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hey guys

99.9% of my photography evolves around landscape

however, a local B&B owner has asked if i could takes some pics of his rooms, the owner is goods mates of a mate who really bigged me up :thinking:

he has got a couple of other photographers taking pics on other days, then he just wants to see final results and buy what he likes...so luckly no real pressure for me to get guaranteed results, but will be a good experiance, and i can try selling him some landscape prints for the walls ;)

so i have a wide angle lens, tripod...dont think my NDgrads will be much use

any advice on flash, lighting etc etc


looking forward to any advice, i dont have access to studio lighting, just basic gear
 
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If your using off camera flash, make sure it's not in view and bounce it off the ceiling.
 
Tony J said:
If your using off camera flash, make sure it's not in view and bounce it off the ceiling.
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A flash can rarely cover that wide area. I've played with it a few years ago and it was properly difficult to get smooth lighting.

The best bet is to put on all the lights, wait till the ambient light becomes level to indoor lights, and then gently fill the shadows with a few well hidden and diffused strobes.
 
daugirdas said:
The best bet is to put on all the lights, wait till the ambient light becomes level to indoor lights, and then gently fill the shadows with a few well hidden and diffused strobes.
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+1

An interior photographer I've been assisting for pretty much out of sheer habit, as he walks into a room, he turns all the lights on :D

You can of course, add additional table lights, or subtely use strobes if need be :)

strobist did a bit about it when he was selling his house, google it.
 
It will be interesting to see the results, most room picture from hotels etc I have seen are nice little snippets of detail of what the room has to offer.
He must be keen for a shot if he is getting three photographers in!
 
Will-Gudgeon said:
hey guys

99.9% of my photography evolves around landscape

however, a local B&B owner has asked if i could takes some pics of his rooms, the owner is goods mates of a mate who really bigged me up :thinking:

he has got a couple of other photographers taking pics on other days, then he just wants to see final results and buy what he likes...so luckly no real pressure for me to get guaranteed results, but will be a good experiance, and i can try selling him some landscape prints for the walls ;)

so i have a wide angle lens, tripod...dont think my NDgrads will be much use

any advice on flash, lighting etc etc


looking forward to any advice, i dont have access to studio lighting, just basic gear
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I don't know why but this rings alarm bells with me.
 
you could also try the monopod held high above your head with the camera on self-timer. with a wide angle it gives a birds-eye view of the room. i have a tile showroom and i take quite a lot of room set shots, so the monopod thing is very hit and miss and you'll probably need to take a lot until you get the angle you like, but it does look good :thumbs:

also, like Dulux said... use a nifty fifty to get close ups of snippets of the room with loads of bokeh going on.
 
leftcurl said:
you could also try the monopod held high above your head with the camera on self-timer. with a wide angle it gives a birds-eye view of the room. i have a tile showroom and i take quite a lot of room set shots, so the monopod thing is very hit and miss and you'll probably need to take a lot until you get the angle you like, but it does look good :thumbs:

also, like Dulux said... use a nifty fifty to get close ups of snippets of the room with loads of bokeh going on.
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Quite an interesting way of doing it actually!
 
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