The Best Presets for Real Estate Photography

[@Ottawa-DJ]

This content is gold. People pay thousands to learn the tips, tricks, and techniques that you deliver to us free. Thank you so much.

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

I appreciate that! Thank you :)

[@Scorlyp]

Nathan, knowledge that you are sharing here is priceless! I am reading your book, it is so detailed with photos and links, all that work you are doing, i really admire it! Thanks a lot!

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Wow, thank you! That is much appreciated!

[@antonoat]

I’ve been following you for quite a long time Nathan and have always been impressed by the quality of your photography and your mastery of editing, thanks a bunch for sharing all you do. Have a great day ! 👏👍😀

[@ContractorMike]

This is golden content! ❤❤

[@benjaminscherliss4594]

Holy cow-- I've been shooting RE for about six years and have never changed the Profile to Camera Standard! Everything else you showed was in-line with my process, but I'm super curious to see what this does for my next shoot. Thanks Nathan!

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

You're welcome! But make sure to set it to the profile you were using in the camera. In my case I was using Nikon's "Standard" picture profile (what they call Picture Control) so I selected Standard in LR. Some Nikon cameras will show up as "Standard V2", or other name. Play around with any RAW files you have on hand and you can see the difference.

[@ranceshepstone]

Thank you for this information. This is going to save me a lot of time!

[@LoWangSmg]

Brilliant as always Nathan thank you. I am still saving up for a camera to start this career. Have been hiring some gear and getting a few gigs and doing some 360 with my Z1, which I also learnt from you and your book. Keep up the great work!

[@hvdmey]

Hello Nathan, thanks for all the tips and tricks. I turned off the Diffraction Compensation in the camera. But I can't find my lens 14-30/4S from my Nikon Z6 II in the list, now what?

[@marnienorris]

Thank you! Great tutorial!

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Glad it was helpful!

[@HuthRealestateImages]

Wow! Thank you!!

[@janjirekreality]

Hi Nathan, the common problem what I have is that I cannot select the Nikon Z 14-30mm F4 lens profile in the Lens Correction dropdown menu, Nikon Z line is not there. So the only thing that I can use is the Built-in profile. I 've studied o lot of threads on the internet, how to enable Nikon Z lenses correction profiles so on. And there are no any profiles for these lenses since Adobe relies on Built-in feature. According to this, we cannot disable built in profile application.

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

More than likely the built-in profile adjustments from the RAW file will be fine. If you're happy with those, then there is no need to adjust anything further. But you can add "Manual" adjustments from the other tab on the Lens Corrections panel to adjust distortion and vignetting. Once you do that, save it in your preset.

[@dronevideos8236]

Hey Nathan I just bought a Z5 as wel great introduction to Nikon Z systeml. With the lens correction in LR do you notice there are no Z lenses listed like the kit lens 24-70 F4? I thought by now LR would have Z lenses listed.

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Most Z camera-lens combos will have built-in profile corrections. Check the "Lens Correction" panel and see if there is an information icon at the bottom that says "Built-in Lens Profile Applied". If so, you can click on that and it will display a dialog explaining how it used the embedded profile in the RAW file. Is this what you're seeing?

[@boruchlen]

Excellent! Just like the rest of your tutorials. If I may ask, considering that ACR is basically the same as lightroom, why go backwards and forwards from lightroom to photoshop and back? Why not just use ACR and photoshop (which is my current workflow)?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Thank you! Regarding ACR: LR has history, ACR does not. These are some of the basics of the workflow I talk about in book #1, here's a link to that if you'd like to check it out: amzn.to/3T9uX3o

[@boruchlen]

@@NathanCoolPhoto thanks for the reply. I have been doing Real Estate Photography for about 8 years now, both commercial and residential. And I have to say that I've learned so much by watching your KZbin videos, that I just bought your set of books on Amazon! Thanks for all the info!

[@jjni]

Thanks Nathan

[@digitaldreamsmedia-ca]

Would you recommend f7.1 for exterior as well as interior?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Great question. It's a little off topic for presets since aperture isn't affected by presets, but wider apertures are more important for flash photography, not for exteriors, yet tightening aperture too much can cause diffraction. I cover this in the interiors book amzn.to/3g0kvNC and the exteriors book at amzn.to/3rKxoy3 and I explain these issues with diffraction in amzn.to/3Tem1dy

[@tstewartou]

Nathan, I got lightroom classic about a week ago, I don't have the options under profile once clicking on browse, that you show. Is this due to difference in 2024 vs 2022? Or am I just overlooking the feature?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

You need to be using RAW files. Sounds like you are trying to edit JPGs, which already have a profile baked in, so you can't change it.

[@tstewartou]

@@NathanCoolPhoto You are absolutely correct. Do you recommend using RAW? Also, when trying to set up the preset, with photos in LRC that I haven't edited in photoshop yet, when I pick lens brand, it is recognizing different model (and only one, I can't pick different one), however with photos I have sent to PS from LRC and saved back into LRC, those are pulling up the correct Lens, is that an issue? Is that solved by using RAW images as well?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

As a whole, it sounds like you are missing important fundamentals that need to be learned first, and are likely to open up more questions. To tackle this properly and succinctly I'd recommend taking a look at my books on REP at amzn.to/3wEoury and also my online courses at LearnRE.NathanCool.com These cover much more than what you can garner from social media posts and YT vids ;)

[@sidehustlers336]

The j you Nathan. You are truly the best teacher. All. The way ti color science. I am switching Hong careers as well. I will be a home inspector / real estate photographer. Maybe once I get a feel for both I wil stick to one. Likely photographer

[@stephenkane741]

Do you recommend calibrating the color profile using a color checker card and saving that Lightroom or just using the camera match?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

I'm not a fan of color checker cards, something I talk about it amzn.to/3Of3s7T Also, you need to adjust your calibration based on not just one but number of different photos if the problem lies in the treatment profile, that way you can confirm where the problem lies, so a checker card likely wouldn't be much help.

[@One_8media]

Hi Nathan, Have you done any of the luminosity masking on an IPad Pro with photoshop?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

I only use desktops for my editing :)

[@alexmorales1698]

Where did can I find those RE presets that you are using?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Just make them yourself, there's only a few adjustments. If you're not familiar with making presets, you might want to check out my online video courses, here's a link if you'd like to check them out: LearnRE.NathanCool.com

[@jk-fotovideo550]

Thank you Nathan:)

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

You're welcome!

[@RisingEchoes]

Hi Nathan. Thank you for another great video and awesome books! I have a question if you wouldn't mind. With medium to dark wood floors, I've noticed the floors look ultra rich and almost shiny which is not a reflection of the real flooring. I know you said the preset it is great starting point and I know how I can fix it as it seems to be an issue of the blacks and highlights.. or lack there of if you will. There is also black hardware that I want to pop. Now I believe you said I your advanced editing book that you don't use Lightroom brushes. My question is, how would you fix this problem?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

Thank you! Without seeing what you're talking about I could only guess, which is dangerous :) The best bet is to consider a private, remote coaching session with me, you can email me for pricing and scheduling at [e-mail]

[@RisingEchoes]

@@NathanCoolPhoto Thank you Nathan

[@Ssbizlaunch]

Where can we buy these presets ?

[@BuddyQuaid]

My LRC doesn't say "Adobe Color" , just "Color". When I click browse, there is no "Camera Matching" section. Just Basic, B&W, Artistic, Modern, Vintage. Am I missing something?

[@NathanCoolPhoto]

This only works with RAW files. Sounds like maybe you are using JPGs?

[@BuddyQuaid]

Yes. I just checked and I changed it to RAW. I thought I was in raw. Ooops.

[@northtosouthmedia]

Game Changer!

[@babuprasad5872]

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