Something new for me – friends of mine are selling their house, and they asked me if I would shoot the images that will go on the listing. What an opportunity! They spent months renovating and prepping the house, and in my opinion – it’s awesome.
Here is their listing in case you’re interested: 122 Pinetrail Cr, Nepean, ON
There are technical challenges when you’re shooting private residences for resale. I didn’t have to deal with some, like messy homes, or homes with serious problems, because this home is move-in renovated, and there’s no junk or other stuff that I had to work around.
- Small rooms – this is not a small house, but unlike shooting sitcoms, the fourth wall kind of gets in the way when you’re trying to shoot a room. So you need a wide lens to do it. But wide lenses generate pictures with hefty barrel distortion which has to be corrected in Photoshop afterwards.
- The rule of parallel walls – this is hard to stick to when you’re trying to get 3 walls into the shot from an upper corner. I settled for making at least two walls parallel in each shot where possible – again with Photoshop.
- Light – I was happy to shoot in the morning, with natural light boosting the electric lights. A tripod is a must for this sort of thing because you have to shoot with a small aperture to get everything in focus, and small aperture plus no flash – i did ot use flash – means slow shutter speed.
- Reflections – man, I’m in a lot of the photos. Mirrors, chrome, glass, everything conspires to make me famous. I deleted myself out in Photoshop.
So you want to see the whole series (including some that did not get listed)? Click here.
So… if you want me to shoot your house, give me a shout. It just might be worth a couple hundred bucks to you to get good shots of your abode.
