Dealing with multiple light sources
When photographing a room interior, the first
thing to do is determine the light source or light
sources that are present. Unless the room is pitch
black, there is at least one light source, and
maybe more. The room or part of the room may
be lit by sunlight coming in through the windows,
or maybe by a few lamps placed in the corners,
but more likely it is both.from the fisheye lens, make this a prime example
of what not to do. As you can see from Figure
4-17, just changing the view, doing a little crop-
ping in postproduction, and using a different lens
can really help to clean up the image. The room
was lit by a combination of the light coming in
through the window and a flash unit mounted on
the camera. The flash was aimed at the ceiling to
provide bounce light.
ABOUT THIS PHOTO The kitchen photographed at a downward angle might help to show off the counter, but it really made the rest of the
room look wrong. The lens choice was also not right for the situation as the 10.5mm fisheye lens caused the walls to look bowed. The room was lit
with a combination of natural light through the window and a flash on the camera that can be seen as the bright spot in the widow. Taken at 1/60 sec-
ond, f/4.0, and ISO 100.
4-16