Okay fellas, check this out. It's sort of funny. When I finally do purchase my digital camera, I'm sure I will do the same.

How can this be avoided? Now look closely at this pic and you will know what I am referring to.

Stephanie O'Neil

Stephanie,
If you do it just right you can get a fair self-portrait.
I`m no photographer but I think the answer would be to tilt the subject just slightly and have a blank card or screen adjusted so that this surface is reflected off of the object. Don`t know whether a dark or light surface would work best.

Kenny

You can buy a difficult to use camera such as you see in that image and find yourself in the reflection as well as hovering over the subject shutting out the light. There's an eBay seller who uses an unsuitable camera, his pictures all look like he is trying to photograph from the side in order to avoid reflections, that must be frustrating. Kenny mentioned one very good way to minimize it, but frankly I don't like those complications.

Look at the image below. You can buy a one-piece camera like the one on the screen and be severely restricted or an easy to use camera like the one in the foreground. This goes to the point of what I've been saying about the flexibility a camera must have in order to do our kind of photography well.

Andy,
My guess would be to have a pretty girl holding the camera!

Kenny

Kenny, thanks for your input.

Lindell,
Flexibility of a camera seems vital in taking good pictures. Thanks for making a valid point. What is your camera sitting on? I may want to purchase one as it seems like a good enhancement in taking close-ups.

Andy, love the incons.

Stephanie O'Neil
NAWCC Member 143979

Stephanie,

Its a very small tripod -

You'd be surprised at the reflected images that sometimes appear in pictures of otherwise mundane items.

As a case in point, the gentleman below was attempting to sell a Revere Ware tea kettle on a popular Internet auction site.

Suffice it to say, he was not a vampire.

==================

Steve Maddox
President, NAWCC Chapter #62
North Little Rock, Arkansas
IHC Charter Member 49

Wayne C.
Thanks for posting a pic of small tripod. Seems like it's the way to go for the right shot in taking closeups of watches. !

Steve M.
At first glance the reflection of what the man is doing looks obscene. My,oh my. Thanks for posting that funny pic!

I think a good way to avoid reflective pics and keep the camera steady is a small tripod. Any other suggestions or helpful hints?

Stephanie O'Neil

Well, obviously it's helpful to take pictures of reflective objects from an angle, rather than straight-on. Unfortunately, as in the case of the man with the tea kettle above, when the object is dome-shaped, the reflection becomes a panoramic view of the entire area.

Surrounding an item to be photographed under a "shroud," is quite helpful in eliminating many unwanted reflections. Of course, the camera lens still has to be present somewhere inside the shroud, and there really isn't any way to absolutely prevent it from showing, save for "airbrushing" it away with a photo editing program.

By the way, speaking of the gentleman above, I'd prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he just returned from a brief swim in his Speedos. Also, given the distortion of the image caused by the curvature of the kettle, he may not be as portly as it appears, but I'm sure most people interested in his auction item would have found it more appealing without him in the image.

===================

SM

How do I take a picture of my camera if I want to sell it?

John D. Duvall
Vice President, Education

John D.
You use the new camera you just purchased to take a picture of the old camera you want to sell!

Any suggestions in avoiding reflections in glass domes? Such as when you visit a museum and they will not let you remove the glass domes to get a good photo!

You can always use your clone tool to clean an image up. It's not perfect, but it helps.

Larry

IHC Member 25
IHC Life Member (L6)

anyone need this pic ?

Hey Mike, that's my new camera I just ordered.

We shelled out a lot of dough for it but she says it's worth every penny!

John D. Duvall
Vice President, Education

John D
What a great picture - looking forward to seeing great pictures taken by that new digital camera, and a report on how it operates.

PS Great T-shirt

John, will you be selling your OLD Camera?

Here maybe?

Wayne/Mike,

This was taken with the old Nikon 950. It's kinda hard to tell which model it is because the picture is quite dark. My new camera should arrive next week. I will wait and see how the new camera performs before selling the old one. I'll let you know Mike.

John D. Duvall
Vice President, Education

Guys,
Thanks for all of your responses as well as good discussion on reflections, including glass! Interesting.

John Du-Good,
Very nice picture of you!

Stephanie O'Neil