Some quick tips for shooting interiors:
- Shoot just before sunset to just after sunset if there are windows in the room
- Open the drapes, but keep the sub curtains (the semi opaque ones) closed
- Stage the room, make it look great
- Turn on all the lights
- Shoot wide, of course (15-24mm, f/8 - f/16, ISO 100)
- Use a tripod, and shoot from the corner, waist level
- Under expose but don't crush the blacks
- Correct your white balance, keep it on the warm side
- lighten the image
- Dodge and burn the shadows and highlights
- Correct any lens distortion
- Sharpen
- Reduce noise
- Remove cords, outlets, dust, blemishes
- Smoothen bed wrinkles and the like
Some people recommend bracketing exposures to bring out the shadows, and that's certainly acceptable, but you won't notice a vast improvement over under-exposing and then lightening in post. Just make sure you're shooting at ISO 100 for the least amount of noise.
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