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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Day 37, Learning 37: Room Interiors


Some quick tips for shooting interiors:

  1. Shoot just before sunset to just after sunset if there are windows in the room
  2. Open the drapes, but keep the sub curtains (the semi opaque ones) closed
  3. Stage the room, make it look great
  4. Turn on all the lights
  5. Shoot wide, of course (15-24mm, f/8 - f/16, ISO 100)
  6. Use a tripod, and shoot from the corner, waist level
  7. Under expose but don't crush the blacks
In Lightroom:
  • 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
In Photoshop:
  •  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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