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Digital Camera

If you have ever taken interior real estate photos, you know the problem. Most rooms are just not large enough, so your camera takes in only a small portion of the room.

For interior photos you'll want a camera that takes wide-angle shots.

I use a cheap Kodak dual lens camera, model V570. It doesn't produce top notch photos, but serves its purpose. Kodak has newer models such as the V610.

There is a wide angle camera for almost every budget. Go to this site to read reviews, then shop online for the best deals.

Technique

Despite the advice about wide-angle shots, you need close-up shots, too. The photo at right, for example, is more dramatic than a wide shot would be.

 

The same is true for this photo. Go ahead and take a picture of the back of the house, but sprinkle in some detail shots for effect.

Swing low! Get on your knees to change angles; you'll get some of your best interior photos down there.

Experiment with flash.  This photo is more dramatic because it was taken with no flash....

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...while this one required us to force the flash on (disable automatic flash setting) because we were shooting toward the windows. 

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Lighten up.  When shooting for the Web, you may want to brighten the shot a bit. What looks great on paper may not look so nice online. See these examples: 100_2473.jpg (104347 bytes)
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Disclaimer

I'm not a trained photographer; use your own judgment and keep experimenting. We all improve with practice!

 
 

 

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