So. Remember when I told you about my ingenious idea of changing the compact flash card from the 5d to the 30d for a speedy upload? Well, don’t. Your camera will not like it. Take my next advice and buy a card reader.

Image of our kitchen I shot last month for our interior designer. I thought I would give architectural photography (or interiors) a try. I can’t tell you how challenging interiors is to do. I did a number of shots at different times of the day over the course of a fortnight to test the lighting. In the end I resorted to using four flood lights in various locations in order to light up the rooms and walls where the light did not reach. Also, the lighting under the cupboards were installed by my husband during the building process and I found that the strength of the bulbs were so bright that it flooded the tiles underneath. Therefore I had to cover them with white tissue paper to diffuse the light which helped only slightly. But what I should had done was turn the lights off and use these. Imagine what a photographer would need to know (and have) in order to capture an interior successfully. And imagine the challenges they might face for each and every room and having to come up with solutions on the spot.