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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Thanks!
I would love to see some examples of a galley kitchen, that's the biggest weak spot of my current photos.
I definitely agree on not wanting to make everything look huge. I want it to look like what it is. If people are disappointed when they arrive, they won't take the place. I want it to look accurate, since they're pretty nice on average.
I found a link to one of my galley shots.
http://db.tt/lA5ENDwk |
Not a bad start. First step would be to use a tripod. Just pick up a cheap one for 20 bucks. Keep it level when you use it. See the walls in your image? How they are all leaning towards the left? Any vertical lines in your photo should remain vertical. This is the "low hanging fruit" of real estate photography.
For kitchens, I like to to keep the camera level with the bottom of the upper cabinets. Any lower, you start to see the bottoms of the uppers - not usually ideal. Yours doesn't really have issues here, so don't worry too much about it.
Your image is leaning to left and skewed down. I've fixed it in photoshop (hope that's alright) and posted below:
Already looks a lot better to my eye. I also shoot landscape oriented whenever possible. Just looks a lot better on the MLS where the images are like 480px or some nonsense.
This isn't the best photo, but it's the first galley style kitchen I could think of:
Kind of a run-and-gun shot. Very tight space, but this is how I usually like to shoot these kinds of kitchens. The only thing missing from the shot is the dishwasher. I would take an additional shot from the other side of the kitchen looking towards the sink. Were I to take this shot again today, I would step to the right a bit (to show more floor) and raise my POV a bit as well (underside of left cabinet upper). Looks like some weird colour balance issues too, but not too bad.
Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions.