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Lighting and Digital Cameras Our real estate brokers use the camera to take shots of property, both indoor office shots and outdoor. The indoor shots (the offices have fluorescent lighting, maybe mixed with window lighting) always come out yellowy and dark. The outdoor shots come out dark as well. I know that outdoors the flash is not needed and they should keep the sun to their backs, but what about in early evening? Anybody got any tips? What to do on an overcast day? How to use the flash settings?
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Stewart J. Wilkins |
Michelle, I do a lot of real estate photography and have learned a great deal from this super bunch of people. One of my problems is the brokers who shoot their own pictures. :-) Anyway, I'm sure someone will come up with much more useable info for you, but I do know that there's no rule about keeping the sun to your back when shooting anything. I've found that when the sun is at a 45 or 90 degree angle I get my best outdoor shots. Actually, I get my very best outdoor shots on a cloudy day. A high thin cloudy day is heaven for me. As far as the outdoor shots are concerned, is it absolutely necessary to take them then? Not that a good outdoor shot can't be a compelling image, but I would think, based on my experience with Realtors, that they are addicted to the sun for their shots. :-) As I usually don't take indoor shots of anything other than residential listings, I can't say too much about your indoor lighting dilemma. I will say, however, that when I shoot a big kitchen I turn the fluourescents off as they do have that yellowish effect. Ideally, if you used a tripod and a slower exposure, plus a mounted flash, it might produce better results. However, as I've shot some mansions that have some very big rooms (one, a ballroom) I also would suggest additional flash. Of course, knowing Realtors as I do they ain't goin for anything like that. If your camera has a hot shoe (it's a "thingy" on top of the camera that allows you to put on a mounted flash) that would help you out considerably, even without additional flash lighting. I'm thinking that, based on what you said about your camera, you have a built-in flash which, I'm afraid, for a room that size just won't get the job done. Also, outdoors if it's nightime you're going to have to use a tripod and overide your automatic exposure. The good news is: someone more qualified will soon come along and "voila" come up with a brilliant solution for you. In the meantime, good luck and always remember that there is a photographer near you who probably can do all this stuff for your brokers at really reasonable rates. :-) Have a great holiday! Stew
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