The hands down best video to get up to par on starting your real estate photography journey. I can't thank Nathan Cool enough for his amazing tutorials!
I believe anybody could become a real estate photographer with this guy as a teacher. Super educational. These are the videos we need more of on CZcams.
I am a true believer of your technique Nathan. I used to be an HDR shooter because I was under the illusion I could not learn the “flambient” method and that Photoshop was beyond me so I went with the easy method which was time consuming and the results awful at best. Your teaching skills are awesome for people of all skills and abilities. I bought your book which has been brilliant and my only other investment was a good wireless strobe which will be used in portraiture also. Thank you for sharing your skills. It used to be that photographers were tight lipped and never shared their knowledge with others. I’m a Nathan Cool convert😁
I've done some interior Real Estate photography in the past, but I mostly do outdoor drone shots. The indoor shots have just never been my strong suit, but I also want to expand my services to include the indoor shots as well. After watching several of your videos today I am even more convinced that I can actually do this. I've got a lot of learning to do, but I'm looking forward to getting your e-books and digging in. Thank you for being willing to share your incredible knowledge with the rest of us.
Thanks, Nathan. I really appreciate you sharing your skills and expertise with us. AirBNB owner of 2 houses here and struggling to take good pictures of my properties.
wow, I've watched so many videos on youtube over the last few weeks and this is literally the best one I've seen... maybe a helpful hint, add something about window interior/exterior exposure in the title because I had been searching for days on how to do just this and there wasn't much out there easy to find. awesome video!
Nice job and clear explanation of your technique. I shoot a lot of interior and your videos helped me out speeding up my shootings and I’ve gotten better results.
Nathan, I bought all of your books to say thanks for all the great info! I can attest to the validity of the flambiant technique. I spent hours trying to get HDR to look natural and fix color balance issues, before trying your techniques.
I haven’t worked as a photographer for many years now..... but you’ve shown me how to up my editing considerably. Now I have to go and shoot some images to practice on!
I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial! This way of shooting looks so much better than just relying on HDR for every room. Thank you. You got a new subscriber and I got your book ❤
Nathan--I occasionally do shoots for my office and in the past have just relied primarily on bracketing. This last time out I went all-in on your method here with a speed light. Discovered halfway through that a reflecting umbrella also really helps for some rooms. It's been easier to edit the frames together than I thought, so thank you so much for these techniques! Struggling with some color casts in some areas but I'm sure I'll handle these better with more experience. Thanks!!
Great video. I've just started down this road. Educating myself on PS and ligthroom. Your videos I don't understand 100% yet, but getting there. Thank you.
Pausing the video about halfway through to say thank you for this. It's been astronomically informative and helpful thus far. I was laid off from my new job 2 days into it cause of the stupid virus. Would love to be able to turn this new hobby into a career. Hopefully, I can figure out a way to get into this.
Thanks for these videos! I'm intermediary when it comes to real estate photos. Use flashes, but not multiple frames. Going to start blending once I get a grasp on it, and I know your material will get me there!
Just tested this method in my kitchen, worked a treat! Much easier than my usual method of shooting 5 bracketed images and gives a lovely clean result!
Man this is perfect! I'm just starting with interior/real estate photography and i was looking for a tutorial like this!! Thanks a bunch and you got my quickest sub I've ever done
Wow, I love this technique. I'm just getting into real estate photography and the HDR stuff is not my style. I started with digital painting in college, so this is very up my alley to add and subtract subjectively. Thanks for walking us through it
Fantastic video! I have watched so many YT tutorials in search of these exact tips. Looking forward to watching all of your other videos and putting these to practice. Thanks!
Thank you Nathan. Great video. Very well presented. I like to use the CamRanger with my set up so I don't have to touch the camera once I set it up. Appreciate you sharing knowledge.
This is super helpful, thank you!! I'm about to head out to shoot my first flash+ambient house. I'm nervous! But I feel better about it after watching this 🙌
I've been mixing strobe & ambient my whole career. It works great for portraits but the HDR setting on my old 5dMkIII made me admittedly lazy about interiors. Alas, that camera's gone and I realize I need to up my game on interiors. Thank you Nathan. This is illuminating!
I enjoyed this video session. It taught me a couple of tricks with flash use. Your right about the Lightroom process, as it does take time to get used to using software to enhance a photo's quality. It does come easy with practice and constant use. Thanks, I'll be watching more of your videos.
Congrats on the channel mate. Just i would find superhelpful a tutorial those dark corridors that i encounter in the old flats in Barcelona. Cheers ;) Thanks a lot!
Thank you. Just shows how badly others are doing it in their listings... which in many case come to the realtor using his/her cell phone to snap some ugly images of the property. Thanks again.
I've been watching and learning from your videos and book. I'm wondering if you always use a diffuser on the Explorer 600? Can you explain the pros and cons of using a diffuser? Thanks for another great video.
I get asked that a lot, and there are some good reasons for this that I recommend. When using a 600 WS monolight there is no need to worry about power loss from a diffuser, so I leave it on. Speedlights will have their power cut in half with a diffuser, but a powerful light is barely affected...you just use more power. Main reason is for protection though is that pro gear, used so frequently, gets bumped banged and dinged, so the diffuser helps to protect the bulb. It also allows me to set the light down on its face, like on a floor or table and not worry about damaging the surface...I handhold the light a lot, like I talk about in this video. And lastly, the more diffusion the better :) Since you're bouncing, it doesn't really matter that much, but there just really isn't any good reason not to use a diffuser on a big monolight, while there are a lot of bad reasons to keep it off ;)
Great updated video. Thanks for all your content! I had practically no photography experience, but through your videos was able to turn out great RE photography straight out of the gate. I've watch a bit of Rich Baum's content, but prefer your speed and personality much better. Keep up the good work!
Love your Videos Nathan, I've learned a lot with you! Many thanks for sharing awesome content. I also have the D750 and a Tokina 16-28mm 2.8, amazing gear for RE. But I have a doubt, why f6.3 and not f8 ? Thanks
Hi Mickael, it's a great question. I talk about this at length in my interiors book, and also in other tutorials. Aperture determines the amount of flashed light; shutter speed determines the amount of ambient light. Thus, the smaller the aperture, the more flash power that's needed. The more flash that's needed, the more likely you'll cause color cast, AWB can have a tougher time, and you can introduce other dynamic range issues. Also DOF is negligible on such a wide angle...there is very little extra depth introduced with smaller apertures...all you do with wide shots is introduce lighting issues. I break that down in the interiors book, at www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4
The hands down best video to get up to par on starting your real estate photography journey. I can't thank Nathan Cool enough for his amazing tutorials!
I believe anybody could become a real estate photographer with this guy as a teacher. Super educational. These are the videos we need more of on CZcams.
I bought the books just to say thanks. This man has educated me more than 3 years in college.
I am a true believer of your technique Nathan. I used to be an HDR shooter because I was under the illusion I could not learn the “flambient” method and that Photoshop was beyond me so I went with the easy method which was time consuming and the results awful at best. Your teaching skills are awesome for people of all skills and abilities. I bought your book which has been brilliant and my only other investment was a good wireless strobe which will be used in portraiture also. Thank you for sharing your skills. It used to be that photographers were tight lipped and never shared their knowledge with others. I’m a Nathan Cool convert😁
Hi Nathan - I am a recovering HDR addict. Thank you so much for your wise counsel and professional insights into the happier world of "flambient".
Cheers for the videos and books Nathan, They've made a huge difference to the quality of my shoots over the last couple of years.
I've done some interior Real Estate photography in the past, but I mostly do outdoor drone shots. The indoor shots have just never been my strong suit, but I also want to expand my services to include the indoor shots as well. After watching several of your videos today I am even more convinced that I can actually do this. I've got a lot of learning to do, but I'm looking forward to getting your e-books and digging in. Thank you for being willing to share your incredible knowledge with the rest of us.
Great video Nathan, thanks a lot for reminding us how we can blend our images professionally for those special properties. All very helpful !
This is one of the best tutorials I've seen on CZcams. Thank you, you're a legend.
Thanks, Nathan. I really appreciate you sharing your skills and expertise with us. AirBNB owner of 2 houses here and struggling to take good pictures of my properties.
Finding you a few years later and this is an absolutely awesome tutorial - I wish I had this information a while ago! Thank you and I bought the book!
wow, I've watched so many videos on youtube over the last few weeks and this is literally the best one I've seen... maybe a helpful hint, add something about window interior/exterior exposure in the title because I had been searching for days on how to do just this and there wasn't much out there easy to find. awesome video!
Nice job and clear explanation of your technique. I shoot a lot of interior and your videos helped me out speeding up my shootings and I’ve gotten better results.
This is the best and practical tutorial on CZcams. You're a great teacher. Thanks!!!
Nathan, I bought all of your books to say thanks for all the great info! I can attest to the validity of the flambiant technique. I spent hours trying to get HDR to look natural and fix color balance issues, before trying your techniques.
I had saved this link on my desktop and just got around to watching. This is really good stuff! Thanks Nathan... !!!!
I haven’t worked as a photographer for many years now..... but you’ve shown me how to up my editing considerably. Now I have to go and shoot some images to practice on!
I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial! This way of shooting looks so much better than just relying on HDR for every room. Thank you. You got a new subscriber and I got your book ❤
Best real estate photography channel on CZcams 👍👍😃
Nathan--I occasionally do shoots for my office and in the past have just relied primarily on bracketing. This last time out I went all-in on your method here with a speed light. Discovered halfway through that a reflecting umbrella also really helps for some rooms. It's been easier to edit the frames together than I thought, so thank you so much for these techniques! Struggling with some color casts in some areas but I'm sure I'll handle these better with more experience. Thanks!!
Great video. I've just started down this road. Educating myself on PS and ligthroom. Your videos I don't understand 100% yet, but getting there. Thank you.
Brilliant video Nathan, thanks very much for sharing this.
Pausing the video about halfway through to say thank you for this. It's been astronomically informative and helpful thus far. I was laid off from my new job 2 days into it cause of the stupid virus. Would love to be able to turn this new hobby into a career. Hopefully, I can figure out a way to get into this.
Thanks for these videos! I'm intermediary when it comes to real estate photos. Use flashes, but not multiple frames. Going to start blending once I get a grasp on it, and I know your material will get me there!
Just tested this method in my kitchen, worked a treat! Much easier than my usual method of shooting 5 bracketed images and gives a lovely clean result!
Man this is perfect! I'm just starting with interior/real estate photography and i was looking for a tutorial like this!! Thanks a bunch and you got my quickest sub I've ever done
Thorough yet concise. This is the most informative video I've seen on flambient photography yet! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow, I love this technique. I'm just getting into real estate photography and the HDR stuff is not my style. I started with digital painting in college, so this is very up my alley to add and subtract subjectively. Thanks for walking us through it
Such a great tutorial; totally changed the way I shoot interiors! Thank you!!
Fantastic video! I have watched so many YT tutorials in search of these exact tips. Looking forward to watching all of your other videos and putting these to practice. Thanks!
thanks so much for posting this video. Trying the flash-ambient technique and window pull today !
This is a brilliant, well done and very helpful video! Thank you, Nathan!
Your videos are always so helpful. Thank you for Sharing!!
Thanks for the tutorial, there are probably many ways to do it, it's nice to see different techniques.
Thanks for another great video. A newbie to photography. I bought the book and I'm looking forward to learning a lot from you.
Dude.... you're everything I've been looking for in a man... who teaches real estate photography.
Hahaha amazing man indeed
Great information. You made a hard topic easy to understand. Looking forward to watching more from you.
I am a studio portrait photographer and a guy asked me to take some images of his
New store. This was
So helpful and prepares me way
More. Thank you!
Great video, Nathan. I am learning so much. Thank you
Great video. Thank you! Very straight forward and to the point. Nice work!
The process shown at the end is great , really instructive 🙌, thanks so much !
Pleasure to watch , great to learn. thank you Nathan
Thank you Nathan. Great video. Very well presented. I like to use the CamRanger with my set up so I don't have to touch the camera once I set it up. Appreciate you sharing knowledge.
Gamechanger. Thank you. I'll be checking out more of your content for sure. Very helpful
Great tutorial. Somewhat complex subject presented clearly and at a good pace.
This is super helpful, thank you!! I'm about to head out to shoot my first flash+ambient house. I'm nervous! But I feel better about it after watching this 🙌
This is awesome..So detailed and straight forward. I enjoyed this, I have to see more videos real-estate sensei.
This is so cool!!! Subscribed. Can't wait to try this out! Thank you for sharing.
Great work Nathan. Everyone buy the book!
Great explanation Nathan. I just ordered your book, thanks.
Thank you Nathan, this is is very good and generous from you
You make great tutorials! Thank you!
Great video Nathan as usual , i liked the original but this is a very welcome update , many thanks.
How can we not order at least one book from Mr. Cool ? His free utube teachings are priceless. Thank you sir.
I've been mixing strobe & ambient my whole career. It works great for portraits but the HDR setting on my old 5dMkIII made me admittedly lazy about interiors. Alas, that camera's gone and I realize I need to up my game on interiors. Thank you Nathan. This is illuminating!
Very interesting your editing! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Thanks Nathan I just subscribed to your channel I like the "Flambient" process heading out now to practice, thanks once again keep up the great work.
this video is the template for starting a successful photography business, basically. thanks Nathan!
Like before even saw the video...I learn alot from you nathan.Thank you
Wow, it's awesome video tutorials, thank you very much for sharing!!!
i would love to get in to more real estate photography
your channel helps me so much :)
thanks for sharing this with us
really enjoyed watching this
This is great information !! Im ordering your book for sure!
Awesome video! Thank you, Mr. Cool! :)
Great video, thank you for sharing, so much great information.
Awesome video mate, I was able to apply these techniques and make something really great.
Absolutely fantastic video
Really great tips and very well put together tutorial! Keep up the great work!
Ur English is easy and so easy to understand and learn thank u so much
Fantastic Video. Thank you.
Great vid mate, thank you 👌
I use photomatix and it takes me a looooong time to edit. I'm going for this , thnanks
Thanks Nathan - these help a ton!!
Love this channel!!! Just subscribed!
Wow incredible tutorial subscribed!
I enjoyed this video session. It taught me a couple of tricks with flash use. Your right about the Lightroom process, as it does take time to get used to using software to enhance a photo's quality. It does come easy with practice and constant use. Thanks, I'll be watching more of your videos.
Another excellent vid...
great tutorial thanks Best Wishes Nathan
This was awesome!
Very Good tutorial. Thank You:)
Great points and advice 👌🏻📷
Window job well done!
Very good tips !!
Thank you so much you helped so much!🍀❤️👍🏼
Congrats on the channel mate. Just i would find superhelpful a tutorial those dark corridors that i encounter in the old flats in Barcelona. Cheers ;)
Thanks a lot!
Great video!! Thanks
Thank you. Just shows how badly others are doing it in their listings... which in many case come to the realtor using his/her cell phone to snap some ugly images of the property. Thanks again.
Thank you very much, it helped me a lot!
Very helpful. Thank you!
I've been watching and learning from your videos and book. I'm wondering if you always use a diffuser on the Explorer 600? Can you explain the pros and cons of using a diffuser? Thanks for another great video.
I get asked that a lot, and there are some good reasons for this that I recommend. When using a 600 WS monolight there is no need to worry about power loss from a diffuser, so I leave it on. Speedlights will have their power cut in half with a diffuser, but a powerful light is barely affected...you just use more power. Main reason is for protection though is that pro gear, used so frequently, gets bumped banged and dinged, so the diffuser helps to protect the bulb. It also allows me to set the light down on its face, like on a floor or table and not worry about damaging the surface...I handhold the light a lot, like I talk about in this video. And lastly, the more diffusion the better :) Since you're bouncing, it doesn't really matter that much, but there just really isn't any good reason not to use a diffuser on a big monolight, while there are a lot of bad reasons to keep it off ;)
Wonderful video
Awesome video
you are amazing man, keep it up :)
Excelente Informacion, Thanks
Just wow. Thank you.
Great 👍🏻!Thank you for tips
Great tutorial. thankyou
Great updated video. Thanks for all your content! I had practically no photography experience, but through your videos was able to turn out great RE photography straight out of the gate. I've watch a bit of Rich Baum's content, but prefer your speed and personality much better. Keep up the good work!
TOTALLY AGREEED, SAME HERE.
Incredible value provided
wow .. that video is awesome ...
Love your Videos Nathan, I've learned a lot with you! Many thanks for sharing awesome content. I also have the D750 and a Tokina 16-28mm 2.8, amazing gear for RE. But I have a doubt, why f6.3 and not f8 ? Thanks
Hi Mickael, it's a great question. I talk about this at length in my interiors book, and also in other tutorials. Aperture determines the amount of flashed light; shutter speed determines the amount of ambient light. Thus, the smaller the aperture, the more flash power that's needed. The more flash that's needed, the more likely you'll cause color cast, AWB can have a tougher time, and you can introduce other dynamic range issues. Also DOF is negligible on such a wide angle...there is very little extra depth introduced with smaller apertures...all you do with wide shots is introduce lighting issues. I break that down in the interiors book, at www.amazon.com/dp/B0755KXSL4