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Cabin Photography |
I have been photographing rental cabins in the Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge
area since 2003. In that time, I have shot a lot of properties. I do not know the
total number of shoots, but from June 2007 to the creation of this page in Feburary 2008, I photographed around 80.
What that should tell you is that I spend a lot of time photographing cabins, and that architectural photography is the focus of my time and my business.
There are probably as many schools of thought when it comes to cabin photography as
there are photographers doing it. The ways that I see providing the best
results are:
1) Use studio lighting to match the light level inside the house to the light
level outside the house, so that you can see out the windows.
2) Photograph the house with less time spent on lighting and then edit in the views after the fact.
I can do either, but traditionally I prefer to spend the time at the house to
get it lit properly. Not only does it make for less time spent editing, but you are
showing what is actually outside the windows. Often times when people go the "edit in the view"
route, the view does not match up exactly with what is outside, or it looks
edited, so your customers are going to wonder if the view they see is the one
that they are going to get. If you are putting together an advertisement and you
are including pictures that are "representative" of the cabins you rent, then a fake view
is probably not a horrible sin. If you are advertising a particular cabin to the end customer,
I would think that unless you enjoy hearing complaints and giving refunds, honesty is the best policy.
The following are a few samples of my work, but make sure you visit my constantly updated
"Recent Work" section for additional examples:
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