Fast Editing For Architecture Photography and Real Estate Photography in Lightroom

Getting photos back to our clients quickly while maintaining quality is vital for a successful architecture photography or real estate photography workflow.
In this tutorial I'll share my techniques for very quickly getting my photos from their raw state into a version that can be sent back to my client. I use this technique for my initial proofing. The goal being to give the client a feel for what the finished photo will look like without spending unnecessary time editing shots that they may not want.
This approach may also be very useful for real estate photographers who also value speed of turnaround high on their priorities.
Of course there are superior techniques for higher image quality but the time needed to achieve those results goes up dramatically. Make sure you dleiver what the client needs without spending time you really didn't need to!
I hope this guide is useful to you. I put a lot of work into it. So if it is helpful I'd love to hear from you! Thanks so much for watching! 🙏 and share the love with a thumbs up and/or a comment 😄
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[@jfizzle]

I have been a successful real estate photographer for 5 Years in California. Thank you for showing me that I don't know everything! I'm slowly getting through all of your posted videos and very thankful for the excellent content you've created. Excellent work! 👍

[@rogerwalton8160]

Very useful and wonderfully well explained process. I'm often guilty of forgetting about "quick tweaking" in the grid using Quick Develop and it's so handy! (Must write myself a yellow post-it and stick it by the monitor.

[@dataventurer9998]

I 've watched your Skylum tutorials over the past couple years. I'm finding that Lightroom for run-and-gun real estate photos has some features that can't be beat. I know some folks chafe at the Adobe subscription model, but is their software saves time, it's definitely worth more than $10 of my time each month! Your section in this tutorial on the Panel settings is gold! I caught screen caps of the sections and will create a Lightroom preset named after you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips! I'll be checking your other channel for more Lightroom guidance!

[@JenJamesPhoto]

thank you so much for showing the guided transform tool it saves me so much time now !

[@AnthonyTurnham]

All good my friend. Glad it's been helpful! 😀

[@dataventurer9998]

Ha! I just checked out your other channel and see that your LATEST video is about a One-Preset-to-Rule-Them-All!!! Can't wait until after dinner to check it out!!! Thank you for delivering a constant stream of helpful tutorials!!!

[@thomak28]

Really nice videos, thanks for sharing you're knowledge!

[@alessandropiras1480]

Great content, I'd like to see the PS editing for the tricky ones, kitchen with strobe or the outside to inside kitchen view. Tnks 4 sharing

[@carbonvisual]

So useful, good explanation and time saver. Thank you !

[@archiphoto]

Glad it was helpful!

[@soni835]

Extremely helpful!! Thanks for sharing!

[@archiphoto]

You're welcome!

[@jonbuscall8901]

Great video. I use the same approach when giving my clients "extras": i.e. to give them the chance to say if they want me to edit something I didn't feel felt the deliverable cut of 20-25 shots. However, I'd really be interested to see how you handle a quick turnaround of, say, 25 finished shots. My clients here in Sweden want next-day-delivery, but a significantly more high-end feel than standard HDR. That doesn't cut it. I end up having to hand blend "flambient" and then use curves and hues to correct color-casting where necessary. On a day with three shoots, it's high stress to edit and deliver 75 finished quality shots. I've adapted an approach outlined by Garey Gomez where you put two shots together, flash shot on top, natural light underneath, and then reduce the opacity of the flash shot, add a white mask, and then brush in the natural light where necessary. Still, this is still relatively time consuming. I've tried to add Lumenzia to the mix to speed things up even further but haven't managed to succeed yet. So I'd be curious to see if you have any tips on speeding higher end work up. Maybe something for your patreons?

[@archiphoto]

Good idea Jon. At the end of the day, the truth of it is higher quality will require more time. But still we want great results without it taking unnecessarily long. I'll see what I can put together.

[@pauldavidbarikder1546]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Glad it's helped!

[@nadhan8827]

its very useful to me thanks

[@ChristyStesky]

Very helpful video, thank you! I am 100% guilty of spending way too much time tweaking. One video I’d love to see would be about using lighting modifiers for creating the “natural light” look for interior design shots. Do you use any? I’ve just bought the godox ad400 for that purpose and am now figuring out what to do with it ;). Love your style and teaching manner, AT. Thanks again!

[@archiphoto]

Thanks Christy. Yes I use off camera flash for adding lighting. I use bit.ly/pro-strobe but as long as the power is there to be able to shoot with a large DOF and low ISO you'll be in a good place. I'll see what I can do regarding a video on it. Good suggestion. I do prefer working with available light where possible though.

[@TheSamoura88]

All these videos are super helpful. The part of the video around 11:50 where half the wall is getting that blue light is something I am struggling to fix and would like help if there's a video on your channel for it. Also I don't have PS only LR 😣

[@alanabley525]

Great follow up, perfectly explained and yes would like to see the high end retouching. On this are you just tweaking the one exposure in a group or is the whole stack being worked on?

[@archiphoto]

Hi Alan. Yes I can cover those techniques. This is where we pull the best bits from various shots to create a better final result.

[@ashleycossey6883]

Another great video, thanks for creating such easy to follow and useful content. I don't know if you've touched on this before but i'd really like to know how you go about using the flash in your photographs. When would you use it? Why you'd use it? Is it purely for better colour accuracy? Can you get away without having a flash in your kit? It would also be good to see how you incorporate this into your editing. Thanks again!

[@archiphoto]

Great suggestion! Thanks.

[@wildpatagoniafilms16]

Just seeing this post now! So much good info! wow! Binging watching all your post the whole day! 😂 I know is this post you are doing a quick edit in LR... but the pics you are working on, are bracketed ones correct..? In other words... you already did the blending and here you are doing the quick edit...? thanks!

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Nice one. Thanks. Actually these are edited from a single exposure only. I do have a bracketed set to work with for a higher quality finish but for this step it's all about good enough with maximum speed.

[@wildpatagoniafilms16]

@@AnthonyTurnham thanks!

[@lisacousins6110]

How do you go about sharing your proofs and having the client give feedback and make selections? What do you deliver as proofs? Do you watermark? What size and resolution to do share at the proofs stage?

[@guillaumecouet1294]

great video. do u have tutorial about interior white balance ? thx ! I always have problems with the blue cast when I do the white balance

[@archiphoto]

Not yet Guillaume but I intend to put one together! Stay tuned....

[@santiagojakas472]

Very interesting and well explained video! Just one question; I cannot see the "flat camera profile" in my LrC. Do I need to install it as a plugging? Thanks!

[@archiphoto]

Depending on your camera manufacturer you'll have access to different profiles. Juts go for the flattest profile you can find. Nikon is well supported and has a variety available. You can get more by installing Adobe's .dng converter app.

[@RyanHirschberg-ryanhphoto]

I noticed when you are doing the quick edits on all of these images you have at the same, that these images are all stacked. Are the stacks your exposure brackets? And if so, do these global edits you are making affect the exposure brackets? Also, how do you show your central exposure on top of your stacks? Thanks Anthony!

[@RyanHirschberg-ryanhphoto]

Actually I am impressed that you would do global edits to alll the photos from a architecture shoot. Many of the properties i shoot have such large lighting differences from room to room, that i cant imagine doing edits on all images at the same time. But your images are so consistent from room to room.

[@sevastyanov_denys1488]

Just Wow! Sub+Like

[@mikejenner4994]

high end retouching please.

[@archiphoto]

Thanks for the vote Mike. Noted buddy! 😀

[@change1341]

Please make a video, photo with people i mean not empty building, with some people" how to edit?

[@bradenkorkorian]

lol did this guys girlfriend cheat on him with a tilt-shift lens?

[@AnthonyTurnham]

Yes she did. I saw the photos and they were very disturbing. But at least the geometry was correct. 🤭🤣