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View Poll Results: have you ever taken a picture of yourself in front of a mirror?
yes 59 84.29%
no 10 14.29%
thinking about it 1 1.43%
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Old 06-11-2008, 08:44 AM
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Default have you ever shot yourself in front of a mirror?

being as photo-savvy as we are, i just thought i'd start this thread and see how many of us did this. i am guilty of this as well. the question is:

have you ever taken a picture of yourself in front of a mirror? the proverbial photographer headshot.
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Old 06-11-2008, 09:05 AM
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Often - it is a convenient way of using my third eye:

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Old 06-11-2008, 11:18 AM
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Taking a photo of yourself in front of a mirros is classic and almost a "must-do"
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Good luck if you are planning on taking one! You will have so much fun!
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Just this one:

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Old 06-11-2008, 12:55 PM
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wha? there are 3 people that voted no... call me paranoid, but something smells fishy...
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:59 PM
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wha? there are 3 people that voted no... call me paranoid, but something smells fishy...
I am one of the no voters and it is 100% true. I don't particularly like myself in pictures. I keep meaning to try some self portraits but so far I haven't convinced myself
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I've taken one a long while back! Maybe I will do another and post it? ';0)...
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:01 PM
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I can't imagine the people answering 'no' are being honest with themselves (or the rest of us). Either that, or they haven't owned their camera for very long. Everybody does it, the difference is, are you ashamed of doing it? I don't particularly like having to admit to doing it, but I won't lie and say it hasn't been done.

I only wish I'd done something cool with it, like Wulf:
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:09 PM
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Sure have. Not really a mirror but the reflection of a window or something shiny. Gives it a fun house mirror look sometimes.
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That's where my avatar came from.
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