How To Shoot Professional-Quality Interior Photographs

By Evita Crummell


As a Singapore interior photographer, your job can be quite challenging but it also can have lucrative rewards as well. The terms interior and architectural photography are often used interchangeably and they both refer to the photography of a building's interior features. Equipped with a camera, your task is to capture the distinct features of a building and make them look great for your client.

Interior photography is primarily about the indoor environment and therefore most of the time you will have some limited space. In order to get around this, photographers usually employ wide-angle lens to capture as much as area as possible. Having the right kind of light source is also important as it can have a significant effect on your exposure and how the colors will be represented on print.

A common scenario when shooting pictures indoors is that you will have to work with whatever natural light is available in a room. Indoor light is usually not that strong and you will have to use slow shutter speeds in order to get the right exposure. You will have to mount your camera to a tripod to make sure that your pictures are sharp while using slow shutter speeds.

There may also be times that you will need to use flash or strobe lighting and it is ideal that you also use reflectors or umbrellas to tone down the harshness of the light. A Singapore interior photographer will usually use natural lighting as much as possible because it is easy to work with and it is not too harsh as compared to strobe lighting.

Like other areas of photography, having a good composition is one of the priorities of a Singapore interior photographer. You should be able to evaluate a room beforehand to determine the most interesting areas of it because it is likely that you won't be able to take the photo of the entire room. You should also watch out for interesting objects that can be your foreground or background.

Having a high level of creativity is also important for any Singapore interior photographer, especially when you are coming up with a composition. You may want to try out various angles and heights to see which one would produce the best results. You can also experiment shooting both landscape and portrait orientations for different points of view.

When shooting portraits of people, hair and makeup arrangements are usually done to ensure that the person looks best in front of the camera, and this is also true for shooting architecture. It is important that the room also looks presentable and as if it hasn't been used yet. Therefore, removing any clutter in the room is critical, especially those that can cause some distractions on the photograph.

If you want to be successful as a Singapore interior photographer, you should be able to come up with ways to demonstrate the character and personality of the room you are shooting. The photos you take ideally should have a story to tell, just like any other photographs. You should also experiment with striking details and patterns that a room has to come up with more dazzling photos.




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