Full Flambient Real Estate Photography Shoot with Shot by Shot Commentary

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Living Room: 8:47
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[@skymakai]

I LOVE this kind of tutorial/walkthrough. If you could do one on a more challenging house with all or a lot of wood ceilings and floors, that would be SO helpful.

[@jordanpalacio_]

Great video. I pretty much have all the gear I need to start getting out there- as far as photos are concerned. Now I’m just taking in as many tutorials, advice, tips and tricks before I do my first shoot. Looking forward to watch your editing video/commentary. Thanks for all your content!

[@JoeMessenger]

Outstanding work! I really like how you broke this down to a science almost and really took your time to teach us how to get these results. I am really looking forward to your next video on editing.

[@Gerald_G]

Came across your channel over the last week or so and have been binging on the content. I’m definitely using your content to learn RE Videography/Photography. Was up til 1am a couple nights ago shooting video and photos (bracketing) of my own house for practice with your videos playing in the background as my reference. I’m really excited to see how the editing turns out. MUCH THANKS! 🙏🏾 #excitedNube

[@adamlloydwilliams]

Thanks for posting such awesome videos!!! You have no idea how much you are helping, well maybe you do lol either way thanks again

[@BluesInAm]

supe helpful info! Thanks for the applicable nuances to make the photo game that much stronger and more confident. Yes, a video on your editing would absolutely be consumed by us masses. Thank you again and Steller work most of us hope to achieve sooner than later!

[@FranHoganPanama]

Thank you for sharing your processes and thoughts about why you're making some decisions. Your videos are very helpful!

[@iXplainIT]

Fantastic video, clear explanations on everything I want to learn. Can’t wait got the editing video!

[@dougcooper4917]

Very Interesting Video and Photo Shoot! I Wish That I Understood More Of What You Are Doing. I Have Never Done A Photo Shoot Like This For Residential Real Estate. Thank You For Sharing It With Us.

[@minotor7176]

Nice video thanks, can you please give us your bracketing settings and flash photo settings ? Are they similar for eqch shoot everytime ? Thanks

[@dennygreenonyt]

Really great in-depth video. Much appreciated.

[@seattlerealestatemedia]

Love your videos Mike.

[@chasingit2262]

Amazing video. Thanks again!

[@user-ih2th2yw9g]

thanks for such a nice video.it's really good for me to understand how to shoot flambient real estate.💪

[@jonmasiello7970]

A video on editing workflow on this would be amazing! I really want to learn this technique. Thank you so much for these videos Mike! You are awesome. My business is thriving now since starting RE photography 5 months ago cause of your videos!

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Sorry I missed this comment! Thanks! I do have a flambient editing video out. I hope your business is doing even better at this point !

[@BirdsEyeGraphics]

Fantastic video! Thanks for the job shadow. I’ve been shooting brackets and never liked to color cast. I know flash provides better color accuracy so I’ve been trying the flambient method. Really looking forward to your editing video.

[@steveparkins6854]

Great presentation and sharing of knowledge-really appreciated🙏👍

[@prithviphotography]

Amazing video...love from India ❤️

[@user-vx4tj6pu7z]

Looking forward seeing how you edit those images. Thank you.

[@yurikim01]

Great video! Can you do one on your editing process of putting all the images together? Great content keep it up!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Yes! That will be the next video 😉

[@RealEstateTorontoPhotography]

Awesome - Thank you

[@Norbert40]

Thank you!! ❤

[@SorinBucse]

Great Stuff.

[@leemurray3188]

Great video Mike! Would love to see you edit these photos. Do you merge the bracketed photos to create HDR, or just pick the correctly exposed image and blend with flash?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Next video will be on editing these exact photos. Stay tuned!

[@figo007tv]

That lens, I need it. Great job 👏🏾

[@ismagine]

Thanks for your videos. Definitely subscribed and contribute

[@piotrwalendziak85]

Great !!

[@rachaelsmith6223]

Great video and I love how you told us your "why" with the flash pops. I know white balance and lighting play a factor in the final edit, but how do you get your white balance so "clean"? I saw no color casts on the walls/ceiling, even the bulbs were white. Do you use a grey card?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Nope, no gray card! Casts were removed in editing so some extent. The video following this is how I edited the images so I would suggest taking a look at that video. Thanks!

[@jacobbehunin]

Appreciate the hard work of putting together the video. But do you go through this process for every single home you shoot? I can't imagine that being very profitable. Wouldn't an HDR with bracketed shots work for most situations?

[@johnearly1029]

In the first room when you shot the window pull, how do you deal with the shadows the flash going through the window frame created on the background? In other words, is there any easier way than just having to retouch those shadows? Happens to me alot, so just curious how you deal with it. Personally, I like to keep the flash unit closer the flash is to the lens, the less this will be an issue.

[@johnbohnel1974]

You're providing outstanding information....thank you so much. Looking forward to the editing video. Ummm....how do you edit yourself out of the shots you're standing in triggering the flash?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

When you’re compositing 2 photos together you can just use the layer mask to brush yourself out

[@kinleypenjor3305]

Hi, just a question, when u r done with ur bracketed shots, u change the setting to flash shots and around 11:00 min of the video u do the stops couple of times. Can u explain on that. Is it something to do with shutter speed?

[@janjirekreality]

Great video. How do you desaturate walls and ceiling to be pure white. I always get some reflections. Would be grate to see that in the video. Thanks so much for your effort.

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

My next video will be on editing these exact images so stay tuned!

[@JohanJoosteMusiek]

Great video. When you shoot the flash, does that trigger the camera or do you trigger the camera with a remote which in turn triggers the flash?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Thanks! The latter, camera triggers flash

[@chrislearyphoto]

Thanks for making these videos! Question- I thought that when doing the flambient technique that you had to maintain the same f stop for the ambient and flash exposures. I noticed your ambient was f 8 and flash f 7.1 - doesn’t this introduce some alignment issues in post?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

The depth of field difference between f/7.1 and f/8 is pretty negligible and I haven’t noticed a problem but you are absolutely right, you should really use the same f stop for both.

[@360VRStudios]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography I agree, keep the F-stops the same, that should not be changed.

[@thedrivenoutlier1602]

Do you turn your flash trigger off to see what the camera sees on the LCD display? I use a Sony A6400 with a Godox flash trigger and V1s and when the trigger is on, the LCD doesnt properly display what the camera actually sees.

[@benwallace9949]

Thank you for the video! I have a question and a suggestion, if you’re open. What are you using to capture the camera’s screen? Is that a feature of your camera? My suggestion would be to let the viewers know what equipment (and software-if any) you are using to capture your shot. I appreciate the vids! Keep ‘em coming!

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

I’m using a Ninja V external monitor/recorder

[@adrielsalazar3552]

Mike, thanks for this video. I've watched this video a few times and I had a question...do you have any issues with shooting with the godox trigger affecting your flash white balance? I've read about people jerry-rigging the connector pins ...I shot just like you, and idk, is it worth it to jerry-rig your equipment like what others are doing? wondering what you do personally

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Yes, it does cause issues. I’ve been using the flashpoint single pin trigger from Adorama and it works great!

[@ismagine]

Question. I’m starting on photography with flash and was thinking to get Godox v860iii for in door events but also for real estate photography. Is this a good choice? Later when I get some income I’ll buy the ad200, but is it good idea to start with v860iii to cover few kind of photography scenarios?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Yeah that’s a great flash, I own a couple of them. It will work for small house like the one in the video but if you’re doing a house with large rooms then it will be a problem because you won’t have enough power out of it.

[@ckdesignlab]

Great videos! Very simple and straightforward tutorials. My only question is what lens did you use? I have a Sony a6300 with a Sigma 16mm f1.4 and a Tamron 70-300mm mounted to a Manfrotto Befree tripod and I use the Sony Imaging Edge app for remote shooting since the Sony remote commander you have is not compatible. I don't have a gimbal but thought about buying a phone gimbal for some closeups and using my film head for the tripod to get pan and tilt videos. Anyways, thanks again. Your videos are superb and are really helping me be more comfortable selling my services to potential real estate clients. I'm in Dallas where the market is super hot. We are in tax protest season and I thought about selling my services to homeowners who need photos of damage to lower their home value. If my business grows I'll look into a drone.

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

I use the Sony 16-35mm GM but I’m using a full frame camera. For you on a crop sensor body like the a6300 I would recommend a wider lens that’s around 10mm on the wide end.

[@007silverwings]

Great video, thanks for sharing. Can you explain the need for a seperate custom setting for the flash shots? Thanks

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

One custom setting is for flash shots and the other is for ambient shots. Just makes things faster switching back and forth.

[@007silverwings]

​​@@InsideRealEstatePhotographyhanks for the reply. But was is actually different between those settings? I guess if you aren't going brackets for the ambient then you wouldn't use the custom modes?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

@@007silverwings correct, you wouldn’t really need to in that case

[@HiFocusedCinematography]

I wish there was a button on camera you could customize to turn flash off.

[@pvrcaptures3596]

Which flash u have used sir

[@marquislutge1]

How are you dealing with the white balance issue with the flash shots? Just adjusting the flash images in post? I use a dummy trigger now and it goes away

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Yeah, partly that but a combination of things. My next video is on editing images from this exact shoot so that will show my process 😉

[@MrArtmen]

Can you do tutorial on feature sheets or flyers

[@photograhy]

Hey Mike, do you still shoot JPEG? I just bought the a7 IV and 33mp files are so large in RAW. My very powerful laptop started taking some time when editing the files but I am too scared to shoot JPEG, I haven't had the time to do a test shoot with it and see if I can work with the files. Much appreciated!

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

If you are just auto merging HDRs and lightly tweaking them in Lightroom then you can get away with jpegs. If shooting flambient or hand blending hdrs then I would recommend RAW files.

[@photograhy]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography Thank you, I always do some weird hybrid combinations of the 2. RAW it is then!

[@kmooney000]

Thanks for a great video. I'm practicing your technique. My problem is, most of the time, I can't get my window exterior dark enough without going above my sync speed of 250. I'm trying to figure out if it's my camera or maybe my lens? (Canon 70D -Tokina 12-28) I've tried changing the ISO but I have to go really high. It seems like you don't have that problem.

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Hey! Raising your iso will increase exposure, not decrease. What is your aperture set at?

[@kmooney000]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography 7.1. I just realized that you are also using a filter. Maybe that would help?

[@ngtrongtri]

Please, I love your edited photos. Please provide a course so we can learn how to edit photos like you

[@ckdesignlab]

Are you using the camera's internal flash for the bracketing shots?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Camera doesn’t have an internal flash. Using a godox ad200

[@ckdesignlab]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography Thanks. The sound of the flash was much different. Did you handheld the Godox straight ahead while shooting the bracketed shots?

[@MrAjayCook]

When shooting with an APS-C camera like the Canon M50 Mark II for Real Estate Photography are you suggesting to shoot at F5.6 to get the F8 Aperture that you are suggesting on a full Frame ?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

I would still shoot at f/8 with an apsc camera. Same principles apply.

[@Kmarie0326]

Where is the link to the video about the custom settings?

[@alexdossey]

Nice video… Not a huge deal but I noticed your bracketed aperture is set to f/8 and your flash aperture is f/7.1 Curious if you did that in error? My thoughts have always been to use matching apertures in any compositing situation whether it be auto merging, auto blending, manual blending, etc.

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Yes that was a mistake. Should be the same for both. I have my setting programmed into custom slots and was switching back and forth and it slipped my mind

[@alexdossey]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography Ok cool. I kinda thought that’s what happened. I have my user settings dialed in as well and it gets me pretty often. I’ll forget to change my flash aperture.

[@lyndvisuals]

7:31 is that the auto white balance issue everyone seems to be talking about?

[@pawel-951]

What's the point of taking windows pull shots when you use exactly the same exposure settings like in the flash shots?

[@erikender2785]

This is a great video, I think for the living room you need less flash power, it is kind of over exposed. Anyway thank you again for the videos.

[@jalanyuks2707]

is this photo edit by braketing mode?

[@thelongarmmarine]

I noticed you’re shooting f8 for the bracketed shots, but f7.1 for the flash?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Yes that was a bit of mistake, it should’ve really been the same aperture for both although the difference in depth of field between f/8 and f/7.1 is pretty much negligible and didn’t cause any issues.

[@elliotlowe9079]

Are you still using that $10 remote? I never see you pointing the remote to the camera. How are you able to get it to go through the wall? I feel as if mine barely works lol

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Haha I’m using the Sony remote commander which is Bluetooth and much better in that regard. If you are shooting flambient I especially recommend it.

[@elliotlowe9079]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography awesome thanks! I was struggling doing a flambiant today 😂

[@elliotlowe9079]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography would you be able to link it?

[@GCHUSTLEHAWAII]

Which lens and camera are you using?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Sony a7siii and 16-35 GM

[@stephenwarriner387]

On my Sony A7III I also bracket. For my flash shot I used to change to single shot (a pain...). A long time ago I forgot to swap from bracket to single and even though I was still in bracket I turned on my trigger and only one frame was taken. Perfect! Over the last three years I have used the camera for other than real estate shoots and messed with settings and a couple of times the camera went back to firing the bracket with flash on, in which case I had to revert back to the old way but on the next shoot it would go back to single bracket when the flash trigger was turned on. You might want to try it. I'd be curious to know if my camera is an anomaly. My trigger is Flashpoint which is Adorama branded Goddox. I noticed in the video when you turned on your flash trigger the exposure level changed. I have always wondered about that. Sometimes I don't get the expected result when using flash and I wonder if the camera "brain" is changing something.

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Interesting! I’ll have to try that! Yeah, I’ve been using the flashpoint single pin trigger lately and it doesn’t change anything when you turn it on and the result is much better. There definitely is stuff going on with the trigger if it’s not a single pin.

[@stephenwarriner387]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography Your video confirmed another thing that bothers me with Sony cameras and that is level is not necessarily level with the Sony level indicator. In the beginning, when you were lining up at the staircase shot and using molding to get the camera level. It was green before and after the adjustment. The Sony range of level is too great. I find that my gear head can be adjusted about a corner turn in either direction on either axis and the level indicator remains "level". I wish Sony would correct that problem in a firmware upgrade. For those of you who are new to RE photography having the camera absolutely level is critical in order for room shot verticals to be straight. The fix is relatively easy in post however, it is at the expense of your image being cropped. The more you are not level, the more the crop when you fix it in post.

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

@@stephenwarriner387 yeah it’s a little annoying but I actually don’t think it’s designed to be pinpoint accurate. It’s been the same for years across multiple Sony cameras that I’ve owned. If they were going to fix it they would’ve by now.

[@stephenwarriner387]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography I'm sure you're right so I have renamed it to the "Almost Level Indicator" :-}

[@NimalTaz]

You didn't show the outdoor shoot....Also can you do twlight photograhy video too ?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Outdoor is all just ambient brackets. This video is focused on flash shooting.

[@MrArtmen]

is that 16mm lens ? looks not wide enought

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Yup! Any wider is too wide in my book

[@rishabhyadav-ql5wl]

why do we have to increase two stops of shutter speed?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

To decrease the amount of ambient light in the room for the flash shot. You want the flash to be the dominant light source.

[@JoshxIZ]

I thought it looked better without the flash for this house.

[@dannycorona]

What size lens did you use?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

16-35

[@dannycorona]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography thank you 😊 was using a 12mm. But starting to like how the 16-24 focal range makes everything looks

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

@@dannycorona I tried using a 12-24 for a while. It’s just too wide for my taste and I do love having 35mm for tighter detail shots as well 😊

[@michsy524]

Hi! Do you always prepare some kind of agreement on paper between you and your client? :)

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Hey! I don’t for real estate shoots typically

[@michsy524]

@@InsideRealEstatePhotography thank you man! I really appreciate your work :)

[@dannyerg]

How about the exterior?

[@alpinephotoutah]

What are the benefits to using flambient method? Seems time consuming for same cost? Bracketed images seem to look great without.

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

The main benefit of flambient is that the flash frame will provide the most accurate color information. Accurate colors can be more difficult to achieve with just brackets. But yes, you can absolutely achieve great results with brackets.

[@alexpuente6581]

you never did the editing part video ???????

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[@maxlasater]

why not just fix the brightness in editing? is this something clients look for? also should I be charging more? Im no to photography but it is a lot of work.

[@richodphoto]

Sounds like you are now going with five images in your brackets?

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Yes which is definitely more than needed

[@lucentstudios9678]

That first photo with the front door should of been shot vertically eliminating that room on the left. Of course there’s no right or wrong really. Good stuff

[@InsideRealEstatePhotography]

Thanks! Yes I agree that would be better but I don’t typically shoot any vertical images for real estate photography

[@angelalonsozana955]

hmmm... too burnt... washed-out... lines werent defined...

[@Loveparaeveryone]

why are you doing window pulls on terrible views?