What is interior Photography?
Interior photography is generally the interior of a building whether it be domestic or commercial, It is often commissioned by architects and interior designers to showcase a project, or by an estate agent to sell a property, and in the case of some commercial buildings such as bars and restaurants to attract customers. The interior photography is normally used for brochures and their website.
What are the benefits of interior photography?
The main benefit of interior photography is that it shows potential clients or customers the space, décor, and furnishings. The interior photography is normally used for brochures and their website.
What is the best time for interior photography?
The best time for interior photography really depends on the building, the décor, and the mood that you are trying to create, for example for a pub or bar interior you may want to create an intimate warm interior, where in a hospital, you probably want it really bright and clean.
How much does interior photography cost?
The cost of interior photography really needs to be based on how much work there is involved, how many rooms there are to be photographed, and of course how much retouching is required on the final images.
Who uses interior photography?
Generally, interior photography is used by anyone involved with interiors, estate agents for marketing, interior designers and architects to showcase their work, kitchen manufacturers and fitters, building contractors, in fact, anyone working in the industry who needs to showcase their work.
What is the lighting for interior photography?
When you are shooting an interior photograph, you are usually dealing with three different lighting sources:
Natural daylight
The daylight enters the space through windows and doors.
Artificial lighting
Any artificial lighting, for example, table lights, downlighters, under unit lighting in the case of kitchens, wall lights, and central ceiling lights.
Photographic lighting
You also need to add the photographic lighting, so the key is to balance these three light sources together.
Much of what you do is going to be controlled by the daylight, as it’s the one that you have the least control over, as luckily a lot of artificial lighting tends to be on dimmers. Personally, I like to add artificial light as it tends to be much warmer, and a gives a nice atmosphere to the room, then I would usually bounce a flash into the ceiling to give a soft fill and even up the lighting in the areas furthest away from the window.
How should the room/rooms be prepared?
Rooms for Interior photography should all be clean and tidy, maybe add some props, for example, some fresh flowers, it’s always nice to have something in the foreground to lead the eye into the shot, I suppose the most frequently shot rooms are kitchens, as they are the most popular interiors design projects, so it could be bowls of fruit, croissants, or bowls of artichokes seem to be in vogue at the moment.
What Lens should be used?
With virtually all interiors it will be necessary to use a wide-angle lens of some description, as its usually impossible to get far enough back but make sure there is enough foreground interest, as that is going to be dominant in the shot, plus it is good to change the scale sometimes, by going in close on an interesting detail, piece of furniture or ornament.
Potential problems with interior photography?
One of my pet hates is when I see interior images with either converging or diverging verticals, you see it all the time on estate agents’ pictures, and I think it looks awful, this is due to the camera not being completely level, either pointing up or down, sometimes this is inevitable, plus wide angle lenses tend to introduce other distortions, but should be corrected in post-production.
Finally, If I am shooting a house interior, the chances are there could be anywhere between 20-40 final shots, so, I try to change the scale on some of the pictures, most pictures will inevitably be taken on a wide-angle lens, but if there are some nice objects, or maybe just a nice vase of flowers, I go in close fill the frame, and have the background of the room out of focus, it just breaks up the wide-angle shots, and makes it more appealing for the viewer.
