About the service
I photograph interiors for websites, catalogues and booking pages — hotel rooms, cafes, apartments let out to guests, offices and showrooms. The work starts before the camera comes out: I walk through the space and look at where the daylight comes from and at which hours, which corners stay dark all day, what should be moved half a metre aside and what should leave the room altogether. Out of that comes a shot plan — how many wide views are needed, from which points they are taken, which details go as separate frames. A room photographed without such a plan usually turns into a dozen similar pictures of the same corner.
I shoot in natural light and add lamps only where the camera loses detail: into a wardrobe niche, under a counter, in a corridor with no window. Verticals stay vertical — a leaning door frame is the first thing that gives an amateur shot away, and retouching repairs it badly. Angles are chosen so that the layout can be read from the picture: where the window is, how much room there is beside the bed, what the kitchen looks like from the doorway. Details and textures — fabric, wood, tile, handles — are taken as separate close frames. Reflections in glass, mirrors and polished surfaces are dealt with on site, by the position of the camera and the lights, rather than left to the editor.
In post I correct the geometry, bring converging lines together and clean up the colour of the lamps: warm bulbs pull white walls into yellow, and without a balance fix the room looks like something it is not. Files are delivered in the sizes actually needed — light ones for the site, wide ones for a header, full resolution for print. Three things I agree in advance. The interior in the photograph must match what the guest will find on arrival: clearing away clutter before the shoot is fine, drawing in a view through the window or extra square metres is not. I do not photograph people in the frame without their consent. Personal belongings of the owners and any documents are put away before shooting begins.
— survey of the space and a shot plan before the first frame
— natural light with fill for dark zones
— straight verticals, angles that show the layout
— separate close frames of details and textures
— reflections in glass and mirrors handled on site
— geometry and lamp-colour correction in post
— export sets sized for the website and for print
— hotels, cafes and apartments let out to guests
— a repeat session after the furniture or decor changes
I shoot in natural light and add lamps only where the camera loses detail: into a wardrobe niche, under a counter, in a corridor with no window. Verticals stay vertical — a leaning door frame is the first thing that gives an amateur shot away, and retouching repairs it badly. Angles are chosen so that the layout can be read from the picture: where the window is, how much room there is beside the bed, what the kitchen looks like from the doorway. Details and textures — fabric, wood, tile, handles — are taken as separate close frames. Reflections in glass, mirrors and polished surfaces are dealt with on site, by the position of the camera and the lights, rather than left to the editor.
In post I correct the geometry, bring converging lines together and clean up the colour of the lamps: warm bulbs pull white walls into yellow, and without a balance fix the room looks like something it is not. Files are delivered in the sizes actually needed — light ones for the site, wide ones for a header, full resolution for print. Three things I agree in advance. The interior in the photograph must match what the guest will find on arrival: clearing away clutter before the shoot is fine, drawing in a view through the window or extra square metres is not. I do not photograph people in the frame without their consent. Personal belongings of the owners and any documents are put away before shooting begins.
— survey of the space and a shot plan before the first frame
— natural light with fill for dark zones
— straight verticals, angles that show the layout
— separate close frames of details and textures
— reflections in glass and mirrors handled on site
— geometry and lamp-colour correction in post
— export sets sized for the website and for print
— hotels, cafes and apartments let out to guests
— a repeat session after the furniture or decor changes
