My friend Vicki owns a beautiful two story condo in San Clemente. She advertises on VRBO and needed to update the photos on their website. Being a big fan of the beach, how can I say no? I am also a big fan of architectural photography, so off we went to spend the day at the beach to take photos of Vicki’s upstairs unit between guest stays.
Each area of photography is unique and takes a lot of practice to master, but I’ve always wanted to try my hand at this genre. Unlike portrait photography, architectural images require a whole new mindset. For instance, you can’t ask a sofa to turn slightly to the left or right to show it’s best side. You either need to move the furniture around or reposition yourself without cutting anything out that needs to be shown in the photo. You also have to expose for the room, but make sure that the views out the windows aren’t “blown out” (overexposed) at the same time.
Vicki loved the pics, and you can see her beautiful condo at VRBO: https://www.vrbo.com/118004 I’ll be going back later this year to redo the downstairs condo photos for Vicki soon. You’ll have a great stay at the beach in San Clemente any time of the year, so check it out!