Real estate — bright, straight interior
A living room photographed wide, level and sharp from front to back.
Camera
Not specified
Lens
Not specified
Focal length
16 mm
Aperture
f/8
Shutter speed
1/15 s
ISO
100
Focus
Single-point AF one third into the room
White balance
Daylight
Flash
Not used
Tripod
Used
Why does this photo look like this?
Interiors are shot on a tripod: a narrow aperture keeps everything sharp, a low ISO keeps the image clean, and the slow shutter is no problem because nothing moves.
Look at this
Vertical lines stay vertical, and both the near armchair and the far window are sharp. Nothing is blown out in the window.
What would change with different settings
Without a tripod you would need ISO 1600 and a wider aperture, and both the corners and the window would suffer.
What happens if you change the settings?
1/15 s · f/8 · ISO 100
Always check your exposure and adjust settings according to the actual lighting and movement.
These are starting settings, not universal rules.
Always check your exposure and adjust settings according to the actual lighting and movement.