Living Room & Interior Design Tutorial - Photographing & Editing

In this (lengthy) video, I walk you thru the shooting and editing process to put together a living room photo. Some of the equipment used...
Sony A7RIV
Camranger 2
Godox AD600
Benro Tripod
Canon 24mm Tilt Shift Lens
My name is Matthew and I'm an architecture & interiors photographer based in Kansas City.
IG @matthewaphoto - / matthewaphoto
www.matthewaphoto.com

[@naveenn6355]

This is a great video, Matt. Especially for someone who is at my stage of trying to break into interior photography. Can't thank you enough!!

[@sinaasgari2216]

Thanks Matthew!! You’ve really clarified all the questions I believe a lot of people interested in learning Interior/Architectural photography have. I feel like a lot of people speed through things and hide the important aspects/essentials of truly understanding the full process. You were very informative. In the few years I have been seeking, this is the FIRST and exact video I’ve been looking for so thank you!

[@sinaasgari2216]

I appreciate the care and time you’ve put in this. I know you’re super busy and these videos are time consuming to do. In the video you showed how to shoot for an interior designer, I know you said that talking about the entire edit got too long but I personally enjoy videos like this. I would love to continue seeing videos similar to this of different projects. Every new project we encounter a new challenge and that is what I believe will make your videos awesome. Showing how you manage them through!

[@shanereighard421]

How is it that you dont have thousands and thousands of subscribers? Great video, as always. Thank you!

[@Papparratzi]

I’m totally onboard with the natural look with a bit of surreal. Great demonstration

[@MaricMirna]

Most useful video on interior photography that I've seen so far. I always wondered how to get that natural but sharp look. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@Denis_Vatokatov]

Thank you for your videos, Matthew. Everything is cool - video quality, sound and your content. You should have atleast 500k subscribers :)

[@rebeccasmeyne1735]

Excellent info that is not easy to find elsewhere, thank you sooooo much

[@bchatzakis]

so nice to watch that man, found out some different techniques from those I was working with! Thanks a lot! keep on with the good work!

[@laurenleferink6817]

wow! Thank you so much for this AMAZING tutorial. The diagram that explains how the layout and lighting interacted with the camera was super helpful and seeing how to blended an ambient layer at the end really tied it all together. Also, the color layer to correct parts of the sitting area is such a cool tool I can't thank you enough for this insightful video. I really appreciate it!

[@davedeves]

Thanks for sharing this workflow Matt, super insightful. I love how you breakdown and share with us how you analyse space and how the lighting is interacting too in your vids. Awesome stuff!

[@rodrigollopisg.9774]

Thank you so much Matthew! the perfect video I need it to complete some things I was missing! great content as always!

[@jordanashley9534]

Awesome video Matthew! Loved seeing the whole process shooting through editing. Learned a lot and would love to see more like this!

[@yaroslavsoltys9342]

Fantastic case study. Thanks Matt! Sketch/diagram is very helpful too!

[@michaelspoor4680]

Really helpful video! Thanks for sharing this on youtube and keep up the good work! Greetz from the Netherlands!

[@trueperceptioninitiative]

FINALLY! Great stuff as always man!

[@DirganFasa]

you are rocks! listening to my request. thanks a lot, Matt!

[@cnkaufmann]

Very thorough job.

[@tylerdangfilms]

Great stuff Matt, I'm learning so much from your videos! Thanks for taking the time to show us your workflow!

[@pacecollett2264]

Great video Matthew!

[@DarioVenturini-photography]

Perfect video, thank you

[@sashaart6507]

Thank you! This is so useful!

[@diogomartinez7991]

Love Your Works, learning From eche Video

[@p.ashukkur4613]

Awesome video🤩

[@morteneriksen3767]

We want more of this :D

[@FranHoganPanama]

Thank you! Love it.

[@cisereo]

Thank you! Love the tutorial

[@vladpierre2694]

Thanks! Good stuff.

[@2psstudios]

I really enjoyed watching this. Thank you! -Shayna

[@alanabley525]

Excellent, thanks. Could you please give soft box details.

[@lenandov]

Great video. Not what I was looking for. I thought you might want to know that time stamps in the description or top comment are very new visitor friendly.

[@DirganFasa]

Hi Matt, what are the settings of White Balance for both ambient frames and flash frames? Seems like you based on AWB(Flash) - in Sony cameras, the symbol is AWB + Lighting icon, and you adjusted the ambient frames only, left the flash frames at its original WB? What if the dominant temperature is Tungsten? Will you stick a CTO gel to your Flash? Thanks a lot

[@rezvanbagheri1901]

❤❤

[@lastdooropen8413]

So do you shoot AWB or manual?

[@living.my.life.]

is that soft box ultra light or do you consider your self ironman? I have a soft box on the ad600 and it is heavy!

[@devind-gr2yi]

What size octobox are you using?

[@vladpierre2694]

How did you check the color temperature and tint? Light meter? Do you keep all you images at the same color and tint for a shoot? How? Anyone has an answer?

[@MatthewAPhoto]

Sometimes I use a grey card or reference something in the shot that should be white or a neutral grey

[@AlbertEHo]

Do you know what size of softbox you used for this? Thanks.

[@mrhevia]

Hey Matthew. When you talk about the 7ft westcott umbrella, are you referring to the white one or the one with the black back side? Thanks

[@MatthewAPhoto]

The one with the black side. I use it to bounce light in it instead of a shoot through

[@mrhevia]

@@MatthewAPhoto perfect! Thanks 🙏

[@logangearhart7760]

How do you check color balance on location at 13:40?

[@mrhevia]

I have a technical question for you. Is there a way to hit the Like button at least 10 times ? Thanks!

[@MatthewAPhoto]

🤣 Love it! I'm getting great feedback on this one. Maybe I should do editing vids more often 🤔

[@DesignSQ]

Does the "Light towards and light perpendicular" rule only apply to interiors? I generally think exteriors seem too dark when shooting towards the light source.

[@MatthewAPhoto]

For the most part, yeah its a great rule of thumb for interiors. It works well for exteriors but a big difference there is you can also have light come from above. Basically...as long as you don't have the main light hitting the space or building at the same angle your camera is pointed - you should be good.

[@houtaneghbali4816]

@@MatthewAPhoto whats the reason for this rule for exterior? For interior im guessing its for having the right shadows, correct?

[@gautierc146]

For me it's a normal door. But I live in France.

[@MatthewAPhoto]

One of the best comments on my channel...EVER! 🤣

[@gautierc146]

😉

[@billblizzard1429]

Great to see the process. I could do without the background music - I don’t think it’s necessary and it’s a bit annoying, I just wanted to turn it off.