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Nancy Lyons 		 

How to shoot home interior shots


 
 
I have a digital rebel with the 18-55mm lense. It is a great camera. I take photos of exterior and interiors of homes. When it is sunny out it is hard to get the correct lighting in a interior room shot. It usually turns out dark. There are so many homes that have no blinds or curtains to cover the windows so closing them isn't an option. Also because these are for brochures they want as much of the view of the room as possible. Therefore I do a lot of splicing together to get the full view of the room so most of the time it is not an option just to shoot away from the window. I usually use the auto function or the P mode on my camera to force the flash to fill the room.
I even went out and bought a bounce flash that is Quantaray QDC800 with Canon module to work with the camera. I thought that would help fill the room but it didn't. That may be partly due to my lack of knowledge on how the use the settings with the flash. So I end up using the built in flash on the camera because they seem to come out better with it than the flash I bought.
I don't know if this is enough information or not but do you have any suggestions on how to shoot these rooms so that I can get a "daylight effect" without making without making the portion of the room around the windows dark?
Here are some specs from the camera that was given with this photo.
File Name
IMG_5336.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Shooting Date/Time
8/2/2004 3:25:48 PM
Shooting Mode
Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/60
Av( Aperture Value )
4.5
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
400
Lens
18.0 - 55.0mm
Focal Length
18.0mm
Image Size
1536x1024
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
On
Flash Type
Built-In Flash
Flash Exposure Compensation
0
Red-eye Reduction
On
Shutter curtain sync
1st-curtain sync
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters
Contrast +1
Sharpness +1
Color saturation +1
Color tone Normal
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
872KB
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting


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August 24, 2004

 
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