Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You might have them use a reflector - OK a large piece of white card to fill in the corners of the room with the flash. If it works, they can always buy one of the ones that fold up into a little circle - they're made by Westcott (The Illuminator). You don't need an assistant. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Interior photography > Per - my condolences for such a project. First thing I'd do is to get one > of the P and S cameras and see IF you can make your own images to a decent > level. I suspect it may be almost impossible given the nature of the P and > S flash - I can just see it bouncing all over the white walls argh..... If > I had to do such a project I would see if using natural lighting and a > tripod would do the trick. Obviously using the highest quality jpg is best > and the real estate agents should have some minimal photo manipulation > software to alter basic things. > > When I documented our 3 room remodel project I used a combination of > traditional film and Digital. The remodeling company has their own > photographer who comes in to take final pictures. I was not at home at the > time but my kids said they pulled out all the stops - had people standing > outside with lights shining in thru windows, etc - i.e. they clearly were > professional. They did need my help - they never took 'before' pics and I > had so they came groveling to me asking for my lowly amateur shots - truth > be told the secret to most 'before' and 'after' shots is the 'before' shot > IS usually substandard in terms of the photography whereas the 'after' are > superior photographically - next time you see a before and after see if > I'm right - even architectural digest does this - before is Band W whereas > the AFTER is color. > > Let us know how it turns out > > ernie > > At 12:49 PM 11/20/02 +0100, you wrote: > >I have been asked to do a training seminar for a real estate agent to > >teach their employees how to take good interior shots from the apartments > >and houses they are selling. > > > >They use fairly simple equipment -- P&S digital cameras with built-in > >flash, so I need to be able to show them how to make the best use of that, > >unless they want to buy better stuff. > > > >Anyone here with experience of such kind of photography who can give some > >good advice (the response to that wedding photography thing was quite > >fabulous)? Or any good web links with tutorials etc? > > > >Per > > > >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > >V i s i M e d i a -- G r a p h i c s D e s i g n & W e b P r o d u > >c t i o n > >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > >www.visimedia.com > >Tel. +46-416-300 07, +46 70 99 22 55 9 > >Fax +46-416 300 03 > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html