Photographing the interior of a yacht or boat is not very different from photographing the interior of a luxurious and well-appointed property or residence. However, with yachts there are some conspicuous exceptions which are taken into compensation by one particular digital San Diego Photographer that works as a San Diego Commercial Photographer.
First, on a vessel space is generally limited, except of course on mega-yachts, requiring the application of a wide-angle lens in many cases. This can present a limitation because of the resulting perspective distortions. Fortunately, many of the less-desirable effects caused by wide-angle lenses can be corrected in digital post-processing. In other instances and for exterior shots, more normal lenses can be used. A normal lens is one which gives a correct perspective to the photo; oftentimes the most normal lens is one with a focal length of about 50mm on a full-frame camera.
An additional consideration to be aware when photographing the interior of a yacht is one of style. Is the goal to produce photos with a romantic, night-time, cabin-lit ambience as if the shot were made in a studio? Or is the purpose to show the yacht sun-lit, during the daytime on the water, awaiting an activity, indeed a direction, or the owner to return to the helm? Both afford a purpose and evoke certain technique, or style.
Daytime shots of yacht interiors can be hindered by bright sunlight if rigor is not taken with camera and lighting characteristics. Here strobes can be used in accompaniment with natural light so that both are in balance, producing a very amiable photograph. To do away with the effort of controlling multiple lighting sources some photographers will shoot at dusk and use strobes only. Strobe, by the way, is just a sophisticated term for flash.
To accomplish a different style that is altogether dissimilar from dusk shooting, other photographers successfully photograph during the midday through the balancing of at-hand and strobe light sources. Either approach is correct and use techniques that are apropos to other facets of photography, as well, even in fact a subject so dissimilar as wedding photography; the equilibrium, of lighting sources in this case is also crafted with care by a San Diego Wedding Photographer.
Whether photographing yachts, boats, buildings, resorts, real estate, or even weddings and events, the photographer must be cognizant of all lighting sources and lens and camera settings in order to ensure the best photograph is produced, with style and excellence.
