Almost nobody has an empty house. The work is done in gaps, and the gaps are learnable.
The three locations that work
- The car. Genuinely the best one. Locked, quiet, private, and nobody questions you sitting in it.
- The bathroom. Small rooms record well. Run the tap for thirty seconds first if the extractor fan is loud.
- A locked bedroom. Best for body shots. Say you are having ten minutes, then have ten minutes.
Timing
Shoot in the ten minutes after someone leaves and before anyone returns. Batch on one day a week rather than daily, so the asking is once not seven times.
Answering messages with people around is the hard part. Two options: reply in the car, or set your bio to say you answer in the evening. Buyers are more forgiving of a stated window than of silence.
What to keep out of frame
Anything with a name on it. Post, school bags, prescription boxes, the calendar on the fridge.