{"id":980,"date":"2017-01-08T14:17:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T14:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:16:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T11:16:41","slug":"interior-photography-with-skela-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/interior-photography-with-skela-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior Photography with Skela Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are an interior designer, it is very important to showcase your work in the best possible way. Visitors to your website will get their first impression of your designer skills from the images you show them.<\/p>\n

When showcasing a room, for example, it is also important to tell a story with the photographs, and \u00a0to convey the atmosphere of the place. I\u2019ve been collaborating for a while with Aleksandra of Skela Studio<\/a> interior design, and on this particular day we decided to shoot her bedroom.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
The establishing shot, showing as much of the bedroom as possible<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To borrow a term from the movies, the first photograph above is the \u201cestablishing shot\u201d, namely it gives an overview of the location, or room. I love backlit pictures, i.e when the light source is the window in the photograph. Those are rather difficult technically (try it yourself), because the range of light and dark is much greater than what the camera can capture. It is thus essential to take a number of photos with different camera settings and combine them in post-production. On this occasion, I also \u201clight painted\u201d the curtains as they were too dark in the original image.<\/p>\n

\"Close-up
This composition seemed the natural one in the sequence of photographs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the establishing shot, I needed to showcase the important details in the interior design. The bed and tray were an obvious choice.<\/p>\n

\"Close-up
As one of my photographic heroes Bryan Peterson says “What is the best time to take a vertical picture? Right after you take the horizontal”. It gives you options for different types of layouts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I chose to take a horizontal photograph as well as a vertical one, to give more choice to a photo editor wishing to showcase Skela Studio\u2019s work. The vertical composition could be used as a magazine cover, for example.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
It is really important to “work your subject”, and try many different compositions. You never know what you may get. I really like this photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, I noticed the mirror in the room and being a big fan of reflections, I knew there was a great photo opportunity there. It took a little rearranging of the items to give me the composition I wanted. This may be my favourite photograph of the set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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