Rachel puts on the final touches before putting the dress on.
You see this image, or something very similar, quite often among the wedding photojournalism community. Still though, I never get tired of these mirror shots. One of the major obstacles to getting great candid shots is the "awkward" feeling people get when they know they are being photographed. To get around this, I tend to shoot through a lot of mirrors, windows, curtains etc. I get the impression that the subjects think I am photographing something else, and they let their guard down a bit. Actually, this image is not the best example of that kind of shot, but its what came to mind when posting.
Mirror shots are probably popular because when you flatten our 3d world into 2d with a photograph, the 2d world of the mirror then becomes just as "real" as our 3d world. It blows your mind just a tiny bit.
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