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Want photos to be flattering. Some features I would like are: Faking incandescent lighting, neutralizing natural lighting from windows, ability to make room look large, removing shadows from objects/lamps, decor, etc.
Answer
Any camera will do, what is important is having a super wide angle lens. Architectural and Real Estate photographers use lenses like the 14 mm and 20 mm when using 35 mm SLR's or full frame dSLR for shooting interiors. 20 mm and 24 mm are more typical lenses for shooting exteriors.
Cameras do not "fake incandescent lighting" nor to they neutralize natural lighting from windows.
It seems that you are attempting to bypass using 85b and ND gels on windows to balance the outdoor light with the interior lighting when necessary or shooting at night to eliminate the extra costs and work.
The key is to always use the correct white balance for the the lighting you are using. For that a tool like X-Rite's ColourChecker Passport is important to use in every different lighting condition.
While a tool like Passport is important, it is not a substitute for shooting home and offices in situ and have them look "natural" to the viewer, it cannot substitute using time honored techniques used by architectural photographers for decades..
When shadows do exist in the scene, the old method of "painting with light" using an incandescent lamp to fill those shadows during long exposures is a time tested technique. This method is best used when using film, since digital cameras cannot take exposures longer than about 30 minutes and the results are not very pleasing. For long exposures (over about ten minutes) you may have to use film in any case.
Look for books by Julius Shulman, perhaps the most well known of all the architectural photographers
As you can see, shooting buildings and their interiors is not a Point and Shoot kind of assignment.
You may want to interview a professional architecural photographer and maybe shadow them on a shoot.
Take a look at the magazine "Architectural Digest" for ideas and to see if you can emulate what those photographers are doing then capturing the essence of the building or room in the magazine
Do I need to mention that you will need a good sturdy tripod, remote shutter release, incident light meter for getting readings throughout the scene to determine where light will be needed to reduce shadows and assure that the focal plane of the camera is parallel to the building to prevent "key-stoning"?
Any camera will do, what is important is having a super wide angle lens. Architectural and Real Estate photographers use lenses like the 14 mm and 20 mm when using 35 mm SLR's or full frame dSLR for shooting interiors. 20 mm and 24 mm are more typical lenses for shooting exteriors.
Cameras do not "fake incandescent lighting" nor to they neutralize natural lighting from windows.
It seems that you are attempting to bypass using 85b and ND gels on windows to balance the outdoor light with the interior lighting when necessary or shooting at night to eliminate the extra costs and work.
The key is to always use the correct white balance for the the lighting you are using. For that a tool like X-Rite's ColourChecker Passport is important to use in every different lighting condition.
While a tool like Passport is important, it is not a substitute for shooting home and offices in situ and have them look "natural" to the viewer, it cannot substitute using time honored techniques used by architectural photographers for decades..
When shadows do exist in the scene, the old method of "painting with light" using an incandescent lamp to fill those shadows during long exposures is a time tested technique. This method is best used when using film, since digital cameras cannot take exposures longer than about 30 minutes and the results are not very pleasing. For long exposures (over about ten minutes) you may have to use film in any case.
Look for books by Julius Shulman, perhaps the most well known of all the architectural photographers
As you can see, shooting buildings and their interiors is not a Point and Shoot kind of assignment.
You may want to interview a professional architecural photographer and maybe shadow them on a shoot.
Take a look at the magazine "Architectural Digest" for ideas and to see if you can emulate what those photographers are doing then capturing the essence of the building or room in the magazine
Do I need to mention that you will need a good sturdy tripod, remote shutter release, incident light meter for getting readings throughout the scene to determine where light will be needed to reduce shadows and assure that the focal plane of the camera is parallel to the building to prevent "key-stoning"?
which lens will i need for real estate photography?
Mariana T
I am doing pics of my house, we are putting it on the market.
I rented 24-70 mm and did the pics, but the bedrooms upstairs are very small and lens did not give me the right angle, I was not able even to get half of the room in the picture?
So I need a lens to capture a good angle of the room? which lens would do the best job?
Answer
I think the ideal real estate lens is a 24mm tilt-shift on a full frame camera, or a 17mm TS for a cropped frame camera.
Although Lightroom and Photoshop will allow you to do architectural corrections, it is a lot easier if you can do them with a tilt-shift lens in camera.
I think the ideal real estate lens is a 24mm tilt-shift on a full frame camera, or a 17mm TS for a cropped frame camera.
Although Lightroom and Photoshop will allow you to do architectural corrections, it is a lot easier if you can do them with a tilt-shift lens in camera.
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