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07/22/2012 12:58:55 AM · #1 |
Just did a shoot for a friend, I think they came out pretty solid, but I know that there's always some way to improve. So, DPC, where could I have improved these?
 
 
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07/22/2012 01:07:39 AM · #2 |
| Hmmm,I probably would have lowered the shots a little, so as not to include as much ceiling? Others might disagree.. |
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07/22/2012 03:44:07 AM · #3 |
i think they're nice.
i do agree that there is a bit too much ceiling, esp in the living room and bedroom shots.
in the bathroom shot, the whites look a bit off. the shot seems to have a pinkish cast to it. |
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07/22/2012 04:37:33 AM · #4 |
Wondering what your brief was. To me the whole wide angle look is not that flattering. As others have said, the ceiling predominates. Whilst it's good to get a general idea of a room layout, I think I'd like to see a bit more detail. So probably I would have tried to get some just of the kitchen area with the dining area.
In the living room photos, I would have tried really hard not to have the bedroom visible in those images. In both of the images you can see the bedroom. Changing the angle of shooting (or closing the door) would have been preferable I think. As I said on one of the images, I'd maybe tried to have shot the living room more from the height of someone sitting.
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07/22/2012 05:01:29 AM · #5 |
| The ceiling corners make a centered V and with that angle pushes the room 'down' so while you've got the wide you lose all the height. As Sarah mentioned shooting higher helps, try standing on a chair, maybe replace the big mirror with a print. Having an animal (a fluffy cat?)or some object that denotes activity (food, a magazine) in there personalizes things. It's a clean sharp clinical scene but I think you did the job well. |
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07/22/2012 05:21:25 AM · #6 |
I agree with the "too much ceiling", but I love seeing the bedroom through the open door. It helps me understand the space and floor plan.
Speaking of floor plans...... that is how my brain works and I desperately wish there WAS a floor plan, it helps me figure it all out in my head. |
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07/22/2012 09:43:08 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by salmiakki:
Wondering what your brief was. To me the whole wide angle look is not that flattering. As others have said, the ceiling predominates. Whilst it's good to get a general idea of a room layout, I think I'd like to see a bit more detail. So probably I would have tried to get some just of the kitchen area with the dining area.
In the living room photos, I would have tried really hard not to have the bedroom visible in those images. In both of the images you can see the bedroom. Changing the angle of shooting (or closing the door) would have been preferable I think. As I said on one of the images, I'd maybe tried to have shot the living room more from the height of someone sitting. |
Thanks all! Loving the feedback.
Couple of quick responses here -
The brief: 800sqft apartment in South Pointe, photos needed for short-term rental (daily rate), going to be used for various web-sites.
As for height, I was shooting at just about 4 ft, trying to balance floor and ceiling. My problem with the ceiling is that I don't own Bear's 16mm tilt-shift lens.. (yes, this really is one time that equipment does make all the difference... But I'll have to try this again, and just deal with the convergence in post. |
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07/22/2012 09:52:04 AM · #8 |
Lighting's good. Color palette's nice. Images are descriptive for the purpose they're intended for. But every image except the bathroom image is shot corner-to-corner; that is, you're backed up into one corner and the far corner's in the center of the image. That's a guaranteed route to too-much-ceiling land. Our biggest challenge, as architectural photographers, is to force ourselves out of the corners.
If it were me, I wouldn't be worrying so much about squaring the verticals. Keystoning in WA interiors (wider at the top than at the bottom) is nowhere NEAR as much of a sin as is convergence (narrower at the top than at the bottom) on the exteriors. And, as you say, you don't have the 16mm tilt/shift. On the other hand, neither does Bear... he has a 17mm tilt/shift :-)
Barbara's right about the plunger by the toilet, BTW. Reshoot or clone, that's a horrible distraction...
R.
Message edited by author 2012-07-22 09:55:57. |
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07/22/2012 06:15:54 PM · #9 |
Cory when I look at these it reminds me of the Ripley's believe it or not, or the fun houses. This is not something I'd expect to see when trying to highlight a place to sell or lease it.
My advice would be to use a short prime and take many vertical shots and stitch them together to make the photos if you can't do them correctly with a tilt shift.
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07/22/2012 06:59:36 PM · #10 |
For quick shots, they're fine. If all you need is to give someone a basic idea, and can qualify that the place is small, cool.
The plunger has *GOT* to go! LOL!!!
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