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Trevor Stokes

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I am trying to take some indoor shots of our house, I need them to be as you see in the shots that Estate agents take. Can you give me a clue as to what lens they would be using.
 
Or a sigma 10-20mm... tbh on your camera any lens between 10 and 16mm will be more than ample as you stop down for sharpness anyway.

The important thing to make the shot look right is ensure that the camera is not pointing up or down, even slightly. The lens must be completely parallel to the floor and then you adjust the camera height up / down to suit.
 
Many thanks guys......and the tips on taking the photo. Going to buy a lens now ???
 
Trevor Stokes said:
Many thanks guys......and the tips on taking the photo. Going to buy a lens now ???
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Mount it on a tripod (or flat surface if you haven't got one) and adjust your settings to make sure you get nice and bright shots. Have a look on property websites to see images you do like and try and replicate what they have done.
 
Gary Coyle said:
Nikon 14-24mm, 16-35mm or a good prime like the 14 or 20mm
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good advice for fX camera. OP is on DX, so I'd suggest Sigma 8-16mm, nikon 10-24 or tokina 11-16mm for interiors specifically (you want the very wide end)

Use tripod, expose to the right, bounce fill in flash and proper workout in Lightroom
 
Trevor Stokes said:
Many thanks guys......and the tips on taking the photo. Going to buy a lens now ???
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I wouldn't buy one. You could rent one from a friendly board supplier for ~£35 or so for a couple days of taking pictures.

Though don't let good sense get in the way of buying a lens should you already have funds and an 'itch'.

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rick
 
Either use a tripod and use long exposures, or use a hot-shoe flash and bounce the light off the ceilings. Either way, keep the ISO to a minimum, I can imagine developers zooming in to look at finer details in images like this. Any wide angle lens will do tha job in each case.
 
Not difficult to improve on most estate agents' pictures. They just take a few snaps on a compact.

One difficulty you may have is getting natural light into dark corners. I use two flash guns, sometimes with a third firing some light through dark doorways. Don't over-do it or it won't look natural.

You don't need a tripod, and it will prevent you getting close into corners for a fuller view, though be wary of a super-wide making rooms look unrealistically big. You'll not do the seller any favours making it look like a palace when it's not. Show the rooms to best advantage, but realistically.

Keep verticals vertical, easiest done in post processing. And be aware that many estate agents use a fixed layout with image boxes 4:3 rather than 3:2. Check that and crop to fit.
 
HoppyUK said:
Not difficult to improve on most estate agents' pictures. They just take a few snaps on a compact.

One difficulty you may have is getting natural light into dark corners. I use two flash guns, sometimes with a third firing some light through dark doorways. Don't over-do it or it won't look natural.

You don't need a tripod, and it will prevent you getting close into corners for a fuller view, though be wary of a super-wide making rooms look unrealistically big. You'll not do the seller any favours making it look like a palace when it's not. Show the rooms to best advantage, but realistically.

Keep verticals vertical, easiest done in post processing. And be aware that many estate agents use a fixed layout with image boxes 4:3 rather than 3:2. Check that and crop to fit.
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It makes sense, but I prefer using a tripod and mixing the ambient with flash (or you need a few powerful ones and carefully placed). I also find that it is worthwhile using gels with flash to control colour tones (to make sure one part of ceiling doesn't end up looking too cool or warm)
 
daugirdas said:
It makes sense, but I prefer using a tripod and mixing the ambient with flash (or you need a few powerful ones and carefully placed). I also find that it is worthwhile using gels with flash to control colour tones (to make sure one part of ceiling doesn't end up looking too cool or warm)
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Yes, I should have been more clear. When I'm using a couple of flash guns, the only significant ambient light is the windows so hand-holding is okay and much easier obviously. But without flash, probably a tripod for sure.

Forgot to say, with flash, one of the most important things is to have good daylight and nice bright windows. Needd to balance that up carefully.
 
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