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I’ve never had to create a portfolia (everything has always been WOM)before but my wife has accepted a new ministry job and we will be moving to a new town in about three months. I’m starting to develope some marketing material to show perspective clients in our new town. The problem I’m having is getting photos of bathrooms. The huge McMansion bathrooms are easy to photograph but the bulk of the bathrooms we do are your basic 5×10 bathroom and it seems impossible to get good photos of the overall project. Any thoughts or job leads in Northwest Georgia?
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I use a camcorder most of the time. It allows a sort of panoramic type view of the whole thing. You can slowly rotate all around the room and get it all in.
Just keep the tape organized, and insert some interesting comments as you videotape (or have them dubbed in later). Interested clients will watch the tape. Uninterested clients will not.
Just a thought...
James DuHamel
*I have a 28mm lens on my camera but sometimes I'll take three shots or so and put the pics side by side for a panoramic view. One of these days I'll spring for a digital and think about developing a web site.
*Digital camera with panaramic software (which most come with it) works perfect and is what I use. Same for smaller kitchens.
*Ditto Ralph's suggestion. Only good way to take pics of small spaces is with wide angle, 24-28mm is good.
*And if the bathroom has a window, stand on a ladder and take the photo from outside...with the wide angle lens as suggested.Paying a local professional photographer may be a good investment. They know the tricks, already have the equipment, and can make you look gooood.
*Agree w/Stray. Also, if you're shooting film, artificial lighting needs to be balanced by using either special film or filters........I'm old school, still don't own a digital.
*I have been thinking about posting a similar question What I wanted to know is are there any digital cameras out there with wider angle lenses?Most of the shots of smaller interior spaces that we see in FHB are shot with a 24-28mm lens.is there a way to tell what the comparative value would be for a digital camera?I to am wanting to start a portfolio of work photos and digital seems to offer the easiest way for me to compile, edit, store and publish.Are there any shutterbugs out there who would like to share their infinite wisdom with us?thanx in advanceMr. T
*Mr. T- Friend of mine works for the state legislature as a photographer, and they supply all his equipment- all digital, and they have work stations with Adobe Photoshop or maybe it's something even more sophisticated.......anyway, he showed me the state of the art Nikon they gave him to use- about $5000 for the body with a standard lens. This setup interchanges the full lineup of Nikon lenses just like a traditional SLR camera. Probably more than you want to spend .......... What is probably more practical for us common folk would be a digital that has a built-in zoom lens, say something that goes from about 30mm up to 80mm focal length. A digital with interchangeable lenses would probably start in the $1500- $2000 range.