real estate photography

Retouching House Interiors

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In small, confined spaces, a wide-angle lens is usually the only option. This always produces distortion and it always requires retouching. Even then, retouching can’t fix everything.

A wide-angle lens in a small space always means distortion. This distortion can happen in many ways. Vertical lines no longer appear vertical. Horizontal lines slope to one side. Objects in the background appear smaller, compressed, and farther away than they really are. Objects in the foreground appear bigger and longer.
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Retouching for Buildings and Architecture

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Photos of tall buildings almost always need vertical lines corrected. Otherwise, the building will look like it’s leaning backwards.

Exterior photos often need corrections for exposure, colour, and contrast. Sky replacement is another common retouching request.

When photographing buildings or architectural structures, vertical lines must remain vertical. Tilted verticals make a building appear as if it’s leaning or falling backward and this creates a distracting and unprofessional look. No architect, builder, or real estate agent wants to showcase a crooked property.
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Real Estate Photo Retouching

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Retouching real estate photos plays a crucial role in enhancing the visual appeal and marketability of a space. Photo retouching is both a technical and an artistic process. It can refine an image to highlight the property’s best features and eliminate distractions.
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Retouching Real Estate Photos

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Retouching can often turn an amateur photo into a polished professional image.

When selling a property, it’s more appealing to show furnished rooms rather than empty ones. Virtual staging services can transform empty spaces into decorated, furnished rooms. Virtual staging can even replace existing decor with something better.

But if you need to showcase the existing decor, virtual staging won’t work, and photo retouching becomes essential.
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Photo Gear Purchases 2021

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I’ve always wanted a panoramic tripod head to do real estate photography. A stitched panorama will have much less lens distortion than a single image shot with a very wide-angle lens.

High-quality panoramic heads are priced from about $400 to $900 and they have many features. But I only need to occasionally shoot a horizontal row of photos which can be stitched together.

Before buying an expensive panoramic head, I bought a 240mm nodal rail with a sliding camera mount for $35. There are shorter rails but a longer nodal rail can work with a wider range of lenses.

It turned out that this cheap, little attachment works perfectly for what I wanted to do. Did I mention it was cheap?

A $35 nodal rail purchased from Amazon. This 240mm rail is sold under a few different brand names and there are other nodal rails as low as $20. A nodal rail is easy to carry in a camera bag or even a coat pocket.

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Real Estate Photography of Bathrooms

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Bathroom photos need straight verticals and good exposure for the room lights. Distracting mirror reflections can be minimized or removed.

Real estate photographers can spend a lot of time in the bathroom.

Despite being the smallest room in a home, bathrooms are very important. So house photographers know to spend a lot of time making sure the bathroom photos look good.

The same photography principles apply whether a bathroom is large, small or anywhere in between.

Verticals must be 90° vertical, room lights must be properly exposed, and the bathroom has to look clean and bright.

Bathroom photos are an important marketing tool for home builders and designers. Since most home owners want to update their bathrooms, builders and designers should have eye-catching bathroom photos on their web site. This will always draw customer interest. Bathrooms, and kitchens, are key selling points to any renovation or new home.

 

Real Estate Exteriors In Poor Weather

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This house was photographed under an overcast sky about one hour before sunset on a windy, rainy, late autumn day. The photography couldn’t be rescheduled for a nicer day due to the location and availability of the house and the late time of year.

Photography of real estate exteriors is best done when the weather and sunlight are both perfect. But it’s not usually possible to wait for ideal conditions.
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