When good friends or family move into a new home, you want to help them mark the occasion. A high-quality camera like the Samsung NX200 will give them a chance to document the charms of their new residence, and have fun doing it.
S amsung's NX200 is a professional-level camera in a sleek, light, and compact package that users of all skill levels will find accessible. Features include:
Once you get comfortable with the basics, it's time to take advantage of the NX200's more advanced features, including:
Y our first step to photographing your home is to think like a real estate agent: How would you photograph this house if you were trying to sell it? The pros rely on these tips, and you can make use of them too.
Which will look best: Empty rooms, rooms crammed full of moving boxes, or the finished product, with everything put away and the place tidied up? You can't take a beautiful photo unless you have a beautiful subject, so ensure the beds are made, the pillows are fluffed, and curtains are even before snapping away. Or you could take another approach. Start with pictures of empty rooms, followed by the chaos of moving in and concluding with the beautiful finished results.
There's a reason people crave lots of windows and southern exposures: Houses look best when they're filled with light. Most real estate agents shoot without a flash and with as much available light as possible. Turn on every light in the room, and shoot during a time of day when as much light is coming through windows as possible. You don't want glare, though: If you have a lot of reflections or blown-out hotspots on white doors or metallic objects, it may be best to wait a half hour until the lighting situation has changed. Only after taking care of ambient lighting should you start experimenting with the flash, but ideally you won't need it at all.
Another good real estate trick is to shoot from one corner into another. This makes the room look large and adds visual interest in the form of angles and (hopefully) a few light shadows. Using a wide-angle lens is another popular trick: It's how hotel websites make you look like you're getting a penthouse suite instead of a dinky single. Keep angles low by getting down on one knee and shooting in a generally upward direction.
It's especially difficult to shoot very large rooms, as corners are often poorly lighted or are simply uninteresting visually. In cases like this, move out of the corner and into the center of the room, using multiple shots to capture only the most visually interesting parts of it.
Interior shots are great, but don't forget about the outside of the house. While most exterior shots look best at dusk, for a home you'll want to shoot exteriors within a few hours of mid-day, when the sun is bright and when long shadows won't be a problem. (These make your house look haunted.) Unfortunately you won't have a choice which direction your house is facing, so a little trial and error may be required to find a time to shoot when the front of your new home isn't obscured by shadows. Try to keep the sun behind you for the best photo.
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