Real Estate Mirror Reflection Removal

The photographer is in the picture

In a small bathroom there is nowhere to stand except in front of the mirror. The photographer, the tripod and a small fill light are all clearly visible in the mirror above the sink, which makes an otherwise clean room look unfinished.

Who uses this

• Property photographers shooting small bathrooms and powder rooms
• Agents taking their own listing photos with a tripod
• Hosts and landlords whose photos show them or their equipment in a mirror or a glass door

How the edit is handled

A human editor removes the person, the tripod and the light from the mirror. Only the area they covered is filled, by continuing the white shower tiles and the floor that are visible right around them, with the same tile lines, perspective and lighting.

Everything else the mirror already showed stays exactly as photographed: the open door frame, the shower rod, the shower head, the glass door handle and the blue curtain. Outside the mirror, the sink, the faucet, the light, the towels and the rest of the room are not touched. The tiles where the photographer stood are an estimate, and no outline or ghost of the photographer should remain.

What to upload

Send the original photo, and if you can, a second photo of the wall that the mirror reflects. Without it we can still fill the area from the visible parts, as here, but a large hidden area is less certain. For other fixes to property photos, see real estate photo editing.

Private: recreated on our own images, not customer photos

The before/after shown here is recreated on images created or licensed for this site — never a real customer's photo. Your upload is seen only by the editor working on it, and the edit comes with free revisions within 14 days of delivery if anything needs adjusting.