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Dressing the interior space before the final shot

Dressing the interior space before the final shot

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Dressing the interior space before the final shot

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Okay, now we're on the main overall shot. In a shot like this, I normally like to place the camera so I can see the background that I want in the image itself. After I have the background and the camera height worked out, then I move the furniture or whatever objects are there to make the foreground work, then I'm looking for any details, propping. Or whatever else I need to do to complete the composition. After the composition is ready, then I consider lighting. After lighting is done then I shoot the captures. And some times it will be HDR capture. And sometimes it won't. So in this case we've got a fairly small room. And I wanted to make the room feel as spacious as possible, and I also wanted to create a point where the viewer could put themselves in the room to really enjoy the space. So I pulled the sofa right up by the camera, and use the top edge of the sofa to dictate where the sofa was placed. What I wanted to do was hold just enough of the sofa, so that we could see it, but…

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