Advice from a poet

“You must come to them sideways
Sneak a view of their emptiness
Without them catching
A glimpse of you in return.”

Reflection pool at Battersea and Charles Simic’s poem ‘Mirrors at 4a.am’ illustrates how best to take reflection photographs without the unintentional selfie….

“They are more themselves keeping
The company of a blank wall,
The company of time and eternity…
As they admire themselves in the mirror
While you stand to the side”