Beginners Guide To Editing Architecture Photos in Lightroom

A complete tutorial covering how to edit architectural photography in Adobe Lightroom. From basics through to advanced masking techniques to bring your architecture photos to life.
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I've tried to thoroughly explain the steps involved along the way and why I make certain decisions in the editing process. If you have any questions please leave them in the comments.
I hope this video is useful to you. If it is helpful I'd love to hear from you and please feel free to share it with others who may benefit! Thanks so much for watching! 🙏 and share the love with a thumbs up and/or a comment 😄
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[@weltonmediawmi]

I've been using Lightroom for almost 2 years and never knew you could intersect masks until watching this video. THANK YOU!!!!

[@ziemniol]

this channel is pure gold and your teaching skills are fantastic! the fact that you share practical knowledge with us while spending your free time making those videos... AMAZING!

[@archiphoto]

Wow, thank you Majkel!

[@caja.caliente_]

You are literally changing my career. The amount of knowledge you are giving with this channel is unmeasurable. Thank you for making this videos!

[@MrGubz68schannel-bs9jx]

Thank you! I'm learning to become an architecture and real estate photo editor and this is a huge help. God bless you!

[@messiraouf7048]

incredible! very useful, we appreciate your time for help us, special thanks.

[@karliengeldenhuys6824]

Absolutely amazing video thank you for sharing your knowledge! I am keen to see the video on the final steps before delivering the photo to your client as you mention at the end of the video. I use both Lightroom and photoshop with all the techniques you have taught me! thank you so much!

[@hannahmountry5030]

THANK YOU. I've been watching a lot of architecture photo editing on YT and this is definitely one of THE BEST lightroom tutorials I've found. Thanks for sharing!

[@MrPt17]

This is probably one of the finest prpesetentions I have ever watched! I am a portrait photographer so this isn't even my area of interest. Your explanations were crystal clear and I followed the entire presentations without stopping and trying to analyze where your were going. It even gave me a better understanding of Lightroom. Thanks

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thanks John! Really glad it's been helpful and I appreciate the praise on the presentation. 👍🙏

[@dhritimanbatchu]

Finishing, please. At a beginner/ intermediate level, the finishing touches often make a world of difference between good and great. Much appreciated, A.T.!

[@Celestialrob]

Outstanding, thank you. I need to watch this several times.

[@archiphoto]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ChristodoulosYpodimatopoulos]

I am astonished! Can't find the words to thank you!!!! You are amazing!!! Thankful for your time and effort!!!!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Thanks 😃 Glad you liked the vid.

[@archiphoto]

You are so welcome!

[@meditationstorytime]

Thank you Anthony! Was so excited to see a new video. Your one of the best teachers on KZbin and appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge and experience with us mere mortals! :)

[@archiphoto]

Thanks Sam 😀

[@jpithois]

Great video…as always ! Thanks so much

[@michaela.942]

I was checking other "architectural photography" videos , man your photos are crisp , your style is what i want in my photos, thank you ! About the gear you use... is it really what you use in work ?

[@anthonymclennan3208]

Just what I needed right now, brilliant tutorial, thanks!

[@archiphoto]

You're welcome!

[@francoisp5384]

First time here. That was awesome. Merci beaucoup

[@archiphoto]

De rien, mon ami! 😀

[@diggermolly5927]

The word genius comes to mind...

[@archiphoto]

I told my wife. She thinks you may have been watching someone else's video 😆

[@ferielo6884]

As usual, amazing video!

[@archiphoto]

Thanks!

[@neilfraseruk]

Another great video, thanks.

[@archiphoto]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks

[@ianknight422]

Thanks for the video, one quick thing to get rid of the info overlay, just press i a couple of times to cycle through no info, exposure, and resolution.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

I like it. Thanks Ian. Gotta love a good hotkey!

[@horatiocarter740]

Awesome tutorial…

[@archiphoto]

Thanks! 😄

[@epectase6314]

loved the video. I find my computer to slow down after a while on Lightroom, I think having multiple masks really takes a toll on the speed which is annoying and breaks the flow sometimes

[@archiphoto]

I haven't really noticed any lag with the masking but yes, I dare say it can add to the memory and processing demands of your computer.

[@wildpatagoniafilms16]

Another excellent post mate! wow! I'd love to see you taking the photos... your process, settings, (even though each situation is different of course...)... for what I've seen in your videos you don't use flash/strobes much (flambient). I believe you mainly do a single exposure, or HDR but then you do as you did here everything manually, either LR or Lumenzia. There is a strong belief in YT that in order to do real "pro" architecture or high end real state one MUST use strobes/ambient mix... What is your thoughts on this? cheers! ;)

[@archiphoto]

Greta question. TBH my thoughts are that it's bullsh*t. Proof is in the pudding. I've built a successful business serving high end clients using (predominantly) the techniques of exposure blending rather than flambient. If you know how to do it properly (which is what I'm trying to help teach) then the results can be far superior using Lumenzia (bit.ly/3dpGeub) than flambient, However, I'm not against flambient. I do use it too and it's good to have a variety of problem solving techniques in your tool kit. But it's not my go to, and certainly not a MUST do to achieve quality results.

[@wildpatagoniafilms16]

@@archiphoto thank you! love your approach ! cheers!

[@chase5860]

Anthony hi. I would like to offer my compliments on your very well thought out and thorough videos. I have been doing real estate photography for about two months now and I like to think I have been doing a decent job so far but I am always on the lookout for learning new techniques and ways to optimise my workflow. As you know in this industry, sometimes it is a race against the clock and the key is quality in the quickest amount of time. How long have you been an architectural photographer yourself? And are there any resources you'd recommend that helped you get started in your early days or is it really just trial and error and finding what worked for you?

[@santiagojakas472]

Thank you so much for all these tutorials. I watching almost all of them! One question regarding the ISO: Are you using 200 ISO for all your night (outdoor) architectural photographs? And using 100 ISO only for interiors?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Iso 64 for interiors, just cos that's my cleanest file. Iso 64 for exteriors too, unless I'm pushed for time during low light in which case, yes iso 200, or 400 are good options as they halve or quarter (ish) the exposure time. That window of opportunity during the blue light is so fleeting.

[@petersmith8913]

Hi watched this a few months ago just gone back to watch this again. I really enjoyed the video but what the difference with Lightroom and Photoshop is there any reason why everyone starts with Lightroom Pete

[@lifeofluke6279]

Hi, great video once again. I'm trying to find the camera flat profile under profile in LrC any reason why it isn't there do I need to download anything

[@archiphoto]

Hi Luke. Which system are you shooting with? Different manufacturers supply different profiles. I'm on Nikon D850 for this one. Adobe's free DNG converter can be installed and the profiles can be "borrowed" from there if you think a profile is genuinely missing rather than just non-existent.

[@lifeofluke6279]

@@archiphoto Hi thank you so much for your reply. I'm currently shooting on a cannon EOS RP, is there a link or site I need to go to Install camera flat.

[@LaurelHousdenphoto]

Thank you so much. This was so helpful especially about masks and intersecting. I would love to see the finishing video. Can you do a lesson on licensing and pricing for real estate. Do you ever run into a problem when say the architect has hired you for the initial shoot - but is upset if you sell a license to the realtor to sell the house or even the kitchen designer. Does that make sense? I ran into a problem where the owner of the house was upset to see her house in a trade magazine promoting the architecture even though there was nothing personal in the image to identify them.

[@archiphoto]

Hi Laurel. I always get a release agreement from the owner during or before the shoot to prevent any recourse later. I'll see what I can do about those other videos... 😀

[@santiagojakas472]

Another question I haver regarding HDR (sorry so many questions). I see some photograpers are "pro HDR" and others prefere to blend in photoshop by taking 5 or 7 exposure bracketed photos as layers or as objects. What do you think about this? Which technique do you prefer, or when do you decide to use one technique or the other?

[@archiphoto]

I use both. I've got vids on both approaches and both can yield excellent results when done well. Why do I mix it up? I do this a lot and I like to keep variety in my workflow so I don't get bored.

[@ola68]

Hi Im looking at your equipment, I thought one needs a TS lens for architecture photography?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

It's great to have one but honestly not necessary. If you haven't got one don't let that hold you back.

[@rickkremer0525]

Anthony, great video. I jus subscribed to your channel. I have a quick question, how does stacking a HDR image within Lightroom compare to using the new Luminar Neo's HDR? Thanks, Rick

[@archiphoto]

Hi Rick. In a nutshell pros and cons to each approach. LR gives you a lovely 32bit raw file but it doesn't do the tonemapping for you. Luminar creates a useful 16bit file with the tonemapping already done i.e. it's done the merging for you, however the output isn't a raw file.

[@rickkremer0525]

@@archiphoto Thank you sooo much for getting back to me, that totally makes sense. I realize also you have much more control with dodging and burning with your techniques. its pretty amazing what these one click applications are able to to do. But your manual editing of the photos is what I am used to doing with my photos as well. I need to up my game though with the new Masking feature within Lightroom. thx