More Real Estate Photos...

I had another job yesterday for a real estate client. This was a pretty little apartment in Beverly Hills. Once again, this was a very quick day-turn job, and so I have to modify my workflow slightly to be able to deliver on time. One thing that has really helped is the addition of a 15mm fisheye lens, which I use for very small rooms or bathrooms; it is especially handy in small apartments like this. The 15mm focal length makes the room look a bit larger and fairly natural once the distortion correction is applied. I've had to kind of find out the best angles to use with the 15mm, and keep in mind that I'm going to lose the corners and crop in a bit to reduce circular distortion. I also really like using a technique where I place my camera in vertical position on my tripod, with a 24mm lens mounted, and stitch together a panorama image by moving about 15-20% between each shot... It gives kind of a cool effect if you place it next to the door frame and continue shooting into the next room, then I just make sure the door frame is in the middle of my image and blur it a little bit... It's a great way to see a vast area in the house!