In this video tutorial, I show you how I photographed a bedroom on a $12 million yacht. Although the rooms are large for a boat, they are very small compared to your average bedroom.
Although most Architectural photographer will tell you that 12mm is too wide, when you’re shooting in a small room, the wider the better. I shot at sony a7 IV and Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 at 12mm. Miss, wide angle lens does not cause perspective distortion; the location of your camera does not. As long as your camera is as far back as possible, shooting with a wider lens shouldn’t create more distortion; it will only reveal more of the room. You can always crop to get an image that looks exactly the same (minus a bit of resolution) when shooting with a longer lens.
To get the best possible picture of the room, you’ll want to stitch the images together. Keep in mind that the camera can’t be moved between shots, so I decided to control my camera with my phone instead of moving it while changing settings. I do the bracketing when the window is closed and the lights in the room are on, and repeat when the window is open and the lights are off.
To capture the scene outside, I stopped at f/22 to get the correct exposure for the scene, then I turned on the strobe lights in the room to balance the interior and exterior light. Finally, I took one while standing in the bathroom, shooting directly onto the bed to mimic a beam of sunlight.
Putting all these images together can’t really be explained with text, so check out the video above to see the whole process.
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