This is a collection of pieces of advice to make your everyday photos more enjoyable to look at; a little more with every post. These are only bits which do not claim to be complete, but are rather all you need to know at that moment.


I assume my readers are non-professionals who are interested in capturing their memories in the way they have experienced them, instead of how their camera device automatically suggests an output, thereby speaking of using anything from a mobile phone to an auto-set DSLR.

About the author: I am Mareen Fischinger, a professional photographer, living and working in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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May 31

How to photograph a room

So you are trying to rent out your place, want to show off how you live or just keep memories – usually, the pictures won’t turn out the way you imagined.

Here are some tips:

  1. Get/rent a wide-angle lens (alternatively, put your camera on the zoomed out setting you got),
  2. clean up anything that is small, laying around or distracting; straighten out your furniture,
  3. go in the corner of the room, back to the wall/window/door to get as much as possible in there,
  4. do not tilt your camera (focal plane) and keep it parallel to the wall, make sure all lines that go up are straight,
  5. move up and down until it looks good and you’ve got a reasonable relation between floor and ceiling. Most of the time, the middle of the room’s height is pretty good.

When there is a bright window, you can try to put down the shades a little. That way you will keep it that from being overly white and darking out the rest of the interior. Also, you will probably have to overexpose a little bit when the room has white walls.

If your photo is distorted, I can recommend PTLens.
In Photoshop, you can adjust your colors and make them warmer or colder.


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