Hey Larry! Welcome aboard! The Z5 is a great camera... my friend Becky in Eugene uses that and loves it! You may or may not be correct.... the view from the iphone I am shooting this with MAY be changing the whote balance you see a bit... so keep that in mind. Also, I NEVER worry about white balance when I shoot. Especially if I am shooting in a single light color situation. Since I shoot raw, I lose nothing by setting the WB in Lr later! If I am shooting mixerd color temps, again, I think its easier to fix it in Lr. But in any situation where I might be worried, I look for a real white in the shot.... or MAKE a white in a frame so I can reference that later. But the bottom line in most situations is trust your eye.... you know when its right or wrong! All that in mind, my WB is set to "A1"

I used to do luminosity but I felt it always ended up looking dirty. I think I also used to reverse, flash on bottom, ambient on top.

I put it on 2 second delay and press the button. Or I use Cam Ranger.... The two of those work universally and one is free! :)

What is AirBnB style vs shooting a regular residence? A whole new video. Seriously. Its a whole lot of things. I am ALWAYS thinking about end use, and shoot to that. I let that guide me. SO that is what works in the AirBnB world, and what am I selling, and to whom. There is no quick and easy answer, I am sorry. I will devote a full video to this to answer your question!

Hey Dace! Yes!!!! Still have it.

I just do the one that Im used to. I tried the flash the window version and it never worked well for me...

Yes.... this is a 10 video series..... the first 5 are shooting, the next 5 are editing the corresponding images....

@@Dave_Koch Great! looking forward to it. this series has been very helpful so far!

Happy to help! I hope it works for you..... :)

Thanks so much- EXCELLENT question. First, my priority is the IMAGE. Our MLS does not have strict aspect ratio requirements.... so it can vary some with no problem.... so Im lucky that way. Your MLS may vary. Tony Colangelo taught me this- go for the best crop, THEN make the resulting image.... and I sure am not going to argue with Tony! :) As long as we're on this subject.... here a great way to use verticals in an MLS that doesn't allow them- double them up! I find bathrooms are often demanding verticals.... so I'll shoot one of the basins, and a second of the shower. They pair nicely, and combine to make a horizontal aspect ratio- problem solved AND a 2-for-1 image!

Thanks so much Tony! Shout out right back at you, a great STR photographer in Phoenix! Tony once worked as my assistant on a shoot in Houston, and I gotta say from personal experience, Tony is GHREAT to work with! Thanks Tony!

David- thanks! means a lot coming from a real pro like you- thank you!

You use the other flash. It'll be in the editing episode on this shoot.... episode 6 I think!

One additional question. I believe in one of your videos you had your images as layers in PS. However, you had to go back to LR to get an image to add to your layers. I remember you simply go back to LR and open that image in PS. However, I forget how you moved that single image over so that it joins your group of layered images that you first sent over to PS. Do you recall which if your videos this occurred so I could watch again to learn the procedure?

Joe- sorry, niot sure what you mean... Stinger shot?

@@Dave_Koch thought that was what you called the one where you put the flash in the window

@@Joe_Franklin Oh.... I put the flash in the window so the light from the flash mimicks the natural light of the room. Most light in any room comes from the window, so it makes sense ro light from there if you want a natural looking light in the image.

Mike: THIS is the lesson I so much want people to learn: YOU become the photographer you WANT to be. Sure, you have to work at it, and sure it does not happen over night.... but you have to figure out the photographer YOU want to be, then you create a business that promotes that sort of photographer. So far you have only seen a couple shooting tutorials. I have 40 edited and ready-to-go- videos all lined up and scheduled from now until December. And that is where this is gonna go. How to decide what sort of photographer you are gonna be... and how to get there. How to build a website. How to start and run your real estate business. That is where this is all going. Its a LOT more than how to frame up and edit an image.

@@Dave_Koch ....looking forward to seeing all 40 videos!

THANK YOU JOE!!!!! I will never remember that... but thank you! :)

I could have..... but I was shooting a LOT more than this single image. The 24-70 was the best choice for ALL the images I was shooting....

Larry: YES IT DOES!!!! It keeps all the previous info, and re-hooks-up-with the flashes. Sometimes I hit the "Flash Now" button if it has been a long time just to wake the flashes up....but yes it stays where you left it. Also, because the camera does not sense that you are in flash mode, it does not go into that weird mode where it shows a perfect exposure on the screen. I dont know the right word.... but in "ambient" mode, the screen will show the exposure; if you bring the shutter down, the screen will get darker, right? Well, when the camera sees you are in flash mode, it will sometimes set the screen to an "idealized" exposure.... not reproduce the actual exposure because it thinks you need to see that. Does that make sense? Well, with BOTH flash units on there, the camera does not sense you are using a flash, so you stay in the "ambient" mode on the screen, and it will reflect the light level for the exposure you choose.... I find this very helpful!

@@Dave_Koch Thanks, I tried it out yesterday and it worked just fine. Certainly saves me a lot of button clicks on the flash trigger using this technique. Unfortunately it does appears that if you want to change a flash setting on a particular group, you have to click on that group before being able to change that flash power. Fortunately, most of the time the flash power will remain the same thus avoiding the need to activate the group. That is where I now same a ton of time. What you were describing I believe is referred to as using the "live view." In fact, it is the live view that I use to set my exposures ( I do not bracket my ambient frame). Namely, ambient being set to the right on the histogram and then taking down the exposure to the left before acquiring the flashing frame. I take it to the left far enough to remove any ambient color cast and/or until I see the window view I want. Regarding the flash frame, I always get one as I stand behind the camera and most of the time that does the job, especially in smaller rooms. If I need additional light in the room I will add a couple of flash pops that are blended in PS so I can brush myself out. If I am just lighting up an adjacent room, I just place an additional flash in that room, same as your technique. However, I noticed in your technique you set up multiple flash units within view of the frame within the same room. I am sure you will be covering this in your edit video but was wondering how you removed the additional flash units out of the seen in editing? Thanks

@@larryisaacs5980 Thats great tio hear- that it works for you.

3 for photo, 5 for video too.... and on this house, thats PROBABLY a bit long. Maybe really 2 hours shooting if Im not also shooting MY video....

Hey Mike! In this case, the owners were in England, so a bit of a commute. I think my mix is like everyone elses.... 50% no one, 30% or so realtor only.... 20% home owner... does that sound right? But yes, I tell them up front its gonna be HOURS not minutes.... that usually gets rid of them! :) At a minimum, they go to a different floor. I do not have a regular Virtual stager. This was through Pixlmob. Not happy with the person I used....

Yep- handmade! I use that a lot for car camping too. I spend a lot of time (and some LATE nights!) in the Utah outback, and its nice to have a ":shelf" I can sleep on with my gear underneath! I have 20 or so videos on my to do list..... now I have 21- THANK YOU for the feedback!

You are probably right. I started doing that SO long ago and I just keep doing it. The main thing I like there is that I set the exposure based on the viewfinder. When you turn the flash on (and it is DIRECTLY connected), the screen goes into auto exposure more or whatever.... it shows an idealized exposure, not a representative exposure. By having that in between, I dont get that- and that is something I REALLY do like.

Yeah its just how I work.... :)

Ali! Coffee will keep us ALL going!

I canrt wait..... Morimotos on friday with the gang! Sam Chen, Dan, Bethany, Christopher, Dace.... you too!

As someone who has used Z8, Z6iii, Canon R6ii, Sony A7iv, A7iii and Fuji XT-2 … for real estate shoots already, I’d say 24 MP is already more than what what’s required for real estate. You can shoot with a 12 MP camera or even 6 MP if you’re delivering for MLS and prints up your 8.5”x11”! You can print a good 24”x36” poster from 12 MP (that’s more than 100 ppi)! I’ve worked in printing as well! Resolution requirements have to do with viewing distance. 24 MP printed on 24”x36” poster gives you 166 ppi which is very good. Real estate photos are shown on web and the prints are no bigger than a brochure. Don’t waste your money! Just buy a basic camera with good dynamic range. A used Z5 and Z7 if you’re not shooting events and video! You get Z8 resolution at a bargain price! Btw, your computer storage fill up way after with more mega pixels you don’t need! 🤷‍♂️

I think you CAN use a Z8.... and if it were my only camera, I might. But its way overkill... and a Z6 works just fine for R/E. I use a Z7ii for my commercial stuff, and I only upgraded from Z6 to a Z6ii so the menus and operations were more similar and I could switch back and forth easier... Righgt now Im using Z8 for sports, aircraft and landscape.... things I need hi res, poi=xel shift and super fast shutter speeds for.

@@Dave_Koch makes sense. I don't disagree at all that the Z6ii is a great RE camera. Was just curious as to what assignments you felt warranted the Z8. 🙂

@@mikestewart4733 I love the whole line. I was thinking more about this.... and maybe just part of it is the 6 is in a hard shell case all set up for r/e with the two AD 200s, the AD100, and all that. The 7 Is in a case with t/s lenses, and cam ranger.... so the cases are all set up for each job. I dunno..... its just what works. for me! :)

@@Dave_Koch good organization makes a difference!

This will get you going.... the mount/magnet system for AD200, a magmd "sphere" and an eggcrate.... www.amazon.com/dp/B09TXX7GWQ/ref=nosim?tag=remedia03-20

@@Dave_Koch awesome thanks!!

@@straitjacketstudios Good luck with them! I REALLY do love them. Maybe get one and try it before you buy a lot of them!