Flash Settings for Real Estate Photography
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- Speedlight and monolight settings as starting points using the flash-ambient blend method. Below are links for more information from this video:
My lighting guide for real estate photography:
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I realize how much i have to learn when watching these videos lol
As mentioned a week ago. Some day this stuff will sink in . Hard to believe a few guys on utube helped change my career path at age 59. But it's working. Thank you sir
25 people disliked this? Crazy. I don't do RS photography but I enjoy watching your videos and the way you teach. Thank you!
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I wish we could give a thumbs up every time we watch it. Thanks sir.
Hi Nathan. I live in Tijuana Mexico and I just wanna thank you for your TH-cam videos of real estate photography. They've been so helpful for my self and my business.
Thank you Nathan!! Your tutorials are very informative. I've been doing real estate shots for a while now but my level just went up once I applied your techniques. Keep up the great work Sir!
Another great video Nathan. I've been thinking about pulling the trigger on a monolight. This gives me a good solid justification for it.
Great video. You explain things so fluently it shows a great mastery of your trade.
Thanks for another informative video! I use an AD200 for 90% of my shots. I also have an AD600 for the big rooms.
Thank you Mr. Cool!!! Some of the best interior tutorials out there!
Thanks Nathan. Your videos are great and your books are a huge help too.
Outstanding. You’re a great teacher!
So glad you made a video on this subject! I think everyone starts out with speedlight flashes, but I think as soon as you can afford to go with a moonlight you should get one. It just makes the most sense to have one moonlight on a stand as your primary and have a couple of flashes as backups. Having to move speedlights on stands around, keep multiple sets of batteries, track flash settings and transport them all - just makes getting a monolight the most cost-effective and efficient way to go. Your books and videos have done more to help me get started and start building a business than any other resource I've found on the web!
Thanks Gary!
Great video tutorial. As always. Thank you!
Nathan, great info thank you. This Video was super helpful.
What a ton of great information, thanks a heap Nathan.
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Thank you, keep up the good work Nathan!
Amazing. Great explanation and even better pictures.
Thank you Nathan for all these informative videos. I wish I find your videos much earlier!
This was good. Very informative. Thank you.
Thanks for the tip on not using the 600 at full power due to color cast issues.
Great and very precise presentation. Thanks for sharing this video and I've learnt a lot from this tutorial. You've earned a subscriber.
Thank you Nathan ! Good help!
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great video mr Cool! I am going to grab those books of yours soon!
Great video, thank you Nathan. I would find it very useful if you put the links to the products you are talking about in the description. You can even set up your amazon affiliate link and viewers can shop much easier like that. Thanks again!
Thank You Nathan!
Thank you for the video, I appreciate that.
Gonna parrot a majority of the comments: this was a really informative video 👍
great information!!!
Thank you sir, very well presented
thumbs up each time I watch.
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Always great to review. Cheers-Jsj
I love your videos and work Nathan!! Could you do a video focusing on building clients to take your business full time? I've been messing around in PFRE for about a year and have a few agents I work with, but not enough to do this full time. I would love to hear about the steps you took to establish and maintain your business clients. Thanks
Stay tuned...
Hi Nathan, thanks for the great video! Always appreciated. Do you have a video how to cope with different colour temperature when doing a flash-ambient "flambient" composing? the flash exposures turn out much cooler than the ambient exposure, and adjusting white balance in raw never matches. I really struggle... thanks!
Hi Breis, I break that down in detail in my interiors book, and if all else fails, then I have advanced techniques in my advanced editing book: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0791GL8RD?ref=series_rw_dp_labf
I just bought your interiors book- so much info, I'll have to read it thrice! LOL
I have a chance to buy some kino flo diva lite 401's I'm wondering how they will compare to the explore 600 if I use an umbrella to bounce them?
Awesome vid and thanks for explaining the difference between the flashes and the power each of them puts out.
Hi Nathan. Thank you for a fantastic video, clear and very helpful. In other videos you mention the ‘cactus’ to remotely fire your flashes, what model is it please? You also mention the Tokina 16-28mm Lens, is it the FX Pro model? I’m wanting to improve but have a budget to watch.
Thank you so much.
Ps do you only sell you books as digital copies or do you sell paper versions?
Hi Chris. I go into great detail on the exact gear, settings, configurations, reasons why, etc. in my interiors book...all books come in e-book and paperback formats, although I recommend the e-book format so you can zoom into screenshots...and save some $$ :) www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
hi Nathan! thanks for these tutorials. I find them extremely helpful. Question though, what are you using for your audio? Are you using a lac that connects to ur phone?
Thanks Robert. I'm using a DSLR and lavaliere mic.
I love your video
Incredible videos! Are you still on auto White Balance even when using flash or are you setting it to the flash's color temperature? Your videos helped me on my first Home gig. Thanks so much!
Good tips as usual, Nathan!
What do you think about using a Godox AD200 (or equivalent brands), which is half a way between speedlites and a 600w unit and smaller? Have you ever tried that?
Thank you!
The AD200 isn't built as robust as the XPLR 600 and I know many who break the backscreen. Also, the XPLR has controls on the side, which make it super easy to deal with when doing ceiling bounces. The XPLR 600 is built like a tank.
Great video, Nathan! What do you use to blend your exposures after the fact? Do you do an HDR in Lightroom or is it using layers in Photoshop?
I do flash-ambient blending. There are some videos on my channel that show how I do it, and I have it outlined step-by-step in my interiors book at www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
This video tutorial was very useful for me. I always have to take a lot of shots to get it right with my AD200. I have also used the on-camera flash for small bathrooms at about 1/2 with walls about the color of those in your home, and it seems to work just fine. What would you say to that, Nathan? As always, THANK YOU so much for your videos!!
Hi Dean, I'd recommend downloading some of my e-books on real estate photography, which can give you insight into that and a whole lot more. In particular, I'd recommend downloading e-book #1, interiors, and possibly the lighting guide as well. Here's a link to the series if you'd like to check that out: amzn.to/3b9RBWc
Hi Nathan, thanks for the great video! I'm planning to buy a Godox AD300 PRO, will it be enough power for monolight to use it like you use your monolight AD600 for big spaces in real estate or should i get more powerfull new AD600 PRO? I'm planning also have 2 speedlights Flashgun Godox Ving V860II. Thank you in advance for reply.
Great video and helpful. I have a question, I use to do a lot of product photo which require mostly big flashes and power pack in studio. I would like to do real estate photo and I was wondering if you recommend using the smaller flash (how many do you recommend) or go with the bigger one and dragging a power pack with it (or them). Thanks
Thanks! I break that down in my interiors e-book, basically you want portability, see www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0755KXSL4/
Hi Nathan! Love your videos; thank you! I have your advanced editing and exterior books, but I don't see where privacy block on the windows is covered. It seems to be pretty rare, but I recently had 2 houses that had some sort of privacy block on the windows so I couldn't do window pulls, and no matter where I placed my light, I got a terrible reflection in the windows. What do you do in this situation; use HDR with no lights? Thank you!
Move your lights, take another shot, make sure it doesn't have reflections, then composite that frame in post.
Hi Nathan, I watch your videos with great interest... you're great! But I wonder do you set a certain white balance temperature for the flash shot or leave it on auto? I ask this because sometimes my flash shots come out too blue.
Thanks! That's covered in my interiors book and lighting guide as well: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078NLRKNM?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf
Hey Nathan, thank you for the video, I have a question, does your monolight has some kind of difusser?
Thanks César. It's the diffuser that comes with the XPLR 600. I keep it on more for protection than anything else.
Excellent video, as always! Does anyone know what size reflector he uses for the wood ceiling?
Thanks Eric. Here's a link to the oval reflector: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044FYCP6/
Very useful. I noticed reflections of kitchen cabinets and equipment in the kitchen windows for the kitchen shot, no doubt due to the sun coming through the windows and bouncing off the kitchen was etc. How would you go about eliminating the reflections in the window from the kitchen equipment and cabinets?
Reflections happen...wouldn't worry about them unless it was for a designer or developer. You could though shoot a non-flashed frame and edit those in. I talk about that in the advanced window pull section of the advanced editing book at www.amazon.com/dp/B0779PCVWC
Great videos Nathan, I've learned quite a bit from your uploads. I'm curious though, you state around 12:35 to use one stop ABOVE ambient for the flash exposure. I usually use around 2 stops BELOW ambient at about f7.1 at 320 ISO. How do you determine your ambient values? Thanks.
Thanks John. I show in great detail how I determine the ambient setting for various conditions in my interiors book at www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Hi Nathan, thanks for the great videos - really helpful and informative & yes I've bought the 3 books too! I hope you dont mind me asking a question but when using speedlites to light a room what zoom setting should be used on the speedlite? Im assuming it is 24mm? Apologies if you have mentioned this in your books or videos and Ive missed it. Thanks again.
Hi Stephen. Wide open...I've never found a need to zoom a speedlight for REP.
Thanks Nathan - much appreciated
thanks!
Nathan what zoom setting do you use when using the speed light for the ceiling bounceflash? 24mm 20mm??
Awesome video! What settings should I use if I use a big flash instead och speedlight? 😊
Thanks! It depends. I break down lighting equivalence (among other things) in my lighting guide, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: amzn.to/3BZ6KaJ
will a mono light also work for small bedrooms? laundry room? etc?
Hi Nathan! Really enjoying your videos. Regarding the white reflector you use at 6:10. Can you confirm if that is a 24 x 36 size and post a purchase link? Thks
Thanks Tom. That video is a few years old, but my latest gear recommendations are in my lighting guide, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: amzn.to/3v2WrNj
Great info. What if you don’t use flash and get one of those led video lights would that work ?
LEDs are not nearly powerful enough, and could take too long onsite compared to using flash.
Hey i loved your videos, any ideas on what to do with a modern home with Green or Blue tinted windows that cast too much horrible colors
Thanks! Search my channel for "color" and you'll see a ton of videos on that, also, here is one that can help as well: th-cam.com/video/zbLvztEwKNY/w-d-xo.html
Grreat as usual. I do mainly Virtual Tours. I end up with 3 different exposure and an HDR. No flash . The problem is getting the outside exposure blended in. Do you have any experience with this?
Hi Andrew, sounds like you are referring to "window pulls", getting a view of the outside. An easy way is to use what's known as the darken-blending mode using flash, which I show in my interiors book and also various videos on my channel too www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Hi nathan, will you be publishing a book on aerial drone photography by any chance
I have information on how to do aerials without a drone in my exteriors book at www.amazon.com/dp/B078YY865F
Thanks Nathan. I use a Godox AD600 which is quite weighty. I have been through a number of light stands which eventually break due to the weight. Please can you tell me which light stand you use for your XPLR? Many thanks.
I have a video on options, see also links in the description at th-cam.com/video/wCWGfRPnX9I/w-d-xo.html
I think I understand everything and I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge but light positioning gives me a headache… can you please advise on the best way to position your lights? I’ve a Godox sk400ii so decent wattage.. or is bouncing off the white wall enough?
It depends on the room and composition, but I have a ton of examples in my lighting guide at amzn.to/3yQBxUT Also, I cover this in my online course, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: prointeriors.nathancool.com/
Hi Nathan, thaks a lot for all good info. I've been following you for a while now. If I shoot using monolight like yours and it's to much light power, does it matter if I keep the light power high but lower ISO or lower the f stops to f8 or f16 ?
Lower light means less color cast, and there's a balance for quality. I think you meant shutter speed in your question (f/stops aren't in 1/8 increments), but it would be the aperture that makes the difference, while balancing the ISO. I describe that further in my interiors book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Thanks. Sorry I ment changing aperture. I will definitley buy your books!
Great video. Question I have is at 1/4 power on the 600, isn’t that 150 WS? Wouldn’t 1/8 power be equivalent to the flash at full power which is about 75 WS?
Thanks! WS and measurable light have a non-linear relationship, so that can't always be used as a metric for comparison. I break this down further with lighting equivalents in my lighting guide, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: amzn.to/3lMPHkb
Hi Nathan. Nice job as always! What size reflector do you use?
I believe it was this one www.amazon.com/dp/B06XQGFB12/
Thank you!
Nice video! Have you tried to use white umbrella and speeelite instead of bouncing from seeling especially when it's a big room for example 1 speedlight on a stand second in hand. How big is the difference in stop loss when shooting through umbrella and bouncing from sealing?
Thanks! I show the use of STUs, as well as power differences and such in a couple of my books, namely the interiors and lighting guide, here's a link to the series: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078NLRKNM?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf
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Hey Nathan,
Is the xplor 600 to powerful for smaller rooms or bathrooms? Im debating buying two speedlights or buying one xplor 600. I just purchased your interiors book.
Thanks!
If you're on that tight of a budget, then buy multiple speedlights. It's better to have distributed lights than one powerful one that can't light the entire length of the room.
When you are shooting these shots, are you using auto white balance for ambient and for the flash shots? Or are you set to a certain kelvin temp and leaving it there for both flash and ambient?
Hi Blake, ambient shots don't matter on WB since the color goes away using the flash-ambient blending technique. I show this in more detail in my interiors e-book in my REP series www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078NLRKNM?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf
Hi Nathan. I bought Altura Photo Professional Flash Kit for NIKON DSLR before I watched this video and read your ebook. Will this flash Altura works for real estate purpos?, should I just go with Yongnuo speedlight? Thanks!
I'm not familiar with Altura, but as long as it emits 5500K (which most flashes do), and you can control it remotely, then light is light ;) ...and it should work. YNs are cheap and the standard. More on that in www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
I'm intereating about wb setting for speedlight. Thank you
Flashed lighting emits 5500K (or so), but inside it's different since flash will cast and create a different color balance, thus making for a different WB setting. This is something I cover in my online course, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: prointeriors.nathancool.com/
@@NathanCoolPhoto thank you for your answer
Hey Nathan, I find it really hard to use flash when I have to shoot a dark unevenly lit room. Which means the shutter speed needs be really slow to get that ambient exposure, but what about the flash settings? One stop above ambient is still really slow.
It sounds like you're doing two things wrong: not using the proper exposure settings, and not using the proper flash units (and technique). That's a lot to cover, so you might want to take a look at my video course on this that covers it step by step in detail, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: prointeriors.nathancool.com/
Thank you Nathan. Is this the correct one?
Flashpoint XPLOR 600 R2 HSS TTL Battery-Powered All-In-One Outdoor Flash?
You're welcome! That's an older video and newer lights have come out since, I have an updated gear recap in mastering flambient that can help, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: amzn.to/3Xxa2dM
When you are taking the shots where you are adding the flash you must be either closing the aperture (which I doubt due to DOF issues) or raising the shutter speed. Are you raising the shutter speed beyond the sync speed? How does that work ?
Hi Sam, it's shutter speed. I talk about this and the various exposure settings in greater length in book #1 in my REP series, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078NLRKNM?ref_=dbs_dp_rwt_sb&binding=kindle_edition
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Thanks for addressing a subject that I haven't been able to find guidance on from any other source on the web. I recently picked up the FlashPoint XPLOR 600 and notice the one beside you in this video has the diffusion panel attached. Do you use the 600 with the diffusion panel attached or was it just on while you were shooting this video and you take it off when shooting a job? Or, does that vary depending on the circumstances encountered on the job and, if so, under what circumstances would you use it?
I always keep the diffusion panel on, no need to take it off. 600 WS is way more than you'll ever need, keeping it on protects the bulb (you will eventually bump something), and you can never have enough diffusion ;)
Can you please do a tutorial of how you put the ambient light and flash together in photoshop? Plz
Here ya go: th-cam.com/video/iBiSkTcDLBs/w-d-xo.html
do you have a video showing how you combine the pictures in your pc?
I cover that in the interiors and advanced editing book: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FF9HSR5?ref=series_rw_dp_labf
you recommend using auto white balance? Thanks
AWB for interiors, but with color validation.
What tripod would you recommend for Real Estate photography? Stability is most important future for me, weight, comfort, speed does not matter. Price - less expensive the better. Thank you for all suggestions!
Hi 3, I cover all the interior gear recommendations, and whys behind them, in my interiors e-book, here's the link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Hey would you mind if i ask what belt clip you used?
Spyder holster, they make all kinds of stuff like that, check this out: amzn.to/3knnKv3
Why do you prefer flash shooting over 3 different exposures of each room and just applying luminosity masks?
Because you'll never get accurate results every time unless you use flash. I explain it in depth in my interiors book here www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Hey Nathan, did you tried godox AD200
Search my channel for "200" and you'll see a few videos, including this one: th-cam.com/video/4PuI7TXoQWw/w-d-xo.html
How do you deal with misaligned shots due to touching the camera between shots (the timer doesn't solve the problem)? AFAIK software auto-align doesn't align 100% correctly.
Using the proper gear is key, this is something I talk about in greater detail in my ebook on interior real estate photography, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: amzn.to/3JIyHoU
Can I just point my Speedlight directly at what I am shooting, with a diffuser on the light?
In some cases an STU can be used, but a diffuser won't have enough fall-off. I talk about this more in the interiors e-book at www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0755KXSL4
Can you recommend a brand of speed light to purchase pls?
Hi Tina, it depends on budget, what you may have for lights, and what triggering system you may already have. I cover this in greater detail in my e-book on interior photography, here's a link if you'd like to check that out: amzn.to/3nkMF5N
How are you blending the photos and cropping yourself out of the pictures?
Hi Matthew, it's done with compositing, which I cover initially in my interiors e-book, and further in the advanced editing book. See www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
Window pulls. Is your speed light triggering your camera to shoot?
It's just the opposite. For a breakdown of the steps you can refer to my interiors e-book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
nathan what do you mean you added a window pull
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Which mono light is this Nathan?
XPLR 600. I show more on it in my interiors book at www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
what WB setting you use for each picture?
I cover that in the interiors and exteriors books: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FF9HSR5?ref=series_rw_dp_labf
Hi! How do you fire your speed light and studio light all in once?
With a trigger in the hot-shoe of the camera that sends its signal all lights. There are a couple ways to do this, which I talk about in my interiors book and lighting guide as well. Here's a link to my REP series if you want to check those out: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078NLRKNM?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf
Nathan Cool Photo thank you!
@@NathanCoolPhoto Hi Nathan, I would like to purchase one of your Books (The lighting guide for Real Estate...). Unfornatelly I don´t have any Kindle Reader, but Tolino shine 3 which I can use to read EPub files. Is it somehow possible to buy in this format? Or iPad...
What white balance do you use for ambient and flash?
I get into that in the interiors book at www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
what's a window pull?
Hi Jose, it's a technique to bring the outside view in. You might want to take a quick read through my interiors e-book, which covers that as well as other techniques for shooting interiors: www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4