Interior shots, wide angled lens - any tips ?
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Jonny5 said:
I'm selling one of my flats, and the pictures my estate agent took are awefull. I've hired a canon fit sigma 12-24 f/4.5-5.6 wide angled lens for me EOS20D - could anybody lend any tips for better shots ?
Hi Jonny, my thoughts:
Cram yourself right back into the appropiate corner and bend your legs a bit so the camera is looking horizontally, not down. That will help reduce distortion. If it's still too distorted for your liking then Photoshop CS2, if you have it, can fix it.
Lighting: try ambient (ie natural) but the windows may burn out. That may or not look OK, I don't know. If it doesn't work try flash; you may need to adjust the exposure to get the walls looking right and not too dark.
simpo two said:
Lighting: try ambient (ie natural)
Yup, flash = bad almost always on room shots. It always makes rooms colder and more stark looking. Bad for selling a house.
This is the website I did for selling our last house. Mostly shot with a 10D and a Sigma 15-30mm. Worked ok as we didn't have to use an estate agent!
www.crossways.spoof4it.com
Jonny5 said:
Fairly new to all this, so please excuse my ignorance....
I'm selling one of my flats, and the pictures my estate agent took are awefull. I've hired a canon fit sigma 12-24 f/4.5-5.6 wide angled lens for me EOS20D - could anybody lend any tips for better shots ?
Hi Jonny,
Yes I'd agree that natural light is the way to go, you'll probably need a tripod to get the best shots though. I took a load of shots 2 years ago for a chap I knew in South of France, all shot natural light through a Nikor 12-24mm on a D100 tripod mounted. Far as I can tell he owes me a few favours
I'd try to shoot from either hip level, or standing on a chair in the corner of a room can give an interesting perspective too (although obviously impossible to use a tripod then). Try to shoot 'with' the sun rather than 'against' the sun if you see what I mean... helps balance the exposure.
ThatPhilBrettGuy said:
Lighting: try ambient (ie natural)
Yup, flash = bad almost always on room shots. It always makes rooms colder and more stark looking. Bad for selling a house.
This isnt correct at all. Most interior shots are lit. Its just often done in a way to appear natural.
>> Edited by matt gravy on Sunday 26th February 10:02
matt gravy said:
This isnt correct at all. Most interior shots are lit. Its just often done in a way to appear natural.
Yep, but referring to the original question, I don't think Jonny has the lighting kit to do that. Hence we have to make the best of what he has, which is a camera and a wide-angle lens.
simpo two said:
This isnt correct at all. Most interior shots are lit. Its just often done in a way to appear natural.
Yep, but referring to the original question, I don't think Jonny has the lighting kit to do that. Hence we have to make the best of what he has, which is a camera and a wide-angle lens.
Correct - Thanks for all the tips guys. Got some great shots
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