Self shot with camera in mirror?

[bob338]

I do it sometimes so I remember what camera I shot the roll with. It's a good way to burn off the start of the roll, where you still don't know if the shot will make it or not.

i'm surprised this is the first mention of this. i take a picture of the mirror at the beginning of almost every roll so i have a record of what camera and lens combo the roll was shot with. you'd be surprised how useful this is with older rolls of film. it's especially useful if you have a lot of lenses and a crummy memory.

bob

 

[enochRoot]

this is so funny. it's an easy and fun thing to do. most times i'm snapping a photo of myself in the mirror...it's after i've tied one on 😀

 

[enochRoot]

i do this as well when i think of it!

i'm surprised this is the first mention of this. i take a picture of the mirror at the beginning of almost every roll so i have a record of what camera and lens combo the roll was shot with. you'd be surprised how useful this is with older rolls of film. it's especially useful if you have a lot of lenses and a crummy memory.

bob

 

[FrankS]

Okay, let's post those mirror shots. Let's make it a contest.
I'll award my selection of the "best" with a small prize.

 

[pesphoto]

hmmm, ive shot a few self portraits in mirrors myself, its fun and anyway self portraits have always been a part of many artists work.

Maybe the OP just doesnt like looking himself in the mirror.

 

[Keith]

hmmm, ive shot a few self portraits in mirrors myself, its fun and anyway self portraits have always been a part of many artists work.

Maybe the OP just doesnt like looking himself in the mirror.

Or herself as the case may be ... this is the internet remember where existence is virtual! 😛

 

[pesphoto]

HEY! Wheres the little symbol that allows one to upload a photo?!!

 

[enochRoot]

here are my entries 😉

http://www.flickr.com/photos/enochroot/510189926/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/enochroot/3009256177/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/enochroot/1485579391/

and a non-mirror shot illustrating why i rarely attempt them. focus is quite hard!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/enochroot/1445469495/

 

[pesphoto]

The photo upload function seems to have gone MIA.
Here's a couple from me

 

[Bob Michaels]

I suggest a look at Cindy Sherman's "Untitled Movie Stills" book to see what actually can be done with self portraiture besides simply photographing oneselves in a mirror.

 

[crawdiddy]

It's an affirmation of self-consciousness. What about us humans is more unique than that? Nothing I can think of.

 

[dmr]

I have really advanced in my photography or morphed into a hopeless nerd

That isn't necessarily an either/or situation.

Well, in my case, one of those I do occasionally use as an avatar shows that I was a total novice with the camera I was using. My first shot on my first roll with the Yashica TLR was the obligatory self-portrait in the mirror, and the second one was of some mineral springs double-exposed over it! 🙁

 

[monochromejrnl]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/226/470733685_da8b79e232.jpg

 

[photogdave]

Great idea!

 

[jmkelly]

This guy is a real poser! Just a nerd, not a serious artist/photographer.

Yes, you're absolutely right 😀!

I do it sometimes so I remember what camera I shot the roll with.

i take a picture of the mirror at the beginning of almost every roll so i have a record of what camera and lens combo the roll was shot with. you'd be surprised how useful this is with older rolls of film. it's especially useful if you have a lot of lenses and a crummy memory.

Third mention. Exactly - the only reason I do it - especially when I switch lenses mid-roll.

Sadly my faithful hat has died! 😛

We's take up a collection to buy you another, mate - but we'd have to order it from Oz! Imagine the carbon footprint!

 

[Al Kaplan]

Off topic:

Whatever happened to the old custom of filing some little notches in the edge of the camera's aperture plate? You can tell which camera by which pattern of little black bumps stick out from the negative's image.

 

[newsgrunt]

Off topic:

Whatever happened to the old custom of filing some little notches in the edge of the camera's aperture plate? You can tell which camera by which pattern of little black bumps stick out from the negative's image.

Most of my Nikon's have notches but I don't have the guts to do it to my M6 or MP. I suppose one day I'll put in a VERY small nick that is hard to spot. This seemed to be a very news photographer kinda thing to do back in the day.

 

[Al Kaplan]

It started out with notching sheet film holders to give the negatives "frame numbers", and got carried over to Rolleis, Leicas, and Nikon F's. Everybody knew whose roll of film it was, from the lab tech hanging it up to dry to the editor trying to match up contact sheets wth a photographer's hastily scribbled notes. On sheet film holders they were cut into the edge of the hinged flap. A little "V" was a one, a short flat bottomed notch a five, and a longer one was a ten. You read them like Roman Numerals.

If you have two camera bodies you really only need to notch one of them, or just check your negatives to see if one camera already has some irregularity, such as a slightly rounded corner from too much paint there.

 

[bob338]

i'm not big on pictures of myself, but here goes...

 

[Chris101]

I just figured it was logical. An avatar represents your words on an internet forum, so to me, it makes sense to use a picture of me. Second, I showed the item that connects me to this particular forum, in this case, my Leica rangefinder camera. And you can certainly imply from the photo that 1) I am a nerd, and 2) that I am a funny looking nerd.

http://homepage.mac.com/cheilman1/images/cameras/igotaleica.jpg