Real Estate Images - Help Needed

[Cre8tivepixels]

Hey Guys,

I have won a rather large contract to do property photography for a building firm and i need some advice on what makes a great real estate shot. I think i have the grasp.....nice light airy images with extreme wide angle to make the areas look bigger. Are these images on the right track. The client loves them to date.....but i always panic about it....anyone who has some past history care to C & C these...One other thing most (not all) are three blended exposures to make sure there is an even control on light thru out the image. Is this normal practice?

Also white balance what should i be using as warmer images (from what i have researched) seem to win favour.









Cheers and thankyou.

Dan

[radar]

Dan,

just be careful with your vertical lines. Make sure you use a tool that gives you the proper correction, especially when using WA lenses.

For me looking at the last one, for example, I feel that the walls are just not straight, so the I think I would have to spend money fixing this.

If you can give a 360 VR view when the room warrants it, it can look great.

Good luck,

André

[Alpha_7]

Sounds like your on the right track, use a tripod, bracket as you have been so you can adjust the exposure throughout the shot (in the 2nd shot I would of brought the windows down a just a tad). I'd also suggest don't always rely on Extreme Wide Angle shots, sometimes it becomes too obvious you are trying to make the room look bigger (if it looks like the roof will cave in there could be trouble ). Also sometimes one or two good "detail" shots can finish of a set nicely.. (Gives the realtor extra freedom in what they show).

[makario]

Hi Dan,

While I dont have experience on how to take such photos, having recently bought a house, I can tell you the things that my wife and I looked for in a photo of a property

1) nicely light rooms, lots of natural night filtering in
2) We were a bit weary about rooms that looked too large (with WA lens)


HTH
Mak

[gstark]

With real estate shots, one trick is to use your standard panorama techniques. This is especially true for interior shots, whereby you can get a good, distortion free view of a whole room.

[myarhidia]

Hi Dan,
no experience in this field however from a "buyers" perspective the first 2 are great, especially the use of the mirrors in the first to make it really look large.

The last 2, as stated above, too much distortion.

[Cre8tivepixels]

Thanks guys.........i will watch for the distortion....i actually wanted them to look like that - the idea was to get the ceiling in but i didnt want JUST a ceiling...so yeah ...but i can see the other side now.....i might try some stitching for the next few.

Dan

[big pix]

buy a shift lens, great for realestate, and balance your inside light and outside light, unless it is a mood pix