Interior/property images, tips and help please..

I guess this was my first official gig, well, a few quid and some petrol money to shoot a friends holiday let!

Looking for thoughts on the PP. Had to push the RAWS will lots of Fill in CS3 then used the shadow/highlight tool to push it further on the jpegs.

Could I have lit the rooms better? had natural light and bounced a 430EX at my disposal.

Whats the composition like, do they sell the property well?

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They look good to me...and although I am big on showing the Windows in a home,maybe these could be closed up more, the view isn't a big seller..

agree about the coloring in #3.yellow cast.

i would have cleaned the table a bit in the first one, looks like its a little dirty. and fix the overlaping blankets on the one couch, i find it distracting

Not one frame has plumbed verticals.
Would not take but a bit more trouble to lower your camera for a better perspective and keep it level. Not one of those verticals is vertical, but they all could have been. There are some of the rooms where you can't get around it - it would take 2 or 3 shots to do the work of one. I would also agree that one or two out of 6 or 8 shots should be allowed a little flexibility.

Other than that, I think they are gorgeous. The lighting and exposure are all great.

Robert_Lay wrote in post #5232144
Not one frame has plumbed verticals.
Would not take but a bit more trouble to lower your camera for a better perspective and keep it level. Not one of those verticals is vertical, but they all could have been. There are some of the rooms where you can't get around it - it would take 2 or 3 shots to do the work of one. I would also agree that one or two out of 6 or 8 shots should be allowed a little flexibility.

Other than that, I think they are gorgeous. The lighting and exposure are all great.

Thanks loads, just what I was looking for, as my first crack at this I wasn't sure on what perspective to go for, that really does help.

And thanks everyone else, will remember to look out for the finer details next time.

I took a shot at plumbing some lines and correcting the color in the kitchen. That was a tough shot with the higher color temp from outside and the tungsten lower color temp from the kitchen lights. I took some average samples from the cabinets in the orangish areas and then used the average as a color swatch. I inverted the color swatch and then used it as a custom color filter (in CS3 - Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter...). The idea is the inverse color of the cast will neutralize the cast. Attached is a "Before and After" presented as a checkerboard pattern. I assumed that the cabinets are white, although i got them close they are not exact. Also, I straightened the vertical lines a bit with the Lens Correction vertical perspective tool, which required a crop. I would remove the trash can from the image, as well as the dish drying rack on the sink - they are distracting. Nice work on the set of images, it is tough to capture a whole room to give people a good idea of what it is really like!

If you want to avoid seeing the view outside but let in the light, try putting up some sheers (white diaphanous curtains) - they will diffuse the light and mask the distracting view.

Kirk

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Robert, you read my mind. 10mm is just way to wide for architecture.

Hey Pete, try exposing off your windows and using an external flash to fill the room, that way the room and the windows will be properly exposed showing best of both worlds when selling a home.
Windows are indeed a real good selling point in some eyes.

eddarr wrote in post #5234077
Robert, you read my mind. 10mm is just way to wide for architecture.

Here's a shot with my 10 mm focal length. Clearly there are other distortions - even when you keep the camera level and the verticals are perfectly vertical.

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EOSBoy wrote in post #5234252
Hey Pete, try exposing off your windows and using an external flash to fill the room, that way the room and the windows will be properly exposed showing best of both worlds when selling a home.
Windows are indeed a real good selling point in some eyes.

This is usually the best way to go. The link below has photos I recently took, all using a 30D, 10-22mm, and 430ex Flash.

http://www.hillandhill​ard.com/mls/lakepint.h​tml

Too late?
I would look at some home decorating mags and observe the detail of most of those photos as you pursue this course. Kitchens often have baskets of fruit or some flowers showing on the countertop. Adds warmth. Bedroom too could use a daisy or something. Ditch the spreadout dish towel and remove whatever that is in the kitchen sink. Clean and free of clutter counters are a good thing. Certainly the waste container would not be part of any self-respecting magazine. Put a chair in its place. The dining table looks more like a conference table than a nice place to unwind from one's workday, for enjoying a meal. Again, flowers. The covers on the sofas...I assume those are dust dust covers, right? Ditch'em. Make the place look a bit lived in, not mothballed. A couple art books on that coffee table, maybe a bric-a-brac or something. Take the stuff out of the tub too.

The photos say clean and bright, but inviting? Not yet. And I wouldn't sweat too much about what's going on outside the window. Though if there is a good view somewhere in the space, you might show that too.