EXPOSURE BLENDING FOR REAL ESTATE AND ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHY - A "MUST HAVE" SKILL!
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In this architecture interior / real estate video tutorial, I show one of THE MOST POWERFUL techniques you NEED to know if you want to be successful as an architectural photographer and that is exposure blending.
This video is thorough with the aim of helping you understand the process but also why we take the steps we do.
We'll look at preparing the files in Lightroom and then loading them as layers in photoshop. Then we'll use the "Apply Image" command on the masks to create a refined and highly detailed mask based on the brightness (luminosity) of the photos. From here, I'll show you how I use a technique called double masking to bring back the effect only where I want it, but now I can paint it in much more roughly and quickly.
The actual process only takes a couple of minutes, but the demo is longer to allow for a complete explanation. If you're interested in becoming an architectural photographer or upping your real estate photography, then learning luminosity masking and exposure blending is a must!
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This is great! Very well explained. This technique has been eluding me for a while :-P
thank you for the amazing explanation .bath room please.
Thank you for sharing this. I am just diving into real estate photography and this is one of the best tutorials I've watched. Your final image looks much more natural than the folks that cut out windows and create scenes our eyes would never capture. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Hi Randy! Thanks for the comment. If real estate and architecture photography is you thing you'd probably like my newer channel I set up dedicated to the subject: here >> bit.ly/ATArchitecture
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This is THE video that should be shown for exposure blending. Had I seen this first, I would've saved a whole lot of time not understanding Raya Pro and would've had fewer shoots doing flambient. You the man Anthony!
Very well done, indeed! Bathroom :-)
highlights, but as this mask is very good for the window frame blend, it also killed the contrast outside in the bushes and such, you killed all the blacks over there 🤔. Maybe you bring it back later, haven't seen yet.
Ah indeed you brought it back, well done 🤙
I am probably wrong when I say this but doesn’t all this take too long to make it still profitable? Perhaps you get so good at it that you can do all this much quicker I don’t know….but you did do a really good job of editing.
Good point, but when I'm not recording a video I have the process down and it goes MUCH quicker. My clients do pay well for the images though, so I want to make sure they look as good as they can when I get them sent back.
plz help, how to disable LR auto-correction raw file. I shot with canon natural profile and when i importing to lr something happening in develop tab. auto contrast and bright a little bit my raw photo.
Just change the setting on the import dialogue box. Change "Apply During Import" to "none".
thanks for the video !! really nice editing
"Bathroom" entire process could be a great idea
Thanks Stephanie. I'm popping the newer architecture videos and follow ups over here on my other free training channel: bit.ly/ATArchitecture Hope to see you over there :)
Just Marvellous thank you very much for taking the time and effort to go through that explanation. Bathroom
Glad it was helpful Gerald! I'm posting new architectural editing content to my new channel bit.ly/ATArchitecture I'll put the bathroom one on there.
Wonderfully perspicuous! Bathroom please!
Thanks Geoffrey 🙏. Much appreciated. I'll probably post the bathroom update on my channel dedicated to architectural photography and editing. You can find here: bit.ly/ATArchitecture
Made sense, to the max. You’re an amazing teacher, thanks so much for your videos!
Aw, that's very kind of you to say so Mary.
My Lightroom (classic) won't 'open as layers' in Photoshop. I've tried looking for the answers here on TH-cam.. haven't found anything clear and simple as to why it's happening. For now I suppose I can pull them in individually and then stack them but it would be nice it if worked as supposed to! Thanks for rest of video
What version of LR are you using? I prefer opening as smart objects anyway so the raw data is still accessible if needed. As yet LR doesn't allow to open smart objects in a stack. Bit of a pain and not sure why not...
@@AnthonyTurnham it’s funny my Mac laptop was the one not letting me open as layers.. But my Mac tower did it today just fine so I’ll just use the tower lol
How long does it generally take you to edit one photo. It seems like a lot of work. If someone wants to shoot 2 or 3 houses a day you wouldn't have time to sleep
Hi Ryan. Although it's way quicker when I'm not narrating and recording a video at the same time. This isn't the method I'd use for real estate work if you're wanting to turn around 2 or 3 in a day. This is more for architects and builders who are paying the good $$$ that warrant a higher end result. I've got other methods on my architecture editing channel which may be more appropriate.
Top ❤ made total sense, very well explained, very comfortable and well spoken voice. Thank you, Anthony 🙏
BATHROOM DEMO PLEASE!
make sense, bathroom
Great video again mate. Can we see bathroom please. Thanks
I'll put that on the video to-do list! :)
Made sense! Thank you for taking your time and going into such detail!! Would love to see the full bathroom demo.
No worries Ethan. If I get some more requests for the bathroom edit I'll put a vid together. Cheers for the comment.
Super helpful. Thank you for your time.
You're very welcome!
WHy would you do this if you have Aurora HDR?
Choices... yeah, I've got Aurora, but not everyone who watches my channel does.
Bathroom vote from me. Great videos! I've done exposure blending to get this same look but I'm always looking for better and faster methods. Once I get caught up with my work I'll spend a few hours to watch more of your videos in detail.
did you still use this method or now adays u resort to the lumetri plugin method
Hi Alex. I use bit.ly/3dpGeub as a plugin to get my mask more refined and much quicker than this method. However, not everyone likes to buy plug-ins so for them this method is still very good. I always weigh up plugins as a business cost and how much time they'll save me so from that point of view, Lumenzia is a no-brainer.
Another excellent video!! Thank you Anthony. I would love to see a full edit on the bathroom.
I win
Good for you 😀
"Bathroom" full edit video please
Thanks Sophie. That video is over due. Cheers for the nudge!
This got technical, I was expecting a simple luminosity mask and suddenly there are 9 masks for one layer?!
Hi, Anthony I would like to see the comparison between manual exposure blending and photo merge HDR using lightroom or Aurora HDR.
That's a great idea for a video. Thanks. 😀👍
Great video Anthony! Your level of detailed explanation is always so helpful!
Thanks Robert.
Thanks! I like the bathroom photo and I'm curious to know more about the edit, the result of the reflections and the cityscape looks beautiful and natural, well done!
Thanks Guillaume. I'm due to put that bathroom video together soon. A lot of people have shown interest in seeing how I edited it.
Superb..... Any other videos like exposure bleeding interior
I've done a few. Check my channel playlist. I'll be creating more in the future too.
@@AnthonyTurnham what their is any virtual staging real estate images
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At 24:59, you made a selection and then hovered over your layer mask with your mouse. What did you press to make sure your blacks were protected? It went kind of fast lol
Made sense, great video! Would be interesting to see the bathroom, please.
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This is how I generally deal with those issues. I have never used Flash to deal with dark areas or windows. Mostly because of time constraints. What would you say is the better method? I shoot on Sony Fullframe and I do feel with 15stops I do have all the leaning way.
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Forgive me - I'm just a nobody on the internet. I find it quite hard to follow your tutorials because you go off on a tangent so often. I think it would be better to just do the thing from beginning to end so we can learn it and then explain the details, the whys and why nots etc at the end.
A very good explanation of the process. I thought I was alone in using Luminar to finish off my RE images. I love getting that little extra pop there. I love the effort and detail you put into making this video. Subscribed!
AWESOME VIDEO! THIS WAS SUPER USEFUL
Awesome! Thanks. If you like this type of architectural editing you'll probably like the dedicated channel I set up: bit.ly/ATArchitecture it's got more examples like this and other useful techniques.
This was fantastic. I've been shooting arch for 30 years! Started with film on 4x5. What a great technique you got here.
incredibly helpfull video. thank you so much.
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Killer! Made sense - aloha from hawaii
Aloha!!! And Kia Ora from New Zealand!
thank you so much this was so useful, i've learned so much, bless you
Great video! Super Helpful!
Cheers Razio
Would like to see a bathroom video!
Cheers Gary, I'll see what I can do.
Very helpful. Thank you
Glad it was helpful Jay! Thanks for the comment 😀
Bathroom for sure. Great tutorial
Thank you! 😊
Yesssss....bathroom.....bathroom...bathroom...lol great video.it totally made sense!
Thanks! Great explanation of this method! A couple quick questions? 1) I can't find this video on your other channel, did you move it there? 2) Have you used/heard of Raya Pro? I know you use Lumenzia, but I purchased Raya Pro 3-4 years ago but never really got around to using it. I will probably purchase Lumenzia too but just curious. Thanks again!
Hi and THANK YOU. I really appreciate your support! Yes, I've used raya pro (Jimmy McIntyre's panel if I remember correctly) but I prefer Lumenzia. You may be right, this one might not have been re-uploaded on my other channel. I should probably do that! Thanks for the nudge!
Architecture photography is more about editing in Photoshop
where photography is 30% & editing is 70%
with regard to artificial lighting
whereas in real terms the human eye can see 45% of that 100% (30% actual photography & 70% editing in reality at live location )
Im Mori from Dubai, Thank you very much for your lovely videos and making this helpful tutorial for us, waiting for your next video, good luck bro 🙏🏻
Hi Mori. Thanks for your comment. Plenty of good architecture for you to shoot in Dubai. I love it there! Had a great trip with my wife and kids 2 years ago. Fantastic place.
@@AnthonyTurnham Thanks Anthony for reply, yes there is new property every day happening in Dubai so i really like to improve my architecture photography, I’m really glad that you had great time with your family in Dubai, i hope you can come again and do more architecture work, wish u all the best 🙏🏻
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Thank you for this, I am good with lightroom, Just added PS. I have 1 question that is stopping me from using it as the photos are to be sent for MLS. When you start a new file on photo shop it asks you what size. It has a bunch of pre programed ones. I am shooting in 4k and 3.2. I do not know which one to pic? If I choose the wrong size, won't that ruin the MLS listing? Or change the photo. May sound dumb but I am really new to PS and I can not find an answer for this. Great vids, learned a lot from you
Just import the photo / open the photo and the size will be automatically set to the pixel size of your sensor. You can then save the finished edit to whatever size you want during export.
great job。。。really helped
Great to hear 👍
Made Sense! Might have to watch a couple times more...
Great. Bathroom please.
Cheers for the bathroom vote Alan!
Made sense... Thank you very much 👍🏻😊
the reason we have exposure fusion in HDR software like Photomatix or what not is to avoid all that toiling work... ;)
The quality will never match manually blending tho
Yes, and no. Of course there's a time for HDR - I use it myself and have even made a few videos showing how I do, but the level of control and finesse this gives you certainly has it's place in a serious pros tool box.
For the life of me I couldn't get this to work. Everything was done correctly, but the window pulls turn out muddy and ugly looking. It definitely pulls them down, but they look horrible. Any Advice?
Try lifting the brightnees and contrast of the exterior shot with a curve that's clipped to that layer. Adjust the curve until you get the result you want.
Made Sense ... Thankyou for this tutorial
You explained extremely well the double masking technique. 2 Questions: 1. If I use a luminosity mask created in the channels, is it the same as to apply image technique? 2. Do you have a tutorial as this one where you explain how to handle color cast, i.e., if we have lights on and they are yellowish? Thank you very much.
Hi. Good questions. While channels can be leveraged to create similar masks, it's not the same as apply image because we can utilise blend modes to create more contrast etc. The best option for control and finetuning your mask quickly but accurately is the Lumenzia panel bit.ly/3dpGeub With regards to further architectural editing techniques (colour casts etc) I's recommend my dedicated channel: bit.ly/ATArchitecture
Made sense cheers Anthony
Thanks Ben
excellent! yes for bathroom edit video please!
A little bit, I'm taking photo classes at the local JC and one was an advanced editing class of which the first half of the semester was good but the second half was more photoshop and of course more intense. I had to drop it because if I didn't then the instructor would be doing my work and I did not want that. Hopefully viewing TH-cam videos like this will make more understandable.
I hope the videos help James.
This is tutorial is awesome and really helpful! Love it! What if the room is dim and don't get enough ambient light, will this method be sufficient or will I need to use an umbrella?
Just set your base exposure so the dim room is bright enough and then use this technique. Once you master it you can merge very difficult, high contrast scenes quite easily.
MADE EXTREME SENSE - but what if the entire building is exposed to light how do you go about this?
If the entire building is a brighter exposure then you simply make that your base exposure and expose relative to its brightness level.
Perfect sense, Thank you very much I look forward to your bathroom edit.
Thanks
merged in darken mode.
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Am struggling to follow all the commands and why you’re doing each step. Confusing to me. Wish I could say makes sense too!!!
All good. This one is meant for people who already have a good understanding of PS and just want a few advanced techniques for dealing with this common problem in architectural photography. Thanks for letting me know 😀
Hey Anthony helpful vid once again. Didn't realize that luminosity masking can be simply inverted for shadow detail. Just wondering if you had any advice for getting into real estate/architecture photography in terms of business, personally I'm quite lost
Good question Matthew. I do have a few ideas. I'll see if I can put a video together. The answer is a bit too in-depth for the comments section.
Great vid Anthony! I'm still trying to master it, but you would love Jimmy McIntyre's Raya Pro 5.0.
I've got it. Its very good and kudos to Jimmy for what he's created but I like controlling my masks myself with curves. I just didn't go into that in this video as that's another level of complexity again. Just wanted to help explain the concept in this one.
Cheers for the comment and recommendation Martin!