November 2018

An interesting choice of aspect ratio but, to my eye, given that we're not seeing much of the floor and very little of the ceiling, it feels terribly constricted. A more important consideration, though, is the camera height. Yes, the photographer has the standard camera height that one would expect in a kitchen (i.e., the middle of the front of the lens situated at the bottom of the upper cabinetry, so as to avoid seeing the under cabinet lighting.) That said, it's still not high enough, as evidenced by the fact that we have very little separation between the far edge of the island and the far countertops. The lowest camera position that I generally take in a kitchen (depending on how far back I’m able to position my camera,) allows me to see at least a couple of inches of the drawer face below the hardware. Utilizing such a camera height creates a very visible gap between the island and the far counters and speaks to a better flow around the island. As a personal preference, I also would have preferred to have seen less detail out the main window and to reduce the intensity of the blue / cyan sky in the skylights above the sink.

Tony’s comments are spot on. I also think a few things should have been changed with the staging. I would have moved the bowl of apples off the counter. Perhaps a better place for them would be in the far center corner. I also would have removed the towels from the oven and turned the faucet so that we can see it’s features better.