Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I had my first "big" home photo shoot with one of the biggest realtors in my city. I used your tutorials for Classic Lightroom editing; and now I am her main photographer and she is passing my name all over the city. Thank you. You have literally helped change my life. I just wanted to share that with you because, I would want to know if my content did the same for someone.
I'm learning a lot from your videos. My question is what are you looking for in the ambient shot? Is it an exposure that protects the highlights (like light bulbs) from blowing out, to bring up the shadow areas somewhat or somewhere halfway in between, then adding flash to balance out the light? I get confused on how I should be exposing for the ambient shot!
For these, it’s basically getting the highlights as bright as possible while being recoverable still and then adding fill to soften the lighting and help with colors. If window views are crucial it’s a little different and I’ll do a darker shot too with the window view exposed better
This video is so good, just rewatched it. So many tips throughout and the 360 cam really helped document the whole thing step by step. Would encourage more videos like this even if it's most of what you just did but in another home.
It changes the actual colors so sometimes it works better so the interior + interior lights are the same color so it looks like they are lighting it (vs one being too orange or blue)
Flash gives and unnatural look. Picture with flash is easily noticeable. I would better use the harsh sun light as composition and just go down highlights on post. Mayne an american way of doing arch photos. Thanks for sharing. Great video ;)
Hey Taylor, I'm looking for a gear (camera, drone, lenses, gimbal, etc) under 3k to shoot real estate. What would you recommend me to buy? I'd really be thankful if you could help me. Thanks :) Edit: Love your work, keep it up.
Hey Taylor, awesome videos as always. Do you use a colour card when you're shooting or are you correcting in post all the time? Do you colour calibrate your monitors?
Thanks! I just color correct in post. I just got a new monitor that’s color calibrated and have definitely noticed a difference being able to switch between color profiles (mac, rgb and rec709) so it’s probably worth doing!
For the bathroom shot. What is the purpose of bracketing? Would a single shot not have enough dynamic range for that? Genuine question! I appreciate the tips !!
Thanks!! Noo probably not going to since I can already do other better quality work with my other cameras. Might be fun to get a creative shot or 360 time lapse with every once in a while though!
Hey! It’s the V1C but I’d recommend their other model that’s similar but shaped more like a normal speed light. Same capabilities for real estate but cheaper. Here’s a vid I did on how to set it up - ruclips.net/video/5zEhzJkFyBY/видео.html
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Thanks a lot for the reply. I will study it thoroughly. I still have one more problem. The hotel rooms have yellow light and the image become very yellow. How do I get rid of the yellowness? Maybe you have made another video about it? Thanks again.
@ZackTuNan mostly just overpower it with flash or you could use an orange gel to match it and put the white balance around 3200 so it looks more like daylight. Different looks so test it out and see what works better for you.
How many pictures would you consider standard delivery for say a 3 bedroom house on average. I find myself doing about 30, sometimes 5 shots per bedroom and can't help but feel I'm over shooting
Great question! I try not to over think it and just make sure to cover everything as good as I can. But that sounds about right for 30, but i would adjust the max per important bedroom to 3 , normal bedrooms 1-2 and living / dining areas might end up 3-5 per area.
I exclusively do HDR right now. Do you find that using flash helps reduce time doing window pulls in post? I have that same Godox flash, but haven’t used it in this context.
Yeah! I have the 2 second or 10 second self timer on the camera while shooting interiors which gives time to position the flash and reduces the chance the image will be shaky/blurry on accident. Works great to use a remote trigger too or their mobile app to be even more careful but I just usually do this for the simplicity of it.
I just bought an AD200 pro and I'm struggling to photograph my home (to practice) The dining room has a light blue ceiling which I thought you're not supposed to reflect off because of color casts. But if I point the flash at anything besides the ceiling, the shadows are crazy especially off the chandelier. So i tried to take one shot with flash pointing to the right side of the room and onen with it pointing to the left side but then when I merge them the colors of the walls and shadows make it super frustrating. Any tips?
Totally understand! Yeah, just do it off the ceiling anyways. I’d focus most on getting the light shape to look how you want it to at this point and just color correct the slight blue tint by making it a little warmer in editing. Most houses aren’t going to have the perfect scenario for flash so working with things like that is normal. Only real solutions would be to use a white pop up reflector or use an umbrella or small modifier softbox to do direct flash but it’s hard to get it to be super soft in tight spaces doing that.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I'm going to give that a try now! Good idea using a reflector I'll have to pick one up. I'm so used to HDR, using a light is a whole nother game! It seems like getting a circular head would be beneficial as well.
@@kyleschwartz. Yeah! It's a weird adjustment. I'd also recommend try starting out by only adding a little bit of the flash to fill in the room. Don't start out doing anything super complicated.. For that, set the ambient exposure where the windows + lights are almost/slightly overexposed and use the flash to fill in the interior. That way you won't cause as many harsh shadows and the photos will look better straight out of camera - and build from there if you're wanting to go more complicated with other techniques.
Hey! Room shot was with flash (1 layer in-camera with bright ambient exposure before flash - flash just fills/softens interior and improves colors) , bathroom shot was hdr since there was a lot of light and nowhere to really hide the flash.
I tried using flash in sessions, but it wasn't my best performance! I've only been using it in emergencies 🥹 but thanks for the video, it's always good to be able to understand the ways of working and extract something for our daily lives!
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I had my first "big" home photo shoot with one of the biggest realtors in my city. I used your tutorials for Classic Lightroom editing; and now I am her main photographer and she is passing my name all over the city.
Thank you. You have literally helped change my life. I just wanted to share that with you because, I would want to know if my content did the same for someone.
Thanks for sharing! Super proud of you 👏👏👏🫡 Keep it up
I'm learning a lot from your videos. My question is what are you looking for in the ambient shot? Is it an exposure that protects the highlights (like light bulbs) from blowing out, to bring up the shadow areas somewhat or somewhere halfway in between, then adding flash to balance out the light? I get confused on how I should be exposing for the ambient shot!
For these, it’s basically getting the highlights as bright as possible while being recoverable still and then adding fill to soften the lighting and help with colors. If window views are crucial it’s a little different and I’ll do a darker shot too with the window view exposed better
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Thanks! That's a real help.
Nice update Taylor. The 360 adds to the BTS dynamic. Happy Holidays, enjoy the time with your family.
Thanks!! Pretty fun to use. Next time I’ll probably not use the audio though lol. You too :)
So simple and clean results! More vlogtorials too 🤙🏻
Thanks dude ! Maybe next one in HTX 🤙🫡
This video is so good, just rewatched it. So many tips throughout and the 360 cam really helped document the whole thing step by step. Would encourage more videos like this even if it's most of what you just did but in another home.
Thanks !! Will be doing a lot more this year :)
Great work. Beautiful house!
Great video! Beautiful home too. I'd love to see how you'd shoot a quick real-estate walkthrough video for this home too.
Thanks!! Coming up in my video basics course 😁
Home isn't beautiful ...
Solid video, curious why you would use a gel rather than adjust WB in post?
It changes the actual colors so sometimes it works better so the interior + interior lights are the same color so it looks like they are lighting it (vs one being too orange or blue)
Super cool!
Thanks !!
You need to have a vlog or something. I love this style of video
Haha thanks! Fun to make :) like just normal stuff ?
Yes. Like Gyasi Linje. Mix up the lifestyle with the real estate like he mixes lifestyle with software.
I’ll check it out. Thanks for the input :) Always hard to gauge how much time people will want to spend watching anything less informative.
Man this makes me miss living on the coast!
So nice out there! This was in Bald Head Island NC. Where were you ?
Thank you for the tips!
Great stuff 🤝🏽
Thanks so much!
Flash gives and unnatural look. Picture with flash is easily noticeable.
I would better use the harsh sun light as composition and just go down highlights on post. Mayne an american way of doing arch photos.
Thanks for sharing. Great video ;)
Thanks for sharing! I like lights off + natural light better too for composition too for architecture / design.
What are you using to trip the camera and strobe remotely? Thanks
Just the 2 or 10 second timer on the camera works most of the time.
Hey Taylor,
I'm looking for a gear (camera, drone, lenses, gimbal, etc) under 3k to shoot real estate. What would you recommend me to buy?
I'd really be thankful if you could help me.
Thanks :)
Edit: Love your work, keep it up.
Thanks for the video. Regarding brackecting, do you recommand 5 or 3 different exposures. Thanks in advance
For sure! Depends. If there’s more dynamic range needed, 5 is great but most of the time 3 is plenty when shooting RAW.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Thanks
For sure!
7:08 harsh lines are awesome....
Agreed!
Hey love the content. Wanted to know if you have color presets/LUTs for final cut or just for premier pro. Thanks!
Hey! Thanks so much. Not right now but I’ll be working on new ones soon.
Hey Taylor, awesome videos as always. Do you use a colour card when you're shooting or are you correcting in post all the time? Do you colour calibrate your monitors?
Thanks! I just color correct in post. I just got a new monitor that’s color calibrated and have definitely noticed a difference being able to switch between color profiles (mac, rgb and rec709) so it’s probably worth doing!
For the bathroom shot. What is the purpose of bracketing? Would a single shot not have enough dynamic range for that? Genuine question! I appreciate the tips !!
Yeah! To get the cleanest shadows and highlights. Helps a lot !
Nice video! Have you started using the Insta 360 as a walkthrough option for your clients? 16mm for your wide shots?
Thanks!! Noo probably not going to since I can already do other better quality work with my other cameras. Might be fun to get a creative shot or 360 time lapse with every once in a while though!
What flash do you use? How do I connect it to the camera?
Hey! It’s the V1C but I’d recommend their other model that’s similar but shaped more like a normal speed light. Same capabilities for real estate but cheaper. Here’s a vid I did on how to set it up -
ruclips.net/video/5zEhzJkFyBY/видео.html
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Thanks a lot for the reply. I will study it thoroughly. I still have one more problem. The hotel rooms have yellow light and the image become very yellow. How do I get rid of the yellowness? Maybe you have made another video about it? Thanks again.
@ZackTuNan mostly just overpower it with flash or you could use an orange gel to match it and put the white balance around 3200 so it looks more like daylight. Different looks so test it out and see what works better for you.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo thank you so much man. You are very resourceful. I am starting out. Will watch all of your videos.
What’s the name of the flash device you use?
Hey! It’s the godox v1 flash and x pro trigger. Links are under the video description if you want to check them out :) love the flash though!
How many pictures would you consider standard delivery for say a 3 bedroom house on average. I find myself doing about 30, sometimes 5 shots per bedroom and can't help but feel I'm over shooting
Great question! I try not to over think it and just make sure to cover everything as good as I can. But that sounds about right for 30, but i would adjust the max per important bedroom to 3 , normal bedrooms 1-2 and living / dining areas might end up 3-5 per area.
I exclusively do HDR right now. Do you find that using flash helps reduce time doing window pulls in post? I have that same Godox flash, but haven’t used it in this context.
Hey! Not sure if it saves time depending on your HDR workflow but it can work great and is pretty easy.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I’ll have to try it out at home. Your photos look great so it seems worth a shot!
@@stephengphotography Thanks!! Always worth a try to see what works for you
how do you shoot with the godox are you using self timer ?
Yeah! I have the 2 second or 10 second self timer on the camera while shooting interiors which gives time to position the flash and reduces the chance the image will be shaky/blurry on accident. Works great to use a remote trigger too or their mobile app to be even more careful but I just usually do this for the simplicity of it.
I just bought an AD200 pro and I'm struggling to photograph my home (to practice) The dining room has a light blue ceiling which I thought you're not supposed to reflect off because of color casts. But if I point the flash at anything besides the ceiling, the shadows are crazy especially off the chandelier. So i tried to take one shot with flash pointing to the right side of the room and onen with it pointing to the left side but then when I merge them the colors of the walls and shadows make it super frustrating. Any tips?
Totally understand! Yeah, just do it off the ceiling anyways. I’d focus most on getting the light shape to look how you want it to at this point and just color correct the slight blue tint by making it a little warmer in editing. Most houses aren’t going to have the perfect scenario for flash so working with things like that is normal. Only real solutions would be to use a white pop up reflector or use an umbrella or small modifier softbox to do direct flash but it’s hard to get it to be super soft in tight spaces doing that.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I'm going to give that a try now! Good idea using a reflector I'll have to pick one up. I'm so used to HDR, using a light is a whole nother game! It seems like getting a circular head would be beneficial as well.
@@kyleschwartz. Yeah! It's a weird adjustment. I'd also recommend try starting out by only adding a little bit of the flash to fill in the room. Don't start out doing anything super complicated.. For that, set the ambient exposure where the windows + lights are almost/slightly overexposed and use the flash to fill in the interior. That way you won't cause as many harsh shadows and the photos will look better straight out of camera - and build from there if you're wanting to go more complicated with other techniques.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo will do, step by step! I'll be a regular around here from now on
@@kyleschwartz. Nice! 🙂
#lightsoffgang lol you coulda left the text on a bit longer
Haha only person who saw that 🤌
How much did you film at bhi?
A lot! That’s why I went early haha
Im not totally sure what you are doing. Are you doing hdr and a flash ?
Hey! Room shot was with flash (1 layer in-camera with bright ambient exposure before flash - flash just fills/softens interior and improves colors) , bathroom shot was hdr since there was a lot of light and nowhere to really hide the flash.
. So when you use flash, you are not doing hdr? Just one image.
@MichaelCTruth yup! Either one or more images to combine in the edit.
Here’s a video I did with examples of a bunch of approaches to flash stuff, might help!
ruclips.net/video/Gly3VY4zUG8/видео.html
. Thanks, they look fabulous.
title : 1 minute
the video : 10 minute
1 min per photo 😆
why do interior photographers use flash... its so damn useless.
I think mostly because realtors ask for lighting to be on all the time so it helps if that throws things off.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo well I am in to interior photography for years and the first thing I do is putting off all the lights in evry room
Nice!! I prefer the natural look you can get shooting that way.
I tried using flash in sessions, but it wasn't my best performance! I've only been using it in emergencies 🥹 but thanks for the video, it's always good to be able to understand the ways of working and extract something for our daily lives!
Thanks for sharing! Your work always looks great either way 👏
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Thank you!