Photographing Bedrooms

Bedrooms should feel calm, inviting, and spacious. The bed is always the focal point, and how it's styled makes an enormous difference to the final image.

Set your camera at approximately 15cm above the top of the mattress, usually around 70-80cm. This creates an intimate, inviting perspective without looking down at the bed.

Shoot from the foot of the bed or from a corner, applying the two-wall rule. If the room has a feature wall (wallpaper, panelling, colour), make sure it's prominent in the composition.

The bed makes or breaks a bedroom photograph:

Keep them tidy but don't strip them of personality entirely. A few well-placed toys or books show that the room is functional and lived-in. Remove clutter from the floor and make the bed neatly.

Bedrooms benefit from soft, warm lighting. Open curtains fully to let in natural light, and turn on bedside lamps, they create pools of warm light that make the room feel cosy and inviting. If the main ceiling light is harsh (a bare bulb or bright white LED), consider turning it off and relying on natural light plus bedside lamps instead.

For bedrooms with limited natural light, bounce a flash off the ceiling to create soft, even illumination. Avoid direct flash, it creates harsh shadows on the bed and makes the room feel clinical rather than inviting.

In a property with three or more bedrooms, not every room needs the same level of attention:

L-shaped bedrooms, rooms with sloped ceilings (loft conversions), and bedrooms with multiple doors can be tricky to compose. In these cases, prioritise showing the bed and the room's best feature. Multiple shots from different angles may be needed to convey the full layout. A floor plan alongside your photographs helps buyers understand unusual room shapes.