Photog of a house / advice needed

[S.Horton]

Any tips/advice on photographing a showcase home?

What to shoot, how, framing, lenses you'd use, adjusting for tilt/shift/barrel distortion (DXO?) -- This is my boss's new quadzillion-dollar home, filled with (generally) dark/earth tones, stonework, a wine cellar so.......

[Citizensmith]

Get as wide an angle as you can. If you are open to getting a new lens, something like the Sigma 8mm would be good.

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[S.Horton]

Wow - That wide..... Thx for the tip!

[PhotosGuy]

adjusting for tilt If you keep the back (sensor) of the cam straight up/down, the verticals shouldn't converge.

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[Citizensmith]

Wow - That wide..... Thx for the tip!

It kind of depends on the size of each room. Problem is, using the more normal wide angels (18-55, 17-40, etc) you don't capture much of the room and it visually compresses things in a limited space like that. You'll really need an ultrawide to give a sense of space that I'm sure your boss will want. The Canon 10-22 would also do a good job, I just recommended the sigma 8mm as its cheaper and even wider.

Another thing that can help to open a room up is a step ladder. Taking the photo higher up and from one corner lets you see things that would otherwise be obscured and offers a better sense of depth. Thing is that does go against the good advice from PhotosGuy so you would then need to PP a bit to straighten things back out.

Taking things a step further there are dedicated tripod heads and software than using something like the Sigma 8mm let you do the 360 degree quicktime VR views of a room. Of course that is a significant extra expenditure and amount of work.

[PhotosGuy]

Taking things a step further there are dedicated tripod heads and software than using something like the Sigma 8mm Good tip! That reminded me of a pano I did a few years ago. I think I may have bounced some strobe off the ceiling.
Three-4 shots with a 20mm I think, assembled with the PhotoStitch software. I'd suggest that you put the exposure & focus on M, & avoid disturbing the zoom ring between exposures.
To show more depth in the room, use the cam vertical & take more shots for a good overlap.

[S.Horton]

Thank you!!