On the other hand, you can place a large mirror underneath your item and change its visibility to create an illusion. Try to play around, you might find out more than one good idea to take the photos. To avoid reflection of you and the camera, make sure you angle it from the side or from the top. Furthermore, the lighting is also an essential part when taking a reflective picture. As the glare from a light source can affect your photo in many ways. There are also many cool lighting options and enhancers that you could find online.

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35. Double exposure images! 

While newer DSLRs camera often comes a multiple exposure mode, not everyone is capable of using or purchasing such a cutting-edge camera. However, there are indeed some tips and tricks that even a newbie like you could use to create this effect. Firstly, let’s start with some video tutorials that are available online, learn the steps and get the software that they use.

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Secondly, you will need to highly contrast photos (black and white, for example). In your editing software, layer them on top of each other and start blending. You can adjust their opacity to get your desired effect. The “mask” effect should also act as an extra touch if you want to focus on a specific object in your picture. Try to play around when overlaying your images to find the best result!

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