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- LET THE AMBIENT DO THE HEAVY LIFTING
In this video I show you how you can let an ambient exposure help you to fill in and expose for all those hard to get spots and this technique really works great for Large / Long rooms or if you only have 1 or 2 lights..
Most important is to understand this concept, so sit back and learn how to "Let the Ambient do the heavy lifting"
So weather your just learning / new to lighting or a seasoned shooter, Letting the ambient do the heavy lifting can really help speed up and simplify your shooting and editing..
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Hi guys. I've watched this tutorial 111 times probably, and I've annotated the timings, so it's easy to view and know where you are in the video. Thanks Rich, we are learning a lot.
00:00 Intro
02:40 Start with Lightroom (1st photo)
04:30 Two Flash shots
06:00 Merging flashlight exposures
07:08 Rich's Magic preset
09:00 Merge photos in Photoshop (auto align layers operation)
11:00 Alpha mask painting
12:45 2nd photo back in Lightroom
15:10 Bring exposure in photos + Gradients (Rich's magic setting)
17:20 2nd photo (Photoshop) - masking
20:30 2nd photo (Lightroom) Contrast and Shadows - (Rich's magic setting)
22:50 3rd photo (flashlight comments for ambient light)
24:30 3rd photo (white balance comment)
26:06 3rd (Photoshop) - masking exercise
29:10 4th photo (Lightroom) - flashlight comments & settings
30:50 4th photo (Photoshop) - masking
32:00 5th photo (Lightroom) - comments & flashloghts
33:11 Logitec Mouse trick link (macros)
34:05 6th photo (Lightroom)
36:24 6th photo (Photoshop) - flashlight comments
38:54 Sky replacement tricks
40:00 Conclusion and more awesome things
Wow! Thanks.
hey George.! Amazed to see you here... Those who don't know, George is also teaching Virtual staging through his YT channel. A very helpful person he is.
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For those who don't have any experience with this, you need to get comfortable with it. Rich is dead-on. Can't tell you how many times I use this technique. Works fantastic.
Best technique hands down
Thank you for posting it. I've watched eight different real estate photographers today, explaining and teaching how they photograph interiors. What I liked the most was, no one does it the same way! The only common, and logical, point was: use a wide angle lens. Everything else, from positioning to lights, from outside the window view to light paintings, all is different and unique to the style of the photographer! Not to the property, but to the style of the photographer.
Great ideas. No one size fits all. Thanks again.
Thanks for your reply..
I just entering this field of RE and now after reading this i am shaking sir. Potraits lighting, beauty retoching, etc, not that hard to predict. But RE and Architectural? Even all the masters got different techniques you said? OMG. I wanna cry. I should learn harder.
I think it's great how you have positioned yourself to make money on your expertise with the workshops, etc.......but I really appreciate how you still provide absolutely free content that is very valuable. Appreciate what you do Rich.
Not only have you helped me break into real estate photography, you've also inspired me to start teaching on youtube myself! *_Thank you!!!_*
Good luck
"Let the ambient do the heavy lifting" this resonated through my head while I was shooting and trying to light a large modern house that was all dark wood, glass and stone.
Best technique out there..
I am watching a true artist at his best. Fascinating.
Thank you for the kind comment.
Thank you! After many hours scrolling through youtube I finally landed on this video and WOW! You articulate in a manner that a beginner like me can actually learn! I look forward to signing up and soaking in your vids!!
I am happy I can help you.
Not all heroes wear capes! Thank you, mr. Baum! Your tutorials are amazing and I personally think you're seriously undersubscribed. Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks for such kind words,, you made my day.. Oh I do wear a cape from time to time.
It's true that not all heroes wear capes but they do program custom functions to their scroll wheel on their mouse!!! Thanks Rich, great content!
Stiliyan Kostadinov totally agree.
I agree! he's amazing.
I recently met a local real estate guy, and he loves my photography. I told him I am retired,and work for fun/free. But he said lets pay you cash! So I found your video, which I must say should be called a master class as I learned so much on how to photograph a home, and then process. The fun thing is that I can use your process in other forms of photography. Well done!
Randy, so happy I can help you. Best of luck
Rich, as always great tips on photography! Any agent can be their own photographer with your useful videos!
👍🏽
Apple juice & lemonade = soda.
Lol great video btw helped me a lot!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks Rich, I a big fan that has been following you for a year now.
Happy I can be of help.
23:57 "I need help mentally because im crazy" as he casually arrowing few (more) little dark areas. Laugh myself in the middle of serious lectures. Rich im a new fan!
I am so happy you like my sense of humor, with my wife did LOL
I'm soon gonna go for the Real Estate photography and am lucky to have found you. Thanx for your very instructive smart videos. They really stand out and I love your cool approach. And gosh, soooo human when you're sipping your soda, or in another video, taking that quick call. First class Rich!
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I’m so happy I can help you with your real estate photography, now go out and shoot some spaces
I saw a lot of real stte photography tutorials to do a job today and this one was definetely the most useful. Thank you!
Thanks!!! Yes this is surely the most useful technique anyone can have in their bag of tricks..
Thanks Rich. You are a natural teacher.
Great Teacher.. Keep going with the lessons.. We appreciate you
I appreciate your down-to-earth and friendly approach that doesn't make me feel dumb. I've discovered that my editing is very similar to yours, except I am now going to create some of my own presets to hopefully speed up the process. Thank you for your transparency and your great ideas!
Thanks for such a nice message...
Thanks Rich I love all your videos and I am doing very well in my real estate business thanks to watching all your videos.
Fantastic! Glad I could help
Just want you to know that I've been looking for a channel like this for years. Thank you so much for the tutorial, really apreciate that, keep up with great works!
It’s my pleasure. Happy to help
Thank you so much, you are life saver~! ^_^ Keep the good contents coming. Subscribed~!
Thanks Rich. Great tutorials. Very helpful. I'm really thankful for having such great in detailed tutorials. Can you create a video with you are shooting an interior with no natural light. I recently did a shoot and was stuck with lighting and white balance issues. Looking forward to more in depth content. Thanks again.
this is one of the best tutorials iv ever come across for interior photographing and editing! thank you so much for this!
Glad it was helpful! I will be making a follow up video very soon.
I can watch your videos all day, just plain easy going fun! Thxs Rich
Thank you Rich I'm enjoying the pod casts at work and the tutorials at home it's helping me get a better understanding thus far.. Cheers, Charlie
Best of luck Charlie
Great video Rich. Thank you for that. Really helpful.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! It is very much appreciated!
You are so welcome
Wow. Just wow. Thanks a lot. This helped me so much. Wish i could like this video twice!
Thanks for the nice compliment
Hi Rich, thanks for posting such a great video! It flowed nicely and it's a pleasure to learn from your perspective. I'm definitely looking forward to your other videos.
Cheers!
Glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial, Rich! I’m a new subscriber and newer real estate photographer. I knew I needed some help, but didn’t realize how many mistakes I was actually making! Super excited to implement the tips I learn from you. Thanks for sharing.
As I always say, You don't know what you don't know... I am happy I can help
Very thorough and generous of you to share all of this. Great examples anyone can learn to use. Thank you.
My pleasure..
Very well explained, I am about to do my first real estate photoshoot and this video helps a lot. Thanks Rich
My pleaseue
Back 18 months later. It's finally making Sense.
That’s great.
This is a great tutorial! Thank you so much. Really informative and thorough. Subscribed with notifications:-)
Thanks Laura..
Thank you! Great Video!
Hah, just thought yesterday: “I need a more powerful flash here.” Thanks to you I just fully realized I don’t, just raise the ISO.
It’s a great tip
A Gentleman and a Great teacher Rich.
Thank you for your videos Rich!
My pleasure
Damn Rich you're such a pleasant guy. I love learning from you!!! Ty ty ty
Thanks!!!
Great video. Your tutorials are getting better.
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8:18 "The whole concept here is prepping your ambient shot to work with your flash shot … and it only takes a minute..."
The guidance and instruction is fantastic! But I am a long way from it only taking a minute. Knowing which buttons to push, levers to pull, and sliders to slide in order to get the ambient shot lined up with the flashes takes a lot of experience. Thanks so much for shortening the learning curve, but I can see the work I still have ahead of me.
By the way, I'm looking forward to your upcoming webinar with Zach Calhoun at Cloudpano on Thursday!!!!!
Thanks for your comment. I agree 100-% and was just tell a coaching student how it will get way faster the more you do it and get more familiar with the tools. Looking forward to our Cloud Pano webinar.
so much value!
Thanks Rich, ill be using your techniques, I believe they are the best! I need some lights
Thanks sir this video so help me to edit my real estate photography
Rich, thank you so much for this tutorial. It really opened my eyes to the possibilities with using this technique. I am new to Real Estate Photography, and have been using a HDR technique up until this point with somewhat disappointing results if i'm honest. I feel like this will be one of those videos I come back to again and again for a quick re-lesson.
You've really sold me on the sky replacement as well, I am in Ireland, so it's almost always a dull overcast day! I could see myself using that a lot. Have you done a tutorial video on how to do that? If not I would love to see one.
Thanks again and I am looking forward to watching more of your videos. Subscribed!
Thanks for your reply.. with my schedule if you need more help we can set up a private coaching session. If this interests you just send me an e mail to rich@richbaum.com
And put “Coaching Info “ in the subject line.
This is my first time in this type of photography your tutorial was very amazing
Happy to hear that!
You are Awesome!
Thank you so much 😊
Thanks for watching
hello Rich this is one of my favorite video ! thank you so much !! very helpfull 🙏🏽
Happy it helps.
Amazing tutorial, God bless you!
Your so welcome and My pleasure to help you and your progression.
Love your videos Rich! Great work and thanks for sharing your skills!!
My pleasure!
Appreciate how thorough the video was! A lot of information packed into this video! Liked and subbed!
Glad you enjoyed!
This is a gret video tutorial!!! congrats!! You need a very good tripo to keep stable shot after shot, what brand/ model do you use?
Great video. Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
incredible tutorial. thanks.
Thanks so much
great tutorial Rich! Thank you so much!
Thank you for the nice comment.
You are a great teacher and passionate about photography.
Too bad I live in Europe if I didn't sign up for one of your live courses.
Thank you very much for continuing to teach us !!!
Thanks for the Kind words
you sir, are THE man. thanks for this
Glad to help
thanks Rich. I shall stamp this in my brain, "Let the Ambient do the heavy lifting".
It can really help speed up your workflow
@@RichBaum Yes Sir, as has biting the bullet and getting LR and PS. I tried Luminar and it's so slow plus their approach to layers does not make sense. Appreciate you always replying, stay cool out in Sac, I heard it's toasty out there.
I really appreciate all you shared here, very helpful!
My pleasure Emily. Happy to help
Oh God. A lot to learn.
It's not that hard, if you want more help you can contact me regarding one on one coaching, just send me an e mail to rich@richbaum.com and I am confident I can help you get going and start making more Money
This was a great value thanks!
I’m happy it can help.
What a top bloke you are! Such an enthusiastic, helpful person. I wish you the best for all your channels!!!
Well thank you so much for your kind words.. you mad my day.
@@RichBaum I'm glad! I'm pretty sure you've made a tonne of people's days with all the great advice you're giving and how you deliver it :-) . Thanks again Rich.
You are so welcome and kind
Rich...You're beyond generous to share this info. Nice work! Dylan from Sonoma County.
You are so very welcome.
Excellent video. Learned a lot! Would love to see a tutorial on your shortcuts!
Great video Rich!
Superb tutorial Rich.
Thanks James
very helpful, thank you very much! 😊
You're welcome!
I'm from Sacramento also! I did my first shoot at a house in fairfield and it went really well! I wish i saw your videos before hand but I'm glad i was able to come across your channel!
Welcome to real Estste photography.
@@RichBaum I've definitely got some competition 🤣
Great video. from Bangkok
Excellent tutorial! Thank you sir!
My pleasure
Thank you !
You're welcome!
Hi Rich. Thank you for you videos, they're very helpful! Question, and forgive me if you've mentioned it but I don't recall seeing it but what White Balance are you using for your flash and ambient shots?
Always Auto WB
Amazing tutorial Rich!
Thank you
helpful! thank you so much!
My pleasure
Hi Rich,
What is the ‘full bump’ and why do you use it?
Thanks for the great videos. Learning a lot! :-)
It's just a preset that get's my photos in the ballpark..
Rich - Great video as always! I think we need a tee-shirt stating "Let the Ambient do the HEAVY Lifting!" ;)
Ha, Ha, Mark I agree! Rich - T shirts man way to go...:)
Thank you Master
Thank you for the kind comment.
Thanks Rich. I am an amateur who doesn't even do real estate but I am interested in how to light interior/exterior and blend them together. I think that I'm beginning to get the hang of this stuff. My biggest initial problem was the mask. It seemed counter-intuitive to apply a mask to a layer and then paint it back in! I struggled to recall the detail that needed to be painted. Of course swapping from white brush to black did the trick when I screwed up. After watching about 10 of your videos I am beginning to get there. Your easy, gentle descriptive style helps me to understand the technique. Great stuff. Thanks again. I am learning a lot and enjoying your presentations. David Bailey, UK.
I offer coaching if your interested... send me an e mail with Coaching in the subject line... send me an e mail to rich@richbaum.com
Hi Rich, thanks for this video, amazing for me being a neebie! One quetion I had was this, when I apply the full bump preset and then sort the verticals in the image. If I then use the final bump preset it then removes the vertical correction. How can I stop presets from overriding prevously applied presets? Cheers
When you make your preset you need to not include any perspective correction.
Hey Rich, such a great tutorial, incredibly informative. Thank you so much for creating this amazing content and sharing it. Much appreciated. I am just wondering about the lighting you use, you had stated in the video at 14:27 you only used one flash to light that room. Was it a strobe or a speedlite? Thanks in advance Rich. Keep on making this amazing content.
I use different lights, sorry I can’t remember what I used for this video.
What is better: Shoot using 3-5-7 bracketed images and marge them in Photoshop (HDR), or use 3 different flash shots lighting different areas (like you did in this tutorial?)... Awesome tutorials - Thank you very much :)
Well as I use lighting I can't comment on HDR but trust me, I went to using lighting like I do as it's a better option than HDR in the long run.
very fast and very nice result for the time you use for editing....i am using it and i am sutishfied
I’m happy your happy.
awesome tutorial
thanks
Well done Rich! Lot’s of great info!
Your very welcome. Thanks for the comment
It's like watching Bob Ross do photography. Enjoyable, educational and peaceful.
Well I’ll take that as a compliment.
@@RichBaum It is the highest of compliments, sir!
great video dude love your work
You are welcome
Hello i first want to say thank you for all that you are will to tech on youtube its amazing i have learned alot and cant wait to put it into practise. i was curious where i can find your lightroom presets! i tried to browse the videos but im not seeing them. thanks again
Here you go... shootingspaces.net/product-category/lightroom-presets/
Hi Rich! I have a quick question for you and hopefully you can help me out! How do you figure out what shutter speed you should use when snapping your ambient and flash shots?
(I own a Sony A6400 w/ a Samyang 12mm and also have an evolv 200 light)
Hoping to get into real estate photography this month, thank you for all the help!
Thanks from Canada!
you need to practice and you will start knowing what speeds to use.
Thank you for great tips
But why we didn’t make layers just prakting HDR to change in on step ?
Sorry I don't understand your question.
Is there a general rule of thumb to use when figuring out what the flash settings should be as compared to the ambient shot? Specifically shutter speed and power.
This is something you learn over time. Now I can look at a room and depending on how big, the color of the walls and furniture and if there are windows I can usually eyeball it.
OMG, your images and editing skills are magical and just beautiful. I just took my first real estate home project and I didn't take a flash and ambient image but I will do that from now on. I am in Lr and what I am trying to do is pretend I did it correct by taking one image and making one ambient and the other flash and then combine the two with the steps you used in Ps. I'll update you of my findings but the home I took images of didn't have any furniture. I imagine I will need to find a video with only the rooms without furniture. But thumbs up and I am subscribing because I just may have another opportunity to do this!
Good luck
Thank you Rich. I just discovered you. You seem like the nicest guy and I love the way you explain your tutorials. You don’t oversell your affiliates, even though we know you gotta make a living. I’m super impressed and I learned a ton just on this video alone. I’m surprised at your subscriber number. You are way better than it suggests. Just a matter of time I think. 😊
One question. I’m a newbie to this. Your shutter speed is around 1/40th. Is that to let as much detail in as you can for the ambient light? And what shutter speed are you using for the flash?
Many thanks. Subscribed for life now. 😊
I have way overspent on new camera gear and literally have no money in the bank. What would you suggest for manually making your presets? They look great and I imagine it would be good to get into the habit of using them to tweak a little rather than tweaking a lot from the original raw pic. Thanks again. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Tod. A new fan from down under. As we would say here, ‘Good onya mate’.
Thanks Tod
Thank you for the tutorial! Do you happen to have another one that specifically deals with wrinkles and folds on a bed (especially when the cover has a pattern)? Typical Gaussian blur technique doesn't help with the wrinkles in that case. I would appreciate your suggestions.
I have this one video that touches on this technique but there are also dozens on TH-cam th-cam.com/video/p7taWs-m3F4/w-d-xo.html
@@RichBaum Thank you very much! For some reason only now I saw your reply.
Hi Rich, Thank you!!!! Great videos. Can you tell us how we can get the LR presents that you use? Is there a tutorial? Thanks
shootingspaces.net/product-category/lightroom-presets/
Do you have a tutorial about the full bump and yellow and orange out presets?? Pd: thank you for all this very detailed videos
Look for the "Special Sauce" video
Thanks Rich for the great content! what do you think about HDR photography and AEB methods for real estate? do they give good results all the time? what I understand that it is easier and takes less effort
I do not do HDR, lighting is what works best in my opinion.
Cool work
Thank Man
Great stuff Rich. Really appreciate your level of skill and expertise. How do you get to the point where the shutter speed is final for each image. Are you exposing then zeroing out the meter? Thanks again!
Experience and trial and error
Hi Rich. Thanks for the vid. What external flash are you using for these pics?
You can see what I use here and also I have many videos on that lights I use. www.kit.com/richbaumphotography