Working methodically in one direction is all well and good, but you may miss good things if you don’t consider alternatives. This shot resulted from me turning around as I was about to leave a room that I’d already photographed. Lesson to myself :-
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I love the old Queenslander homes, many of which are being beautifully renovated. They remind me of the Victorian villas in my home-town of Auckland.
Beautifully renovated Queenslander near Lake Cooroibah, Sunshine Coast
You get some great skies looking out across the flat plain from S Coolum Rd toward Mt Ninderry.
Cloud trails radiate out from a point on the horizon.
Aack! Lured away by the potential social reach of Facebook, I haven’t posted here since May. Time to devote a little more – time – to this blog, if only because Google rewards relevant activity on websites with better search rankings.
Beautiful late afternoon light on a property near Lake Cooroibah
Property photographers seldom have the luxury of scouting a property in order to choose the best time of day when the sun is showcasing the home. Hopefully the vendor has a good idea of when that might be, and communicates this to their sales agent who books the photographer. So I was rather pleased to turn up at this home yesterday and find the afternoon sun and venetian blinds playing nice together.
However it IS possible to manipulate light if there’s not enough of it in the right place. In this shot, the light pattern on the floor is natural, however the stripes on the dining table were created by placing a flash outside the window on the left.
A couple of my favorite exteriors from recent shoots. I think the appeal for me is…er…voyeuristic? The eye is pulled in from the dark fringes toward the bright interior of the scene.
Here’s an interesting article that reports research examining the way in which people scan RE listings. “Researchers tracking the eye movements of subjects who looked at online home listings found that more than 95% of users viewed the first photo—the one that shows the exterior of the home—for a total of 20 seconds. After that, their eyes tended to flit all over the screen…”
Interesting that while the front shot garnered most attention (20 secs), there was a 5-way tie for second place, with photos of other rooms sharing equal eyeball time of 8 secs.
Read the whole article here
We’re so spoiled for sun on The Sunshine Coast that many people prefer to to wait if the weather is less than perfect on the day that their photo-shoot is scheduled. It’s easy to forget though that grey wet conditions often prevail at this time of year as tropical storms drift down the coast and moisture-laden winds roll in off the ocean. Interiors can still look bright and attractive with creative flash placement mimicking the sun, and a subtle sky replacement from the library, so perhaps you don’t have to postpone after all?
Love the Queenslander style with it’s fretwork, VJ wall panels and covered verandas. After all, my logo features one! They share similar design features with the Victorian era villas of my old neighborhood in Auckland NZ.
I photographed this funky owner-built cottage recently. He told me that the design had evolved as demolition materials came to hand. Not being your usual ‘2-pack and tiles’ I was sparing with the flash and post-processing to retain the quiet country mood.