Interior Photography for a beginner

[NorthDave]

Hi All,

I have had a digital SLR for a little while but it doesn't get much use. I'm very interested in taking some interior shots of projects we have done at work - think of it as photographing living rooms. At the moment we get a pro in to take the photographs which always look great but sometimes it isn't practical to get them involved. Not too fussed by price as long I get good results. I know the Pro uses a separate flash to bounce it round.

I am expecting a decent learning curve but wondered if anyone can advise?

An example of the Pro's work is here and this is the kind of thing I would like to emulate.

[K12beano]

Wish I had a home like that!


Well, tripod, wide angle, stop down for depth of field and lighting.....


....as you already note, off camera flash will be most of your fun. You want to diffuse the lighting and get it even, something you probably want to go and start practising. At least they're nice biggish room to deal with.


Plus, RAW is your friend because it will let you do more a5$ing around with the pixels after the event. With windows you may need a couple of exposures and blending.

[Elderly]

NorthDave said:

An example of the Pro's work is here and this is the kind of thing I would like to emulate.

It looks pretty simple to emulate some of those shots

If I were paying good money to a pro for interior shots,
I doubt if I would put up with converging verticals and inaccurate colours .

[MadMullah]

http://mpkelley.com/

have a read of that

that guy is an estate agent photographer at a high end basis and he does go through step by step how they achieve shots - alot of patience and cutting and pasting and blending etc...

[Elderly]

MadMullah said:

http://mpkelley.com/

have a read of that

that guy is an estate agent photographer at a high end

A quote from his site: "Wow! Your photos sold the house sight unseen. We closed the deal today after a phone call early this week from a buyer who noted the amazing photos, and was interested in buying the house right away!" .


At the end of last year I 'came out of retirement' to photograph my son's house for its sale.
Everybody who came to view the house on the strength of the photographs was disappointed with the reality; I think that we would have got a better price if we had let the downmarket estate agent take the shots himself .

[K12beano]

Your excellent Photoshop skills, I presume!?

[Elderly]

K12beano said:

Your excellent Photoshop skills, I presume!?

If only! As somebody brought up on film, my Photoshop skills are ......
sadly lacking .

[MadMullah]

Elderly said:

A quote from his site: "Wow! Your photos sold the house sight unseen. We closed the deal today after a phone call early this week from a buyer who noted the amazing photos, and was interested in buying the house right away!" .


At the end of last year I 'came out of retirement' to photograph my son's house for its sale.
Everybody who came to view the house on the strength of the photographs was disappointed with the reality; I think that we would have got a better price if we had let the downmarket estate agent take the shots himself .

he is good though even if the pics are shopped

there is a method in the madness and his methods are very very good.