Pictures are the key to selling your house, and lighting is the key to selling your pictures. To that end, here’s how photographer Dave Hobby of Strobist.com did “Architectural Digest on the cheap” with his patented array of off-camera flashes. It’s cool to see how he tackles the challenges of each area. Even if you don’t have any off-camera flashes or a clue what he’s talking about, there’s bound to be a few ideas in there that can help you stage your house-selling photo shoot, i.e., when shooting the bathroom, pictured: “I left the towel a little rumpled just to not be too anal.”

Working Around the House [Strobist]

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