Fine Tuning Your Real Estate Photos
Kevin has some tips for getting those photos just right. Photos are the key to get the attention to your listing. See the difference made here on his blog.
Thought I would share the Break Down of this shot for the final. First 3 shots are bracketed exposure 2 stops apart. The middle shot is the best exposure but to bring the room to a good exposure level highlights start to blow out.
Overall any of these shots would be better than a lot of what we see in the MLS. But I try to present the best photos possible. Once you get used to doing using these techniques your only adding a minute in shooting time per photo and a minute or two post post processing. While it may seem overwhelming at first, you can move through it pretty quickly.
Avable Light- Highlights start to blow out. Both windows have lost all detail and become a focal point in the photo. The wall behind one of the lamps is statrting to blow away.
Available Light Shot Blended- All three exposures from the available light shot have been Exposure Fused in Photomatrix. You run into some color issues and while you do have a decent dynamic range between shodows and highlights the overall look is not what the eye would see.
Flash combined with available light- First I get an available light exposure where the windows arent blowing away. Then the overall seen becomes too dark. So I have filled with flash that lightens up the overall seen. It start to get a bit flashy witch is hard to see in this photo. Larger you notice highlights on the trim, see the trim edge closest to the left side. You also see furniture throwing hard shadows... especially the lamp closest to the front. Ceiling towards the front is blowing away.
Combination of Blended Photo with Flash Photo-Using Adobe Photoshop Elements. I have overlayed the Fused/ Blended shot over the Flash shot. Then I use a slide bar to get the balance of what im looking for and run my final edits.
Final Shot cropped for our MLS-
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