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Hannah Morris, photographer, specialising in weddings, trash the dress shoots and fun family portraits, based on the Isle of Mull via ObanAbout my property photography. "Calgary Castle is not really a castle, but a huge old house on the beautiful island of Mull. It is situated overlooking Calgary Bay with stunning views that make photography very exciting indeed. It was a dull day when I visited but my brief was to take some promotional shots for a Scottish holiday magazine. I took my cameras, wide angle lenses and some powerful lights to supplement the grey day. Property and landscape photography is easier than portrait photography because the subject does not move ! In the dining room, I had to be careful with the position of the lighting so as not to create distracting shadows in the wrong places. There was very little natural light coming through the windows that day and the table lamps in the room created a warm glow. The lady of the house had a daughter that was something big in posh wallpaper design, it was a photographer's delight.The hallway and stair is remeniscent of a castle with flagstones on the floor, pretty rugs, guns, coats and muddy dogs. Although the subject was static, I still used a tripod for the shots as this enabled me to increase the aperture, thus letting more light in as the day was quite dull. The view from the front door (also the lounge picture and some of the bedroom shots) needed to be digitally enhanced to create a bit of blue in the sky. The shot of the red bedroom was taken with a wide angle lens. By contrast, photographing a smaller property brings problems all of its own. The shots of smaller properties are closer and attention to detail is particularly important, as it will show if there is the slightest mark on the wall or crease in the bedspread. The rooms need to be free of the owner's clutter, with just a small detail such as a book on a table or glass of wine to draw the eye to the centre of the picture" - Hannah |