See the difference between using 1, 2, or 3 stops over ambient for various lighting scenarios, similar to what I show in my real estate photography series at amzn.to/3mFoznx
Nathan, for your next book, how bout a whole book on problem shots. I have plenty of material for you. Haha! I have 4 of your books. I love that I can take them with me to the computer.
Hey Mr. Cool, I'm currently reading your e-book and so far so good. Sometimes it's just good to have text to refer to when needed. I'm not sure if it's intentional or not but it seems that you've slowed your talking down on this video which I think is great. I think most of your videos are very informative but sometimes I think maybe you drank to much coffee but this video is perfect. Thanks for your knowledge and keep up the great work.
Nathan can you help me decipher where I might be making a mistake or detail some of the hazards of my current method? -AD600 -I usually hit one properly exposed ambient. -THEN just drop my shutter speed to kill all ambient and darken up windows (something like 1/80 at f11). Take an ambient at that level. -Turn on flash, and LEAVE my shutter at 1/80 and flash the room (white ceiling) -In PS, start with dark room. -Paint on the flash layer in lighten mode. -Paint in any gaps in the flash with the properly exposed ambient (occasionally having to do a bit of color tweaking) I get pretty decent results, but occasionally COMPLETELY blow a shot and can't figure out why. I also have problems with changing the color of the room. Often times "warm" rooms get nuked by the flash and just come out grey when flashed. I'll definitely check out the e-book, but wanted to see if you could offer me a few base level explanations of why this was a bad method.
Hi Kasey, I definitely recommend you getting the interiors book, it explains a lot of what you're doing that I don't recommend, as well as how to go about getting the correct exposures for the various shots/layers: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
You are very experienced in your job! Your videos are among the best IMHO. Did you ever think of becoming a real estate agent on your own? If yes, why didn't you go for it?
Thanks, Christian :D I did consider being a real estate agent before. I spent though a good part of my career as a software engineer, and also a writer. I thought one day I might get into being an RE agent, but it is a lot of hard work, and I thought I might get frustrated with it. One day maybe...we'll see.
Thanks for all the fantastic videos Nathan. Just curious, why don't you use the Copy/Paste buttons in LR? Seems so much faster and more convenient than going through the menus like you always do... Thanks again for the great content, I really appreciate it.
Versatility. I can better control what gets copied; for instance, I don't want to copy or sync WB. Also, I often tweak settings after copying; hence, no syncing. I provide a more in-depth discussion on that in my e-book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Hi Nathan, thanks for the free content of this channel, I'm currently carefully reading your latest book, but what I'm missing - I'm sure it's my fault - is how do you measure flash exposure compensation to dial in... are you using any external flash meter? Thank you.
I really like this one stop rule because of the consistency it provides but I’m not getting the method- sorry. If you use manual flash, like a powerful Godox 600AD strobe, when you set the flash power you are dealing with fractions of full power (e.g., 1/8 etc). So I don’t understand when you say set the flash power to match camera exposure how that equates to f11, for example. In other words what power setting do I need on the strobe? Until now I have been using just my eye and the camera histogram for these outdoor fills. Not very scientific but if I bracket the flash power and play with ambient exposure l can eventually get a good combo. Hit and miss, so I’d like a more rational approach. Do I need to get a hand held meter to figure the flash setting to work your system with manual flash? Thanks.
Two things can help. First, I detail how to do this more in my interiors book, which you can get at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4 Second, there is a new video I posted a couple weeks ago on flash settings, which you can watch at: th-cam.com/video/tK5FQdTr-fA/w-d-xo.html
I love you videos but every time I watch them I cannot seem to figure out how to do the layer mask hide....I don't see anything that says hide.. Sorry if this is an ignorant question but I'm totally new to playing in Photoshop. thank you for the tutorials!
Thank you for the tutorial, one question please. If you reduce the ambient light with you f-stop I.e from f8 to f11, that would also change the flash power, right? So to reduce the ambient light without changing the flash power you have got to use the the camera shutter speed, right? and not the f-stop then? And so your shutter speed could go over 250 so you will have to go with high speed flash, right? How do you do it to reduce your ambient light once the flash is switch on please? Many thanks in advance!
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You and Rich Baum are my RE photo masters. Thank you a lot. Those tutorials are just priceless for me. Couldnt learn it anywhere else.
I have to admit that Nathan is better than Rich... Nathan really get's out that "Something extra" out of the photos, whereas Rich not so much.
This video has help pull this whole photo style shooting and editing together for me. Thanks for all the great videos Nathan!
This changes everything!
Great advice on the 2 to 3 stop under expose ambient rule with fill flash.
Nathan, for your next book, how bout a whole book on problem shots. I have plenty of material for you. Haha! I have 4 of your books. I love that I can take them with me to the computer.
Another great video, Nathan!! Keep up the great work!
Hey Mr. Cool, I'm currently reading your e-book and so far so good. Sometimes it's just good to have text to refer to when needed. I'm not sure if it's intentional or not but it seems that you've slowed your talking down on this video which I think is great. I think most of your videos are very informative but sometimes I think maybe you drank to much coffee but this video is perfect. Thanks for your knowledge and keep up the great work.
That was a brilliant video .. Thank you so much ..
Nathan can you help me decipher where I might be making a mistake or detail some of the hazards of my current method?
-AD600
-I usually hit one properly exposed ambient.
-THEN just drop my shutter speed to kill all ambient and darken up windows (something like 1/80 at f11). Take an ambient at that level.
-Turn on flash, and LEAVE my shutter at 1/80 and flash the room (white ceiling)
-In PS, start with dark room.
-Paint on the flash layer in lighten mode.
-Paint in any gaps in the flash with the properly exposed ambient (occasionally having to do a bit of color tweaking)
I get pretty decent results, but occasionally COMPLETELY blow a shot and can't figure out why.
I also have problems with changing the color of the room. Often times "warm" rooms get nuked by the flash and just come out grey when flashed.
I'll definitely check out the e-book, but wanted to see if you could offer me a few base level explanations of why this was a bad method.
Hi Kasey, I definitely recommend you getting the interiors book, it explains a lot of what you're doing that I don't recommend, as well as how to go about getting the correct exposures for the various shots/layers: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Great explanation - I’m buying your e-book for reinforcement!
Thank you.
Great Video, thank you Nathan! Greetings from Austria!
Thanks Christian! And hello from California!
You are very experienced in your job! Your videos are among the best IMHO. Did you ever think of becoming a real estate agent on your own? If yes, why didn't you go for it?
Thanks, Christian :D I did consider being a real estate agent before. I spent though a good part of my career as a software engineer, and also a writer. I thought one day I might get into being an RE agent, but it is a lot of hard work, and I thought I might get frustrated with it. One day maybe...we'll see.
Thanks for all the fantastic videos Nathan. Just curious, why don't you use the Copy/Paste buttons in LR? Seems so much faster and more convenient than going through the menus like you always do... Thanks again for the great content, I really appreciate it.
Versatility. I can better control what gets copied; for instance, I don't want to copy or sync WB. Also, I often tweak settings after copying; hence, no syncing. I provide a more in-depth discussion on that in my e-book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Hi Nathan, thanks for the free content of this channel, I'm currently carefully reading your latest book, but what I'm missing - I'm sure it's my fault - is how do you measure flash exposure compensation to dial in... are you using any external flash meter? Thank you.
See "Footage and Exposure" chapter.
I really like this one stop rule because of the consistency it provides but I’m not getting the method- sorry. If you use manual flash, like a powerful Godox 600AD strobe, when you set the flash power you are dealing with fractions of full power (e.g., 1/8 etc). So I don’t understand when you say set the flash power to match camera exposure how that equates to f11, for example. In other words what power setting do I need on the strobe? Until now I have been using just my eye and the camera histogram for these outdoor fills. Not very scientific but if I bracket the flash power and play with ambient exposure l can eventually get a good combo. Hit and miss, so I’d like a more rational approach. Do I need to get a hand held meter to figure the flash setting to work your system with manual flash? Thanks.
Two things can help. First, I detail how to do this more in my interiors book, which you can get at:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Second, there is a new video I posted a couple weeks ago on flash settings, which you can watch at:
th-cam.com/video/tK5FQdTr-fA/w-d-xo.html
That's great Nathan, I appreciate the follow-up. I think it's time to get you book.
I love you videos but every time I watch them I cannot seem to figure out how to do the layer mask hide....I don't see anything that says hide.. Sorry if this is an ignorant question but I'm totally new to playing in Photoshop. thank you for the tutorials!
I'd suggest getting my e-book which shows this in detail, step by step: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Thank you for the tutorial, one question please. If you reduce the ambient light with you f-stop I.e from f8 to f11, that would also change the flash power, right? So to reduce the ambient light without changing the flash power you have got to use the the camera shutter speed, right? and not the f-stop then? And so your shutter speed could go over 250 so you will have to go with high speed flash, right? How do you do it to reduce your ambient light once the flash is switch on please? Many thanks in advance!
Hi Isabelle, it's a lot to explain, but I cover it in my book...I'd have to write another one here to cover it all :) www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
How do you choice 2 separate photos in lightroom in the strip view without choosing all the photos in between
CTRL click, not SHIFT click
Nathan Cool Photo thank you
Are you shooting with your flash on camera or off?
Off, always, I show it in detail in my latest book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
I am confused in colour casting
My tutorial on that should help: th-cam.com/video/pXK3NbvQ8PU/w-d-xo.html
do a weather video
Here ya go, did this last winter: th-cam.com/video/ChvdpqGuzD0/w-d-xo.html