Comments on: Understanding Exposure: Listing Interiors (Part 3)

By: Colin Perry

Colin Perry — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:04:49 +0000

Since there’s almost nothing to see in the window, I’d have let it go and overexposing it.. just barely showing the exteriors without completely white out. That way you can use more natural light coming from the sun to light up the kitchen mixed with flash to give it a smooth and natural look.

By: Malcolm Waring

Malcolm Waring — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:40:13 +0000

Absolutely critical to me to keep those vertical lines straight as Sara pointed out. I really like to get as much as possible correct while shooting to save time later and what I do is start from a lower viewpoint and keep the camera level instead of tilting it down.

If you are mid way between floor and ceiling then you will have to bend to see the screen or viewfinder which is why I like the swivel on the Olympus DSLRS.

By: Malcolm Waring

Malcolm Waring — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:33:11 +0000

This is excellent and similar to what I do. I always use Manual mode and TLAR to expose for the windows starting with ISO 400, F5.6 and 1/125 to start. Then I bring up the lights as I need them.

You can get away with ISO 400 for web photos. What’s TLAR? That Looks About Right.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:15:21 +0000

Wow, thanks for that great photo tip Sarah!

I showed your edited version to others around the office, and they all agree that eliminating the vertical distortion really improves the shot.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:07:40 +0000

Hi Bob, thanks for the great question.

Since our photo expert Bryan is literally on the other side of the world at the moment – Nepal to be exact – I thought I’d try answer to the best of my abilities.

In the absence of a light setup such as the one described in the post, I would recommend to simply light the room with as many sources as you can so to eliminate to eliminate shadows (open windows, turn on extra lights, etc). Once this is done, I would put my camera on a tripod in a corner of the room to maximize the space you photograph and then shoot the room without flash and a regular shutter speed – this should give you a shot that is pretty well lit.

Hope that helps!

By: Sara MacLennan

Sara MacLennan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:25:27 +0000

I like the exposure work you’ve done… that’s a lot of equipment to bring with you on a shoot. The first thing I notice about the photo is that the walls are slanted. I appreciate that with the tall island you had to take the photo from a high angle and tilt the camera downwards, which makes the walls angle inwards. A simple “distort” in Photoshop completely corrects the problem. I edited your photo and posted it here – http://www.edmontonrealestateblog.com/images/point2.jpg.