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I occasionally see mirror self-portraits on the web and many times the face of the photographer is obsured by the camera or glare from the flash. Sometimes that is the desired effect but, when you want your face in the photo, try this. Look through the view finder at your reflection in the mirror, focus if necessary and set the focal length to more than cover the scene. Then, if available light is adequate for a good exposure, try placing the camera at you shoulder. Look directly into the camera lens and position the camera so that the various circles of the lens barrel are concentric. That means that the camera is directed at your dominant eye. Now you can continue looking at the lens for a straight on portrait or look at yourself in the mirror as I did in the first photo. (Of course you can look to the left or right to get the effect you want.) Just be careful to hold the camera steady. If flash is required, a close camera position may cause glare on the mirror as happened in the second photo. I cropped out most of the glare and the camera. I would have cropped more of the photo but I wanted to show the camera position.
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