're shooting in a centered position directly in front of the mirror. Then, you have to have good raw material in the mirror to show, and ensure that from where you are shooting you create a nicely framed composition created by the confines of the mirror itself. And of course you have to start with a good looking mirror. All of this was easy in this photo, because I was at The Palms in Turks and Caicos, where the artistic design of the entire property ensures that there is nothing but beautiful raw material to shoot. For more pictures of mirrors, visit Paul Scharff Photography.com.