Thanks Taylor.... this is a great video that I circled back to. You did a fantastic job of explaining the editing and kept it simple. Much appreciated.
Excellent! I'm making my way into real estate photography, struggling with lighting, so this helps big time! Love your examples! Beautiful and crisp! I subscribed because of this video. Thank you and please keep making content!
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Fingers crossed! Watching your check list video for real estate videography as we speak! 👍 I have one coming up this Saturday on an island in a lake! Woo-hoo! 😁
Love love LOVE your content!! Thank you for sharing with us your tips and tricks. My question for you is what steps did you initially take when starting real estate photography? I'm currently in design school and I'm more drawn to photography. I've been photographing for a few years now as a hobby so it's nothing new to me. I just don't know where and how to start.
Thanks so much!! Glad your loving the channel 🤙🏻 I actually started photography by working with a real estate photo company and kept going from there ! Definitely a lot of ways to get into it but the #1 thing is to be good to work with, learn/ask what people need, and constantly learn more about how to make them stand out and over time you’ll build up a network of clients ✅✅ Most real estate photo companies don’t do any portraits or anything like that, so if you’re able to provide that too it’s something that can help you stand out , and the clients as well. Check out the first part of this video , I’ve got some good strategies at the end of the vid for how to make a portfolio and network :) might need to make a full video on “how to start” soon! Hang in there and it’ll work out!
The vertical auto in Lightroom is usually wrong at correcting for you. However, the same tool in Camera Raw is correct 90% of the time. I find myself using ACR more often just for this tool
You do have a good point about HDR and images that perhaps don't look "realistic" but I also tend to keep in mind that it also can be a creative choice too and I think that's what's partially the fun part about photography. Many people say will say things like "my images show you what I saw through the viewfinder" but I think some people also take this too literally. What we "see" can have different meanings as Im sure most experienced photographers know, so even though I may see a pretty flat scene literally, in my mind, I may see a super saturated scene. Of course, where I think most people have a problem with such types of HDR is when someone passes it off as natural or out of the camera or both. There is creative HDR and there is realistic HDR.
Hey thanks Taylor, you kept it simple and less time consuming. Many videos show very time consuming techniques which when factored in with all the other work involved in shooting real estate seem to make it less profitable too.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I am in looking into this field to see if it is a good choice for me to pursue actually. I've been shooting landscapes for quite some time but real estate is very different. Miami should be a good market however.
Great video, ive been trawling through tons of super complicated you tubes, that where just not practical, i tried this whilst watching video boom great results
Thank you TH-cam algorithm for pointing me to this channel. Definitely do a tutorial on using flash like you mentioned at the end of the vid for large spaces (just watched your vid from the hotel room with flash). Smashed the like and subscribe! 👊
Thanks for the support!! For large spaces the main difference is you need your flash power turned up higher, and might need a few more alt. images to work with!
If you haven't already I would love to see a video explaining more about how you use your OCF for interiors. I'm currently using a flambient method but feel like it is taking me WAY to long to shoot a property. I would love to see more of your on-site workflow.
You might like this one. It's pretty quick & simple with most of it just being done in camera in one shot. th-cam.com/video/9Zh5zQuDXks/w-d-xo.html Depends on how in-depth you're wanting to go with your images though creatively! Here's another one with some different examples w/editing to compare th-cam.com/video/Gly3VY4zUG8/w-d-xo.html
Enjoyed your video and like you I prefer to use flash and ambient. I have played around with this in LR but I don't think it gives you enough dynamic range when you want to show an attractive exterior. Really nice photos but many don't have dark enough exteriors to show off the beach setting. One photo shows a darker exterior yet the life is lost inside. I find I spend extra time working on the windows in LR and you might as well have just used flash with a window pull. None of this matter of course if there's nothing to see outside.
Taylor.........Thanks you for showing how to white balance a white room. I've always used Luminar-3 but I get a slight yellow tint. Not much you can tell until you compare it side by side with one that I did your way. The eyedropper in Lightroom apparently works the same way in Luminar 3 with the Temperature adjustments. When placing the finished work side by side I was both surprised and excited over how the white room with black accents looked. Thank you for your video!
That’s awesome !! Doesn’t always work 100% but is a good starting point. Another thing that helps is if you change your editing program appearance to have a white background so you can compare easily while editing
Hey Taylor, thanks so much for the amazing content- getting into this as well as brand/lifestyle work. Silly question- when using HDR do you do -3 stops , 0 and +3 stops ? i saw in one of your other videos thats what you have but just want to make sure its not like 1/3rd or something. Thanks in advance :)
Thanks!! Excited for you. To be honest if your camera has good dynamic range and you’re shooting RAW in most cases -2, 0 and +2 is better because the images are easier for Lightroom to line up for post processing. Or even just -2 +1 works most of the time. You can also eyeball it and just shoot your dark image where nothing looks blown out, middle image where it looks good as a one exposure shot, and bright layer where you can see some more detail in the darkest spots in the frame. 👍
Hey Taylor, I just subscribed to your channel. Good info!! I'm starting to do a little real estate photos and I'm struggling to keep my HDR interior edits looking consistent in lightroom. Any suggestions? Also I shot a house a few weeks ago, and all the bedrooms were different colors (bright yellow, lime green, bright blue). Would you do anything different in lightroom to compensate for all the differences in color?
Hey !! Those sound rough. Just make sure to set your white balance to something neutral in the room, and you can also use the HSL sliders to tone down some of those colors if they’re too much to get a more natural look. Hope that helps! Check out my vids on off camera flash, you might like that more :) really comes in handy in those situations where light is reflecting everywhere and casting bad colors on things!
Hey Taylor, awesome video, do you have any tips about the highlights in windows? Would taking 5 exposures help instead of just 3? Been doing real estate media for a long time now, but can't seem to avoid blowing out windows except when I get lucky, thank you dude!
Hey! That should help, but for me the easiest way has been to just use flash so there's less of a difference in the outside exposure vs inside exposure. Also shooting earlier or later in the day so the light is lower outside can help too for HDR but obviously thats not practical for every shoot! lol.
I’ll admit that I’m easily swayed by the HDR look - especially when it’s a home with a pool; I just love the way the water looks. But you’re absolutely right - it looks super unnatural. Thanks for the video; it helps a lot when I do my own editing - love your content!
Thanks!! It’s a great option. I mostly like using HDR for outdoors shots if there’s a big contrast difference like a shaded patio looking out or something similar. Also for more creative / architectural work where it might make more sense to show the architectural elements. Can always shoot the bracket and not use it in the edit if you don’t need to for backup :)
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I usually shoot brackets outdoors as well, then manually blend them. Having the brights and darks available if I need them is better than not having them at all!
I just set it to high if there’s any movement in the shot like trees in the wind and stuff like that ! Doesn’t hurt to have it on all the time just slows things down a bit if it’s not needed
fine! very good! this is not a flambient technique or is a flambient? the real flambient i find it very slow..but to use the flash only in the area where needed i find it better! more natural and not so blueish
Thank you ! (As a one time payment ) which paid software are best for photo editing ( including background removal, object removal easily) in Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 ? It must have background removal etc. I am not a professional.
Hey! Thanks so much. I don't really do mobile editing often so i'm not sure. I would use LR mobile - their AI is great (but it's not free). I just searched and saw some recommendations for Snapseed - maybe check that out!
hey! Thanks for this video. How do you get the windows to not look blown out? Is that because you took a photo as -3 and then when you pulled the three photos together, they balanced eachother out>? I am challenged by blown-out windows.
Thanks for the feedback! Yes!! Thats basically the whole reason for doing HDR. -3 is for retaining the highlight details, 0 is for your midtowns, and +3 is to get some more shadow details. If you're shooting RAW that makes a big difference too!
Thanks! From using it my best guess is that it helps when there’s moving objects like trees in the wind on exteriors - to reduce them to one shape as much as it can.
Hey! Thanks for this video. Great content. Im bumping into problem - when I merge my photos together and then want to export the file, in the export settings I have and option for Colour Space: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 ?? And then the file is very low quality pixelated ;/ anyone knows what im doing wrong?
Hey! Are you still connected to the storage/hard drive where the original RAW files are? I'm wondering if you might be exporting from the smart previews (lower res copies) or something like that. I'd check that, and see what your settings are on the "image sizing" dropdown tab (in export settings). I just leave mine set with "resize to fit" checked, long edge, 4,500 pixels , 300 pixels per inch. Let me know if that works! Feel free to DM me on instagram to send screenshots so I can see what's happening. instagram.com/taylorrbrown/
9:09 what's your strategy for mitigating this issue for video? The curves hue vs saturation slider panel? I shoot a7iii. I always have issues with log cabins and with beds that have two different bulb colors on the night stands.
Hey! Best thing to do for video is turn them both off 😆 Or bring spare bulbs in your kit in case of emergency (tungsten & daylight temps) But yes you could tone down one or the other with hue/saturation curves or try masking that area + adjusting to balance it. But thats usually not worth the time - better to spend more time on site getting things looking better than having to spend 5x the time in post for me at least.
Really nice vid , subscribed , thanks very much , it would be helpful if you could slow down a bit when showing the sliders etc you are using , all the best.
Thanks so much! Appreciate the feedback :) Definitely will do that next time. For this one, I think you can change the playback to 50% to see slower & screenshot it if you want! Mostly just desaturated some of the yellow and blue to get rid of some color casting to help make the whites more white.
Might want a flash to get the look you’re going for to fill in the interior! But how are you exposing ? Usually works great to do -2,0,+2 bracket and set the exposure with the meter in the middle close to 0 or a little higher if it’s darker. Also HDR usually looks dark after merging if you’re not applying auto settings while Merging but you can adjust it to the right exposure no problem.
Could you make a tutorial on videos shooting where the house is filled with wood such as a log cabin. I work in MD on a lake and all our houses are overwhelmingly wood tones everywhere so the color is tricky
Have you ever tried using a grey card? All you do is take a photo with it in frame and use it as a starting reference point for each area using your WB eyedropper tool (or if you need to, you can also use it to set a custom WB in camera (for video too)) Could also do the same thing with something white you can bring with you like a piece of paper or anything. For OCF you can bring a reflector (white) with you to bounce flash off of as well to get more true to life colors instead of bouncing off brown or other tones that don't reflect well.
Hello Taylor I want to get into RE photography but I would like to know if you can guide me on how to market my to realtors to get my first client. I have a background in portrait photography. Any way you can provide guidance into it?
Hey! Thanks for watching. The biggest thing you need is exposure and a portfolio - do a good job for some people (maybe do some for free to build your portfolio) and word will get out over time. Check out the end of my last video (around 8:45) I've got some more tips for getting started in the industry! th-cam.com/video/aCO0XwfWScs/w-d-xo.html
When you shoot do you use a set ISO like ISO 100 etc or do you use auto exposure? If you use a set ISO like 100 how do you adjust the exposure +3 and -3 ? Im using the sony a7riii and it will only allow me to adjust the exposure dial when in auto iso, but this is introducing heaps of noise into my images when merged in HDR.
Hey!! You've got one of the best setups for this! You've definitely got to switch over to full manual mode & set up auto-bracketing. Check out this video - it explains how to set it up on your camera & make your life a lot easier :) th-cam.com/video/pn5mVQx4FZQ/w-d-xo.html
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo hi! Thx for getting back to me!!! It’s attached to the left side of your camera, and it looks like a live-view screen. There’s a close-up shot of it at :53 minute mark.
What do you mean by -3 and +3 exposure. Just 3 stops down and 3 stops up from your middle setting? Also would you ever recommend shooting with the built in camera HDR setting or no since u can only shoot in JPEG when using that?
Exactly! When you set your bracketing you can choose different values for the three shots depending on how dynamic the shot is. But 3 is a safe bet for most anything! You can if it works for what you need, you’ll just have way less room to edit in post if you shoot jpeg.
Hey Taylor, dumb question here. Under my histogram it shows the crop tool, healing tool, and masking tool, ect. How do I change it to your layout to use those tools?
Great video :) I would like to buy your presets but with tax here in infamy is around 50$… do you have them anytime in discount? Because for presets is really a lot of money, thanks
Hey Taylor! Tell me if I'm crazy, but I usually shoot my interiors without flash, 5 image HDR photos and balance the exposure in different parts of the rooms with the brush tool... Is the flash to overcome the tungsten lighting?
Hey! Speedlight (handheld) mostly, and a more powerful speedlight on a stand if needed . Mostly manual but TTL if it’s working for the space since it can be faster. Here’s a video all about my setup if you want to see ! th-cam.com/video/XJgS89SvfRw/w-d-xo.html
Great tutorial -- I never understood why so many people like the overly stylized HDR look that seems dominant in real estate photography. Do you know if this same process can be done with 5 bracket HDR (-4, -2, 0 +2, +4)?
Thanks Taylor. Quick question - if client wants to see all the RAWs before making a selection, but if you've bracketed images (& know RAWs don't look good), what to do in this case? Cheers.
Hey! Thanks for the question. If that’s something you want to do, They could still choose the angle they prefer based on unedited photos - just help them understand they’re picking based on that and they’re not edited and they will probably understand (maybe show middle bracket shots?). Typically I just send everything (edited) to cut down on back and forth communication & waiting for responses / uploading multiple times etc. to speed things up and get projects finished.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Thanks Taylor. That's actually how I've done it in the past and I agree, it's quicker so will just keep doing that. It also presents better psychologically. :)
You should be using manual white balance and a gray card instead of Eye dropping in the image. Whites can be affected in the image by surrounding color
What do you do when shooting interiors with poor/mixed lighting which exceeds the ability to fix by simply adjusting HSL? I highly dislike the look of interior HDR photos lit by whatever lighting happens to be there (especially when you also have bright windows/glass doors, then you also have to deal with the lovely issue of polarized light/haze).I have clients who require that all the lights be turned on regardless of color temp while making sure the exterior is not blown which results in some really nasty exposure/WB imbalances (sometimes over 5 EV in difference). I tried some apps like Aurora HDR but they are slower to use than just staying in LR if you have to do any local adjustments. I usually end up having to do flambient but that is a much slower workflow and presents its own challenges. It would be great if there were some AI-powered exposure + white balancing tools specifically made for RE.
I feel ya! I do the same (90% of the time i use OCF to fill and fix mixed lighting, and sometimes HDR to keep the natural look for interior designers sometimes) I guess it’s just best to know a variety of strategies that cover all the situations you might be in! Sounds like you’re doing great 👍
This is so helpful, Taylor! Thank you! 🙏🏽 I’m having an issue with the windows being extremely blown out ( -2, 0,+2 bracketed) Shooting a house facing east & west in the late afternoon / evenings for reference Can anyone please help this noob? 😂
Are you shooting RAW Photos? Might need to switch to +-3 or just expose darker and bring it back up in the edit - Your darkest exposure shouldn't have anything blown out.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Gonna be honest, totally didn't realize there was a Lightroom and a Lightroom Classic! I couldn't figure out why mine looked different than yours.
thanks for the tutorial. This is my first time doing this. Is there a reason when I select them all in lightroom and right click to merge HDR it doesn't let me. I have my camera set o RAW settings but am I missing something. I'm using the Canon R6
@@karahanes4407 It could be that some of the layers are too dark so LR is not picking up on shapes / information. If that's the case you can try shooting with a bit higher exposure ( +1 on exposure meter) to see if that works better. Might work fine with just 2 though since RAW photos have so much information / dynamic range.
Some cameras have auto-bracket options, so you could set that to -2, 0, +2 , That's the easy way to get started! I just manually set them though, so I set one exposure where no highlights are over exposed (-2), one where the inside looks pretty well exposed, and histogram curve is mostly in the. middle (0), and one where I can see more details in shadow areas (+2)
Are you shooting RAW photos ? That’s the best for more editing room. Also for exposures, instead of thinking levels think about it this way: what you need is one shot that nothing is over exposed (windows, lights etc) , one shot that everything inside isn’t over exposed, and one where the dark parts of the inside are visible. If you’ve got those, you should have everything covered for editing ! Let me know if that works :)
Whenever I blend exosures using lightrooms HDR, the resulting image internals are still WAY underexposed for real estate standards with the highlights in the windows blown out too much (for real estate standards). This is with some fill flash on each frame which I though would have lifted the final image. I can almost (but not quite) get a similar result manipulating just one raw file.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo cool. I've been doing mostly off camera flash for a couple years because I couldn't get hdr to work well. I'll go check it out!
Suuuuper helpful!! That dropper tool was like magic!
Pretty much! Always at least a good starting reference if you're not using a Gray Card or anything like that.
Thanks Taylor.... this is a great video that I circled back to. You did a fantastic job of explaining the editing and kept it simple. Much appreciated.
Hey!! That's so great to hear! Thanks for sharing. Let me know if there's any more info you'd like to see on future ones. :)
What a great video! So informative! Thanks dude 🙌
Thank you so much for this!! Super insightful and really helpful! :)
For sure! Glad it was helpful :)
Great tutorial! I like the way you explain things and show the result. Very good! Thank you for sharing this information!
Thanks for the feedback! Hope it helped ya :)
So good! We edit HDR images really similar! I’d be interested in the flash / ambient tutorial. Great job man!
Andrei Restrepo ok! Just going to need you to film it
Excellent! I'm making my way into real estate photography, struggling with lighting, so this helps big time! Love your examples! Beautiful and crisp! I subscribed because of this video. Thank you and please keep making content!
Thanks Clay! You’ll get it 👍👍
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Fingers crossed! Watching your check list video for real estate videography as we speak! 👍 I have one coming up this Saturday on an island in a lake! Woo-hoo! 😁
That will be fun 🤙🏻
Another killer video man, amazing tips and usual. Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks! As always lmk if there’s anything you want to see more of ✌️
WOW! This is incredibly helpful. Thank you!!
Awesome to hear ! Thanks for sharing :)
Love love LOVE your content!! Thank you for sharing with us your tips and tricks. My question for you is what steps did you initially take when starting real estate photography? I'm currently in design school and I'm more drawn to photography. I've been photographing for a few years now as a hobby so it's nothing new to me. I just don't know where and how to start.
Thanks so much!! Glad your loving the channel 🤙🏻 I actually started photography by working with a real estate photo company and kept going from there ! Definitely a lot of ways to get into it but the #1 thing is to be good to work with, learn/ask what people need, and constantly learn more about how to make them stand out and over time you’ll build up a network of clients ✅✅ Most real estate photo companies don’t do any portraits or anything like that, so if you’re able to provide that too it’s something that can help you stand out , and the clients as well. Check out the first part of this video , I’ve got some good strategies at the end of the vid for how to make a portfolio and network :) might need to make a full video on “how to start” soon! Hang in there and it’ll work out!
Best of luck
That guided transform tip! 👌 Thank-you! Just getting into real estate photography & this video was all around 🔥.
Definitely helps on those tricky ones !! Thanks so much for the support 😁
The vertical auto in Lightroom is usually wrong at correcting for you. However, the same tool in Camera Raw is correct 90% of the time. I find myself using ACR more often just for this tool
Nice ! Wish it worked better :)
so good! love all the info i got from this video!
Thanks for checking it out!! Glad to hear :D Let me know what other questions I can help with!
You do have a good point about HDR and images that perhaps don't look "realistic" but I also tend to keep in mind that it also can be a creative choice too and I think that's what's partially the fun part about photography. Many people say will say things like "my images show you what I saw through the viewfinder" but I think some people also take this too literally. What we "see" can have different meanings as Im sure most experienced photographers know, so even though I may see a pretty flat scene literally, in my mind, I may see a super saturated scene. Of course, where I think most people have a problem with such types of HDR is when someone passes it off as natural or out of the camera or both. There is creative HDR and there is realistic HDR.
I usually use a cooling filter in photoshop but this def works too, thanks.
Nice!! Thanks for the feedback :)
Excellent! Learned so much practical help in such a short time. No gobbledygook or long-windedness. Subscribed to learn more.
Thanks for the support !! :)
Hey thanks Taylor, you kept it simple and less time consuming. Many videos show very time consuming techniques which when factored in with all the other work involved in shooting real estate seem to make it less profitable too.
Thanks! Hope it saves you some time :)
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I am in looking into this field to see if it is a good choice for me to pursue actually. I've been shooting landscapes for quite some time but real estate is very different. Miami should be a good market however.
For sure !
Yes please! Tutorial for off camera flash! Great job Taylor.
Maciej Bogusz thanks for checking out my vids ! Will be working on one. Let me know if you have any questions I can cover
Just posted the off camera flash vid!
Thanks! You cleared fee major confusions!
Awesome! What are you working on learning?
Such a straightforward tutorial. I'm just getting started on interior photography and you've just helped me a ton!
Thanks for sharing! How’s it going for you so far / how are you liking it ?
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo recently booked a photoshoot for a new urban hotel and those editing tips have been more than helpful.
That sounds fun! Keep it up. 👏
Hey just ran into this video im getting into real estate you have any new updated videos for this?
Great video, ive been trawling through tons of super complicated you tubes, that where just not practical, i tried this whilst watching video boom great results
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. Glad it helped you :)
great tips mate. Thank you
Hope it helps! Thanks for the comment
Thank you TH-cam algorithm for pointing me to this channel.
Definitely do a tutorial on using flash like you mentioned at the end of the vid for large spaces (just watched your vid from the hotel room with flash).
Smashed the like and subscribe! 👊
Thanks for the support!! For large spaces the main difference is you need your flash power turned up higher, and might need a few more alt. images to work with!
Thanks - Great little tutorial
Extremely helpful, man. Simple and to the point. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment! Glad it helped ya
I personally prefer more window detail
Thanks a lot for this wonderful ideas.
Hey Nathaniel! Thanks so much for checking out the video. Hope the channel helps you 🙂
Finally I got something I was looking for from a long time ago
Thanks man for this information
Would love to see a vid on off camera flash. Thanks for this vid, I learned some new things.
Just posted the off camera flash vid!
Thanks Taylor, I appreciate the hard work you put into these videos!!
Would love to see how you use off camera flash for your interiors thanks. Great videos!
Thanks!! Check out my other videos, I’ve done a lot on it since this one :)
If you haven't already I would love to see a video explaining more about how you use your OCF for interiors. I'm currently using a flambient method but feel like it is taking me WAY to long to shoot a property. I would love to see more of your on-site workflow.
You might like this one. It's pretty quick & simple with most of it just being done in camera in one shot. th-cam.com/video/9Zh5zQuDXks/w-d-xo.html Depends on how in-depth you're wanting to go with your images though creatively! Here's another one with some different examples w/editing to compare th-cam.com/video/Gly3VY4zUG8/w-d-xo.html
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo thank you!!
Double thumbs up. I'm glad I came across your video at the right time. Thank you for sharing. 👍🏾👍🏾
Glad you did! Thanks for checking it out :)
Hey man! This video ruled. Needed to see this.
Thanks for sharing! Glad it got to you
Enjoyed your video and like you I prefer to use flash and ambient. I have played around with this in LR but I don't think it gives you enough dynamic range when you want to show an attractive exterior. Really nice photos but many don't have dark enough exteriors to show off the beach setting. One photo shows a darker exterior yet the life is lost inside. I find I spend extra time working on the windows in LR and you might as well have just used flash with a window pull. None of this matter of course if there's nothing to see outside.
Thanks!! I want to make a similar one about making “flambient” more natural, too! Love how it gives you much more control and consistent results.
Taylor.........Thanks you for showing how to white balance a white room. I've always used Luminar-3 but I get a slight yellow tint. Not much you can tell until you compare it side by side with one that I did your way. The eyedropper in Lightroom apparently works the same way in Luminar 3 with the Temperature adjustments. When placing the finished work side by side I was both surprised and excited over how the white room with black accents looked. Thank you for your video!
That’s awesome !! Doesn’t always work 100% but is a good starting point. Another thing that helps is if you change your editing program appearance to have a white background so you can compare easily while editing
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo ....As a matter of fact, my background is dark. I'll try your way of a white background!
Great stuff man!
Thanks so much! Hope it was helpful
Hey Taylor, thanks so much for the amazing content- getting into this as well as brand/lifestyle work. Silly question- when using HDR do you do -3 stops , 0 and +3 stops ? i saw in one of your other videos thats what you have but just want to make sure its not like 1/3rd or something. Thanks in advance :)
Thanks!! Excited for you. To be honest if your camera has good dynamic range and you’re shooting RAW in most cases -2, 0 and +2 is better because the images are easier for Lightroom to line up for post processing. Or even just -2 +1 works most of the time. You can also eyeball it and just shoot your dark image where nothing looks blown out, middle image where it looks good as a one exposure shot, and bright layer where you can see some more detail in the darkest spots in the frame. 👍
Love this, keep it up!
Thanks!! Working on finishing up a course filmed at this same house! Stay tuned :) -TB
This was such a helpful video!!!!
Thanks for the comment 😊
Hey Taylor, I just subscribed to your channel. Good info!! I'm starting to do a little real estate photos and I'm struggling to keep my HDR interior edits looking consistent in lightroom. Any suggestions?
Also I shot a house a few weeks ago, and all the bedrooms were different colors (bright yellow, lime green, bright blue). Would you do anything different in lightroom to compensate for all the differences in color?
Hey !! Those sound rough. Just make sure to set your white balance to something neutral in the room, and you can also use the HSL sliders to tone down some of those colors if they’re too much to get a more natural look. Hope that helps! Check out my vids on off camera flash, you might like that more :) really comes in handy in those situations where light is reflecting everywhere and casting bad colors on things!
I really love your channel thanks a lot
Hey!! Thanks so much for checking it out :)
Super helpful Thanks :D
Awesome!
good video man for HDR. The only thing I suggest is, especially for a view home like this is to use your flash as a layer to get the views
Definitely the way to go 👍👍 Love OCF
Thanks so much!🙏
Hope it was helpful! :)
Hi! Thanks for the video! Would be great to see that flash tutorial if possible. All the channel is really helpful. Congrats from Argentina
Thanks! Check the more recent videos, there are several up now + BTS :)
Your How To videos are the best! You should think about creating an online course - I'd buy it! 👍
Thanks !!! Definitely on the plans for this year :) Let me know if you have any ideas for topics to cover !
Hey Taylor, awesome video, do you have any tips about the highlights in windows? Would taking 5 exposures help instead of just 3? Been doing real estate media for a long time now, but can't seem to avoid blowing out windows except when I get lucky, thank you dude!
Hey! That should help, but for me the easiest way has been to just use flash so there's less of a difference in the outside exposure vs inside exposure. Also shooting earlier or later in the day so the light is lower outside can help too for HDR but obviously thats not practical for every shoot! lol.
Excellent teacher !!!
Thanks for the feedback 👍👍
Thanks for sharing!
Glad to! Hope it helped.
Very very good video. Much info! Which version of lightroom are you using?
Classic ! Just never switched to CC 🤷♂️
Great tips dude. Good and top quality stuff
Thanks for the support!! Hows your stuff going?
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I haven’t edited anything in a long while. Been posting on IG though. I have two vids to edit and get out lol.
@@twowheeledwaffle7847 Nice!! Same. Trying not to rush things.
Thank you bro! What metering mode do you use for HDR?
Just ambient & I just do them manually
Would love to have you critique some photos I've done using this method if you have time. Great videos! Keep them coming!
For sure ! Shoot me an email at taylorrbrown@icloud.com
I’ll admit that I’m easily swayed by the HDR look - especially when it’s a home with a pool; I just love the way the water looks. But you’re absolutely right - it looks super unnatural. Thanks for the video; it helps a lot when I do my own editing - love your content!
Thanks!! It’s a great option. I mostly like using HDR for outdoors shots if there’s a big contrast difference like a shaded patio looking out or something similar. Also for more creative / architectural work where it might make more sense to show the architectural elements. Can always shoot the bracket and not use it in the edit if you don’t need to for backup :)
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I usually shoot brackets outdoors as well, then manually blend them. Having the brights and darks available if I need them is better than not having them at all!
Thanks! Thanks! Super
well explained
Great video❤
Thanks!
Thank you!
Thanks for checking out the channel!!
Great Video thanks
Thanks Melanie! Let me know if there’s any specifics you’d like to see covered in the future 😁
When merging photos, what is your recommendation on deghosting, and what level?
I just set it to high if there’s any movement in the shot like trees in the wind and stuff like that ! Doesn’t hurt to have it on all the time just slows things down a bit if it’s not needed
fine! very good! this is not a flambient technique or is a flambient? the real flambient i find it very slow..but to use the flash only in the area where needed i find it better! more natural and not so blueish
Great video man. Very informative. Quick question.. where can I send you some photos for critiquing? You're awesome bro.
Thanks! Feel free to send me an email taylorrbrown@yahoo.com
Thank you ! (As a one time payment ) which paid software are best for photo editing ( including background removal, object removal easily) in Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 ? It must have background removal etc. I am not a professional.
Hey! Thanks so much. I don't really do mobile editing often so i'm not sure. I would use LR mobile - their AI is great (but it's not free). I just searched and saw some recommendations for Snapseed - maybe check that out!
Excellent, subscribed!
Thanks so much for the support! Welcome :)
hey! Thanks for this video. How do you get the windows to not look blown out? Is that because you took a photo as -3 and then when you pulled the three photos together, they balanced eachother out>? I am challenged by blown-out windows.
Thanks for the feedback! Yes!! Thats basically the whole reason for doing HDR. -3 is for retaining the highlight details, 0 is for your midtowns, and +3 is to get some more shadow details. If you're shooting RAW that makes a big difference too!
Amazing video man
Thanks ! Hope it was helpful 👍👍 What kinds of things are you looking to learn ?
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo im looking to learn exactly what you're teaching. Real estate photography n video.
can you please to a update on exporting the photos on Lightroom to keep the best quality for real estate photo for mls and Zillow please
Great video! Super helpful! When I combine the photos in light room, there is an option to deghost the picture. What is that?
Thanks! From using it my best guess is that it helps when there’s moving objects like trees in the wind on exteriors - to reduce them to one shape as much as it can.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo That's what I was thinking too. Thanks!
Hey! Thanks for this video. Great content. Im bumping into problem - when I merge my photos together and then want to export the file, in the export settings I have and option for Colour Space: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 ?? And then the file is very low quality pixelated ;/ anyone knows what im doing wrong?
Hey! Are you still connected to the storage/hard drive where the original RAW files are? I'm wondering if you might be exporting from the smart previews (lower res copies) or something like that. I'd check that, and see what your settings are on the "image sizing" dropdown tab (in export settings). I just leave mine set with "resize to fit" checked, long edge, 4,500 pixels , 300 pixels per inch. Let me know if that works! Feel free to DM me on instagram to send screenshots so I can see what's happening. instagram.com/taylorrbrown/
Thank you brother.
I appreciate you!
9:09 what's your strategy for mitigating this issue for video? The curves hue vs saturation slider panel? I shoot a7iii. I always have issues with log cabins and with beds that have two different bulb colors on the night stands.
Hey! Best thing to do for video is turn them both off 😆 Or bring spare bulbs in your kit in case of emergency (tungsten & daylight temps) But yes you could tone down one or the other with hue/saturation curves or try masking that area + adjusting to balance it. But thats usually not worth the time - better to spend more time on site getting things looking better than having to spend 5x the time in post for me at least.
Really nice vid , subscribed , thanks very much , it would be helpful if you could slow down a bit when showing the sliders etc you are using , all the best.
Thanks so much! Appreciate the feedback :) Definitely will do that next time. For this one, I think you can change the playback to 50% to see slower & screenshot it if you want! Mostly just desaturated some of the yellow and blue to get rid of some color casting to help make the whites more white.
I need help I have an Xt3 and used a 3 bracket system, but when i merge it in light room it came out very underexposed? do i need a flashlight maybe
Might want a flash to get the look you’re going for to fill in the interior! But how are you exposing ? Usually works great to do -2,0,+2 bracket and set the exposure with the meter in the middle close to 0 or a little higher if it’s darker. Also HDR usually looks dark after merging if you’re not applying auto settings while
Merging but you can adjust it to the right exposure no problem.
Could you make a tutorial on videos shooting where the house is filled with wood such as a log cabin. I work in MD on a lake and all our houses are overwhelmingly wood tones everywhere so the color is tricky
Have you ever tried using a grey card? All you do is take a photo with it in frame and use it as a starting reference point for each area using your WB eyedropper tool (or if you need to, you can also use it to set a custom WB in camera (for video too)) Could also do the same thing with something white you can bring with you like a piece of paper or anything. For OCF you can bring a reflector (white) with you to bounce flash off of as well to get more true to life colors instead of bouncing off brown or other tones that don't reflect well.
Yep I’d love to see a flash tutorial, there’s a few out there already, but I’d like to see your take. Thx
Hey! Lots on the channel since this video :) Cheers!
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo noticed after I commented how long ago this was posted. Chees
No worries ! Lol thanks for checking it out :)
Hello Taylor I want to get into RE photography but I would like to know if you can guide me on how to market my to realtors to get my first client. I have a background in portrait photography. Any way you can provide guidance into it?
Hey! Thanks for watching. The biggest thing you need is exposure and a portfolio - do a good job for some people (maybe do some for free to build your portfolio) and word will get out over time. Check out the end of my last video (around 8:45) I've got some more tips for getting started in the industry! th-cam.com/video/aCO0XwfWScs/w-d-xo.html
nice one and simple
Thanks for checking out the vids!
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo No, I thank you for sharing, I want to get into the property photog/video game and have a lot to learn.
When you shoot do you use a set ISO like ISO 100 etc or do you use auto exposure? If you use a set ISO like 100 how do you adjust the exposure +3 and -3 ? Im using the sony a7riii and it will only allow me to adjust the exposure dial when in auto iso, but this is introducing heaps of noise into my images when merged in HDR.
Hey!! You've got one of the best setups for this! You've definitely got to switch over to full manual mode & set up auto-bracketing. Check out this video - it explains how to set it up on your camera & make your life a lot easier :) th-cam.com/video/pn5mVQx4FZQ/w-d-xo.html
Thx for the video! What kind of monitor is that connected to your camera? Thank you!
Hey! What monitor ?
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo hi! Thx for getting back to me!!! It’s attached to the left side of your camera, and it looks like a live-view screen. There’s a close-up shot of it at :53 minute mark.
Oh! That’s just the flip / tilt screen that is a part of my camera :) not all cameras have that unfortunately!
When you do an HDR merge, what level do you put it at. Looked like high, what does this mean?
That’s mostly for outdoor shots if something is moving it helps so there’s not as many doubles of branches or things like that in the merged photo
I’d totally appreciate an off camera flash for real estate tutorial
Will do! Its easy, you just have to see things a little different while you're shooting. Usually faster for editing too!
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo I would love to see how you do it!
@@simonomis5246 Thanks for the response :) Will do as soon as I can!
Just posted the off camera flash vid!
You rock dude
You rock
What do you mean by -3 and +3 exposure. Just 3 stops down and 3 stops up from your middle setting? Also would you ever recommend shooting with the built in camera HDR setting or no since u can only shoot in JPEG when using that?
Exactly! When you set your bracketing you can choose different values for the three shots depending on how dynamic the shot is. But 3 is a safe bet for most anything! You can if it works for what you need, you’ll just have way less room to edit in post if you shoot jpeg.
Hey Taylor, dumb question here. Under my histogram it shows the crop tool, healing tool, and masking tool, ect. How do I change it to your layout to use those tools?
Hey! Not dumb. I'm not sure you can now - this was an old video before the AI updates.
Great video :) I would like to buy your presets but with tax here in infamy is around 50$… do you have them anytime in discount? Because for presets is really a lot of money, thanks
Hey Taylor! Tell me if I'm crazy, but I usually shoot my interiors without flash, 5 image HDR photos and balance the exposure in different parts of the rooms with the brush tool... Is the flash to overcome the tungsten lighting?
Pretty much! To get more accurate colors and to soften the light quality.
Great info! When using flash are you using speedlites or storbes? and are you doing manual or ttl?
Hey! Speedlight (handheld) mostly, and a more powerful speedlight on a stand if needed . Mostly manual but TTL if it’s working for the space since it can be faster. Here’s a video all about my setup if you want to see !
th-cam.com/video/XJgS89SvfRw/w-d-xo.html
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo perfect! Thanks man!
When you adjust the file size, do you make sure that it's constraint to just 10mb? If not, how do I do that? Because MLS max is 10mb.
Great question! I set it to 8mb (8000kb I think is what you have to put in the box with LR)
+1 for a additional tutorial on ext flash or more to this topic
Thanks for checking it out!! I have a few more videos up about this since this one, hope they help :)
Great tutorial -- I never understood why so many people like the overly stylized HDR look that seems dominant in real estate photography. Do you know if this same process can be done with 5 bracket HDR (-4, -2, 0 +2, +4)?
Thanks! Yeah, a lot of people use 5 brackets to be safe and some even shoot in jpeg while doing that since combined you'll have tons of range anyways.
Thanks Taylor. Quick question - if client wants to see all the RAWs before making a selection, but if you've bracketed images (& know RAWs don't look good), what to do in this case? Cheers.
Hey! Thanks for the question. If that’s something you want to do, They could still choose the angle they prefer based on unedited photos - just help them understand they’re picking based on that and they’re not edited and they will probably understand (maybe show middle bracket shots?). Typically I just send everything (edited) to cut down on back and forth communication & waiting for responses / uploading multiple times etc. to speed things up and get projects finished.
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Thanks Taylor. That's actually how I've done it in the past and I agree, it's quicker so will just keep doing that. It also presents better psychologically. :)
You should be using manual white balance and a gray card instead of Eye dropping in the image. Whites can be affected in the image by surrounding color
That works great too!
Thanks for the no BS instructions. Good stuff.
For sure! Thanks for the support :)
Thanks for the tutorial. i'd like you to critique my pictures how can i share them?
Thanks! Shoot me an email at taylorrbrown@icloud.com
What do you do when shooting interiors with poor/mixed lighting which exceeds the ability to fix by simply adjusting HSL? I highly dislike the look of interior HDR photos lit by whatever lighting happens to be there (especially when you also have bright windows/glass doors, then you also have to deal with the lovely issue of polarized light/haze).I have clients who require that all the lights be turned on regardless of color temp while making sure the exterior is not blown which results in some really nasty exposure/WB imbalances (sometimes over 5 EV in difference). I tried some apps like Aurora HDR but they are slower to use than just staying in LR if you have to do any local adjustments. I usually end up having to do flambient but that is a much slower workflow and presents its own challenges. It would be great if there were some AI-powered exposure + white balancing tools specifically made for RE.
I feel ya! I do the same (90% of the time i use OCF to fill and fix mixed lighting, and sometimes HDR to keep the natural look for interior designers sometimes) I guess it’s just best to know a variety of strategies that cover all the situations you might be in! Sounds like you’re doing great 👍
This is so helpful, Taylor! Thank you! 🙏🏽
I’m having an issue with the windows being extremely blown out ( -2, 0,+2 bracketed)
Shooting a house facing east & west in the late afternoon / evenings for reference
Can anyone please help this noob? 😂
Are you shooting RAW Photos? Might need to switch to +-3 or just expose darker and bring it back up in the edit - Your darkest exposure shouldn't have anything blown out.
Fantastic video. Keep it up!
Hope it was helpful! Thanks for the support :)
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo Gonna be honest, totally didn't realize there was a Lightroom and a Lightroom Classic! I couldn't figure out why mine looked different than yours.
@@partypaulradio Hah! I just didn't make the switch yet. The new version looks cool though!
thanks for the tutorial. This is my first time doing this. Is there a reason when I select them all in lightroom and right click to merge HDR it doesn't let me. I have my camera set o RAW settings but am I missing something. I'm using the Canon R6
Are you selecting all of your photos from the shoot or just the group that needs to be merged together?
Just the cluster of images. It did four. It looks like it’ll
Let me do only the last two together from the set
@@karahanes4407 It could be that some of the layers are too dark so LR is not picking up on shapes / information. If that's the case you can try shooting with a bit higher exposure ( +1 on exposure meter) to see if that works better. Might work fine with just 2 though since RAW photos have so much information / dynamic range.
Can I ask what app you are working on to edit the photos ??
Hey! It’s Adobe Lightroom (classic)
How do you take the three separate pictures?
Some cameras have auto-bracket options, so you could set that to -2, 0, +2 , That's the easy way to get started! I just manually set them though, so I set one exposure where no highlights are over exposed (-2), one where the inside looks pretty well exposed, and histogram curve is mostly in the. middle (0), and one where I can see more details in shadow areas (+2)
When I do an HDR merge, the windows are always over exposed. Is there a way around this?
Are you shooting RAW photos ? That’s the best for more editing room. Also for exposures, instead of thinking levels think about it this way: what you need is one shot that nothing is over exposed (windows, lights etc) , one shot that everything inside isn’t over exposed, and one where the dark parts of the inside are visible. If you’ve got those, you should have everything covered for editing ! Let me know if that works :)
Nice 👍 thankyou
Thanks for the support! Hope it was helpful
Whenever I blend exosures using lightrooms HDR, the resulting image internals are still WAY underexposed for real estate standards with the highlights in the windows blown out too much (for real estate standards). This is with some fill flash on each frame which I though would have lifted the final image. I can almost (but not quite) get a similar result manipulating just one raw file.
Just posted an off camera flash vid!
@@TaylorBrownPhotoVideo cool. I've been doing mostly off camera flash for a couple years because I couldn't get hdr to work well. I'll go check it out!
@@nooch8692 Nice!! Same. HDR works great for some spaces but is a bit too inconsistent for me compared to using flash.