4 Ways to Shoot a Living Room

Often with our clients, when we first begin the process of shooting, we’ll take some handheld photos of the space sot he client can better see how the space looks through the lens to understand what can be captured. We usually give a few choices to the client before we mutually finalize the correct angle to shoot a room, but sometimes a client needs more than one angle. Here, in four photos, is a living room shot in a few different ways. I would usually push the client in a certain direction but there is value to each of these different perspectives. Which would you choose?

Hoboken Studio

Most studios are either one interrupted area or an annexed area but the studio below has a more interesting layout. Were the bedroom to have windows and a door, it could be legally called a bedroom but it remains a studio, and a unique one to boot.

One Ten Amenities

This has definitely been touched upon in other posts but it’s so wonderful when a space is artfully lit so that most of the work of a photographer is already done. That isn’t to say there isn’t a skill in finding the light, much like a photographer would shoot in natural light but since the photos are shot to highlight the space, and the lighting of a space like below does the same, it makes for a more harmonious shoot when those two factors work in tandem.

The Benjamin

Outside of the city, in New Jersey, there are tons of developments in the process. Some of which are nestled right at the train station so you can easily get to the city, or wherever else you need to go, at your doorstep.

605 W 42

Light is a photographer’s tool, and once can never have too much of it. Typically, the higher up you climb a building in NYC the more light you have, and when you pair that with impeccable design its easy to take a great photo.

800 Grand Concourse

New York is full of pre-war buildings that just look boring and bland on the outside, but inside they can be a treasure trove of wonderful design and artistry. Take this 3-bedroom unit in the Bronx, just shy of the Manhattan border.

345 Quincy St

Flipping brownstones in Bed-Stuy seems to be a hot game right now, and why wouldn’t it be? Flipping homes can be highly lucrative and the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant is primed to be the next Bushwick (if it wasn’t already - and if it weren’t for the pandemic). Shooting this space was tricky as the owner wanted us to capture the garden at dusk, which, when you see it, makes sense, but we were losing light shooting the rest of the space as night grew closer. Luckily we shot the basement last, which didn’t have much available light, and we got the perfect garden shot as the sun disappeared.