Remove reflections when shooting through a window

[Pecos2Paul]

I shoot real estate. And sometimes I have to shoot through glass. When I process the image I get a ghost image of myself shooting the picture. How do I avoid that and how do I correct that.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

You could try using polarising filters when shooting.

[Derek Cross]

Have the lens close to the glass.

[NB, colourmanagement net]

Hi,

A good quality polarising filter correctly set will help a lot when you can't get close enough to the glass to miss your own reflection.

Of course you could also use a tripod and walk away, using either delay or a remote release.

Most architectural photographers use tilt/shift lenses to achieve this (shift [slide not tilt] is the feature needed in this case). When working as an ad. photographer I'd do this often using a 4x 5 plate camera, but now 35mm SLR camera lenses lenses are  available to professionals shooting buildings

- I write "professionals" as they are not cheap.

Here's a canon piece

EF Tilt-Shift Lenses - Lenses - Camera & Photo lenses - Canon UK

Here's some tips

What is Tilt-Shift? (Feat. Canon TSE 17mm f/4) - YouTube

I hope this helps

if so, please do mark my reply as "helpful" and if you're OK now, please mark it as "correct" below, so others who have similar issues can see the solution

thanks

neil barstow, colourmanagement

[Ernie Misner]

If you can get the lens fairly close to the glass, take a piece of black cloth and tape or hold it against the window and allow it to hang down over the top of the lens.   This is the usual answer for photographing from places like the observation deck on the 73rd floor of the Columbia Tower building in Seattle.  Many a great shot has been ruined up there from reflections.

[D Fosse]

No photographer should ever be without a polarizer: