Interior Photography Tips

Getting great photographs of interior spaces is one of the trickier skills a photographer can develop. Struggling with challenging lighting, dealing with a rapidly changing landscape and unknowing subjects are part of the fun and difficulty of interior photography. Here are five easy tips to help get you started taking interior photos all with just a little bit of photo gear.

Include Some People

Sometimes there are some interiors that just look good completely empty. Even so, it is good to know that one of the most intriguing aspects of interior photography can be capturing the way that people interact with their environment. This can be used to your advantage by using people as a scale for understanding size (for example, you can see how massive the Lincoln Memorial is when people are gathered around it) or by placing yourself at odd angles so that you can frame people in interesting ways. In many cases, isolating groups of people or individuals in a frame can create a more powerful image than shots without humans.

Assume it Will Have Low Light

One of the primary difficulties of interior photography is dealing with light. Digital cameras have more trouble in low-light situations than film cameras, which is what will be the case in most interior environments. This problem can be minimized by using a tripod. The extra support of the tripod will let you take pictures at lower shutter speeds without getting a blur from the press of the shutter button or a slight movement from your body. In addition, adjust your white balance or use a filter to help you avoid the unwanted hue of fluorescent lights.

Look Around

We spend a lot of time looking forward. When we're trying to get from one place to the other, we don't usually have time to observe our surroundings. Make sure to examine everything in your entire environment since you can take the extra time to look around as the photographer. When you are photographing interiors, there are so many wonderful images that won't be captured if you keep your eyes on the horizon, such as interesting ceiling textures, obscure wall details, and beautiful floors. Every interior has its beauty but it's up to you to discover it.

Tell a Story

Taking pictures of walls and ceilings can certainly be nice looking but as a photographer you need to be able to tell a story about your surroundings. Use anything that you can find to tell the story of the moment, such as people, graffiti, signs, building degradation, and construction. It is important to remember that, even with interior photography, your photograph must always have a reason. We often miss some of the more interesting aspects of this world that connect us to each other, so try to dig deeper and get beyond the image that just "looks pretty".

Perception

Always be thinking about what is visually more interesting. Always try and make yourself see and create new and interesting ways that you can shoot an object. Much like human subjects, architecture can be made to look beautiful, ugly, or anywhere in between simply by finding a different angle or cropping out certain elements.

Interior photography can be tricky so it can be more fun to practice learning through trial and error. Give yourself some extra time and go and shoot some of your favorite interiors in a creative and artistic manner, looking at them in a way that you might not have seen them before. Just make sure that you have permission from the building owner - there are many interiors that are quite unfriendly to photographers. If you are passionate about shooting photos, however, you will probably be welcome, so get out there and explore as many as possible.

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