A Brief overview of Interior Photography

Sep 11
09:42

2015

Carolyn Butler

Carolyn Butler

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Interior photography Singapore professionals have a vast knowledge of a number of aspects and some finer points that make this an extremely lucrative profession like in any other part of the world.

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Interior Photography is an extremely difficult and tricky task that involves a lot of elements that need to be taken into account. Taking photographs of the interiors involves working in a confined space and that too cramped up with a fair amount of things. Hence,A Brief overview of Interior Photography Articles the first and foremost thing that is needed beside a high quality camera is an appropriate lens. In fact, it is the key to any successful interior photography like in any other facet of photography. There is a general perception that it is better to use a wide-angle lens. However, experts involved in interior photography are of the opinion that use of wide-angle lens at time might cause image distortion. Image distortion is one of the most common issues that plague interior photography. That is the reason, all photographers who are into interior photography in Singapore like their counterparts in any other part of the world use lenses that come with a length set from 80 to 100.

There are some key techniques that need to be followed during interior photography. The images need to be brighter, with a perfect exposure with fresh and vibrant colors that will add a fresh tinge to the entire photograph. In order to achieve this, photographers need to have the ability to control all these elements, and a very good understanding of lights.

At this juncture, it needs to be mentioned that lights play a very important role in interior photography. Most of the images need to be clicked with minimal shutter speed. This is because the level of natural light is every low inside a room or a confined area. Tripods need to be used to provide stability to the camera and make sure that the images do not get blurred. In case there is sufficient natural light, a reflector can be used to bounce that light into the darker areas of the room.

In case there is hardly any natural light, a strobe unit needs to be used. It is important to make the light bounce off a photographic umbrella so as to blur or smear the effect of that light in a controlled manner.

Composition is another very important aspect that comes into play in interior photography. Here are certain issues that need to be taken into account.

Lines need to be taken into consideration, and this will help in finding out the focal point of a particular image. By following the lines into the focal point of an image, it gets easier to make the photo more appealing. There are no thumb rules that these lines need to be straight. They can be anything – starting from rows of seats or other objects that can be used as grids or converging vertical objects that lead to the image.

All these minute factors, if and when followed in a proper way, make perfect interior photography. However, above all, the photographers need to have a very good idea of light and shade, and sense of photography in order to be a good interior photographer. It is by any means, a fantastic profession if the art is mastered in a proper way.