The definitive Architectural Photography TUTORIAL

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  • čas přidán 9. 07. 2024

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  • @ronwise3069
    @ronwise3069 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you, Ben! I've been following you for quite a while and always come away with more knowledge than I had before. I've been doing real estate photography for years and am happy that I'm already doing a lot of the things you mentioned. I would like to elevate my game and take on more of a higher-end architectural photography roll. Your tips are wonderfully explained and make perfect sense. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these videos!

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 6 měsíci +1

      Thank you Ron, I am glad to hear that you are successfully shooting real estate and that I managed to teach you something in this short video.

  • @robsmith6794
    @robsmith6794 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I like to use "flambient" lighting. The main exposure is the flash image(s) and the ambient light exposure is a means of fixing what could potentially be a problem with shadow colour casts from the flash. As I'm only using the ambient light to add luminosity, I use the luminosity blend mode in PS (negating colour casts). I then blend the images together by unmasking areas in the ambient light exposure to fix the flash exposure problems.

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci

      I read that as flamboyant at first! 😂 lighting interiors with flash is an art and I cannot say that I have mastered it. When I use flash I try to replicate natural light rather than ‘shape’ the room. My clients don’t generally let me have much time. I have done exposure blending using Lumenzia, as well as photoshop and various other programmes - but I try to keep the workflow as simple as possible and if I can get the exposure right in camera I will try to do that. I didn’t tackle artificial lighting in this video on purpose, there is a lot to unpack! I hope you enjoyed the video.

  • @billbarraclough9653
    @billbarraclough9653 Před 8 měsíci +2

    You always produce great videos, and this was another one!

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci

      Thank you. I put a lot of effort into my tutorials - glad you found some value in this one.

  • @adamlucas6090
    @adamlucas6090 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Hello Ben, I'm not an estate agent or an architect however I found your presentation very engaging. So much so that I have subscribed. Good work. And thank you. Adam.

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you Adam, if this is the first video of mine that you have watched, and you like architectural photography then do check out my fine art tutorial. It’s an oldie but it is my most popular video. Thanks for subscribing :-)

  • @clarkbarrow6750
    @clarkbarrow6750 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Nice work Ben! You presented a lot of information that’s extremely beneficial and helpful to anyone photographing architecture. Well done.

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci

      Thank you Clark, it should help others out who are interested in the subject. There aren’t as many tutorials online as you might think?

  • @Geroldsibanda
    @Geroldsibanda Před 5 měsíci

    Very informative! Thanks!

  • @kevinholliday2066
    @kevinholliday2066 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Great stuff mate! Your architectural work is stunning and it's wonderful to see how you go about the process. Cheers!

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci

      Thanks Kevin, I appreciate the kind words from another artist. Your fine art work has been an inspiration to me, and I have a few pieces in the making. I have finally found some time (with the rain here in the UK) to tackle some of my editing!

    • @kevinholliday2066
      @kevinholliday2066 Před 8 měsíci

      @@benharveyphotography Very kind of you bro. Looking forward to seeing the new images you are working on.

  • @p.burley4533
    @p.burley4533 Před měsícem

    Do you make a distinction between real estate (for agents), architecture (buildings) and interior design (verticals indoors with lights off)? It seems you've rolled it all into one, but the lessons are quite valuable. As for inescapable reflections, I set the timer and leave the room once the camera is positioned. If I can run out on the 2-second setting, I simply set it for 10!
    Thoughts?

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 24 dny +1

      Thanks for leaving the comment. I briefly touched on estate agency photography as the brief is slightly different. When I have been approached by estate agents to photograph properties there is a requirement to make the spaces as large as possible (therefore very distorted images) and because they don’t pay enough there is no consideration for shooting the buildings in the best light, staging furniture or lighting it properly. I see sky replacements in so many estate agents photos, which is a massive giveaway when the reflections in the windows don’t match the sky or the colour temperature of the sky doesnt match the rest of the photograph. I tend to therefore decline any work for estate agents as it is not worth my time, but choose to shoot for developers, architects, designers etc where the budget and consideration for higher quality images are there. Regarding the reflections, yes a self timer will help, cloning out a tripod in the reflection is better than cloning out a reflection of a person and a tripod.

  • @urbanismspinning3419
    @urbanismspinning3419 Před 3 měsíci

    Very helpful tutorial ❤

  • @p.burley4533
    @p.burley4533 Před 4 měsíci

    Also, when you turn off lights, you get to see the textures in the room. White/bright covers often get blown out just as much as windows. I learned to have one source of light: sufficient natural light, or the light that I supply. Real estate photography seems to emphasize turning the lights on. Interior design photography seems to emphasize turning them off.
    However, my question would be, is the term "architectural" interchangeable with "design?" I've been reserving the former for structures, mainly exterior, focusing on the engineering.

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Hello. I think I understand the question, whether interior architecture and interior design are interchangeable? Architecture and interior design are intertwined, but are a separate discipline on more intricate or complex jobs. Many architects, including myself, design the exterior and interior of a project, some client like to have a strong influence upon the appearance of the interior spaces. Some client prefer to appoint a separate interior designer. If the project is high end then you would have a specialist lighting consultant also, to tackle exactly what you said in your comment. Recessed spot lights are the default and most boring way of lighting a space. But ideally you have various light levels highlighting features and creating more intimate spaces such as a snug with appropriate mood lighting. A long answer I know, but hopefully that makes sense.

    • @p.burley4533
      @p.burley4533 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@benharveyphotography Thank you so very much! Reading this from an architect makes all the difference.

  • @paultrunfull3324
    @paultrunfull3324 Před 8 měsíci

    Nice one Ben, well put together and very informative.

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci

      Cheers Paul, glad you found it helpful. It’s good that we can teach each other stuff!

  • @geoffgowans7778
    @geoffgowans7778 Před 8 měsíci

    Great video, Ben.
    Architect and Photographer, a great combination and should give you total understanding of the process.
    Tilt-Shift is also handy to get rid of your reflections too, so I’m told, I haven’t tried it yet.
    I look forward to the next video. 👍🇦🇺

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci +1

      You can indeed set a camera up next to a mirror for example and shift the lens to give the appearance that you are straight on with the mirror. It therefore gives the illusion that you have cloned out the camera in the photo. I haven’t found a use case for the technique yet though!

  • @brudran
    @brudran Před měsícem

    Hi have you done my architecture photography for my portfolio i am missing up the compositions what should I do

  • @micter59
    @micter59 Před 8 měsíci

    Very interesting. It's not a type a photography that we hear frequently about. Thanks !

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thank you, and agreed, there aren’t many tutorials on the subject.

  • @eprohoda
    @eprohoda Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks~ splendid !📢

  • @cnkaufmann
    @cnkaufmann Před 6 měsíci

    Thorough description on many facets of photography. Thank you. But, where’s the link for artificial lighting?
    Many people post interior flash methods with a speed light and they walk around every dark corner firing the flash. It eliminates the dark areas but also cancels shadows, making the room look one dimensional and fake. Out of hundreds of CZcams posts I’ve seen only two that recommend firing flash in the same direction as the light entering the window. Your thoughts?

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 6 měsíci

      Hello, I think I forgot to post the link during the video, but I have pasted it here for you. czcams.com/video/bADrvAdTI0g/video.htmlsi=qjt22-IA-69IaWMT I have seen some tutorials of a similar fashion where the photographer will ‘pop’ flash in various places around the room and then composite them all together to make one hyper real image that looks like a perfect CGI. They look great, but it is not for me, I am trying to achieve a natural look. I do use artificial lighting, but predominantly with a large softbox to mimic window light. The only time I find myself using a bare flash is in a bathroom where a softbox wouldn’t fit, and i bounce the flash off the wall behind me. I only use flash to ‘lift’ the shadows, not remove them as the scene becomes flat as you say.

  • @scotty4418
    @scotty4418 Před 8 měsíci

    Interesting video Ben and a good eye opener into what to think about in terms of a photography assignment. I just picked up the 17mm TS-E a couple of weeks ago and still getting to grips with it as its a bit different to the 24mm. Have a trip to Paris coming up and it will be in the bag so will spend this week ironing out the last few idiosyncrasies

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thanks Jim, I saw you mention the 17mm in one of your posts. If I recall it has a projecting front element - have you found a way of using filters with it or you use a different tool when you need filters? I wouldn’t use the 17mm for interiors much, but I can see it being really helpful in urban environments when shooting high rise buildings with little working space around them. Enjoy Paris….not jealous at all! 😁

    • @scotty4418
      @scotty4418 Před 8 měsíci

      @@benharveyphotography Think it will be the 150mm filters from Nisi as I can get an adaptor to deal with the bulbous element and it can take a polariser too so will see how that goes. Lot more flaring in the 17mm compared to the 24mm

  • @williamwidmanphotography

    Hi Ben great video. I am just entering the real estate genre and eventually architecture. I'm doing hand-blended HDR. Do you have any videos that talk about that process? Thanks

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 24 dny

      Hi William, thanks for leaving the comment, and I and familiar with the situation you are in having been confronted with many situations where I cannot return to a property and I have a very very contrasty scene in front of my camera. I only tend shoot HDR when I am shooting interiors and facing towards windows and doors where I want to include some of the view and colour in the sky, which would be blown out highlights in one exposure. When I first started out shooting interiors I used to use a large softbox with a powerful light to lift the exposure of the interiors so that the walls were light enough to show that the walls were white and then do. Separate exposure just for the windows. Therefore two exposures. I would then manually cut out the windows and bring in the exterior photo layer in photoshop to be revealed behind the windows and glazed doors. Remember that the outside should still be brighter though, the end goal is for it to look natural and not beyond the dynamic range of the human vision. I dabbled in HDR software when I first got into photography 15 years ago, and the results were terrible, which is why it got a bad name. Now though, Lightroom has a built in HDR blending tool that stacks the images for you and does an OK job of moving the sliders around for a natural result. Based upon the masks that Photoshop and LR create, it would cut out the windows for you with ease. I would say just be deliberate with the exposures that you capture in camera and whether it is necessary to capture 3, 5,or 7 Exposures. There are loads of tutorials online, you just need to watch tutorials from those who’s work you admire as there are loads of different ‘looks’ that can be achieved. I like to keep things simple, and at the end of the day if it is for business you need to make the workflow manageable and profitable. I look at most estate agent photographs and assume that they are doing in camera HDR and sending them a JPEG! I hope that his very long answer is helpful!

    • @williamwidmanphotography
      @williamwidmanphotography Před 24 dny +1

      @@benharveyphotography Hi Ben thanks for taking the time with your response. Cheers! 😎

  • @haiduong3469
    @haiduong3469 Před 8 měsíci

    Very informative video Ben. Thanks for sharing your perspectives on architectural photography. Where is the link to your artificial lighting tutorial you mentioned? I could not find it. Thanks!

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci

      Hello, glad you found the video helpful. Well spotted, I think I forgot to link the video. See link here. czcams.com/video/bADrvAdTI0g/video.htmlsi=y_GHgwDbEG-iher_

  • @wildpatagoniafilms16
    @wildpatagoniafilms16 Před 5 měsíci

    Great post! Just discovered your channel! excellent!! Question: what program were you using while explaining the shots...? 🤔 (at 16:40 more or les...) Thanks! Cheers!

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 4 měsíci

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. The software i was using on my iPad to scribble over the video is called Autodesk sketchbook. It is free, it is designed to be used with a stylus or Apple Pencil and it is really good for digital sketching. It allows you to screen record and do Timelapse’s of your sketch, which is what I did for this video.

    • @wildpatagoniafilms16
      @wildpatagoniafilms16 Před 4 měsíci

      @@benharveyphotography thank you!

  • @aes53
    @aes53 Před 8 měsíci

    Really nice video Ben. I've been doing some architectural photography of, well, my own house so you video is timely. Ours is a midcentury modern with a wall of glass facing NW and with the back wall, which comprises the living room, which is narrow and poorly lit. I general bracket about 5 exposure and do an HDR only on the exposures that seem to properly capture the highlights and shadows that I want detail from. I couldn't quite tell, as a matter of course do you bracket an interior scene? We also have a lot of framed pictures which have irritating reflections. A polarizer will take care of a bit of it but, physics being what it is a good bit will be left. How do you handle it? Finally, I thought the only thing missing from you video was a human component-I assume Chloe was unavailable🤣.

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci

      Thanks, glad I timed the video just right! I have on occasion got in the frame and set a 1/2 second exposure to add a little bit of movement/energy to the scene - but since I always dress in black it will look a bit samey if I do it all the time. Chloe was actually there when I was filming part 2 of this video, which is about video walk through’s. Regarding bracketing, I try to get it right all in camera if I can. But where that is not possible, I will shoot a set of bracketed images two stops apart which usually gets everything the in histogram. I am always making sure that the view out of the window is still bright enough to be believable, as I mentioned I am trying to achieve natural looking results. I am OK with small areas of highlights being clipped, light fittings etc but I typically expose to the right to get the image as bright as possible. If the reflections in the picture frames are small spot lights I might clone them out in PS, or see if I can tweak my composition to avoid them. I don’t use polarisers for interiors, never tried it though?

  • @brianmckeever5280
    @brianmckeever5280 Před 8 měsíci

    What a beautiful property. It is great to get another look at it in such detail! You mentioned tilt/shit, I'm waiting for my G9II to arrive, and it occurred to me that maybe Panasonic should put tilt/shift on the sensor. What do you think? It's the same body as their full-frame sensor. I'd think there should be room to shift it up to at least where the FF sensor sits. It also seems like tilting at the sensor would be very effective. Every lens a tilt/shift! Now, there is a MFT niche. Anyway, cheers!

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Hi Brian, its an interesting theory, a shifting sensor that is not just for stabilisation but I don’t think the composition would change if the lens didn’t move. My head hurts! I am not sure if Panasonic make tilt shift lenses, if not then you might have to find a way of adapting one from Canon or third party manufacturers.

  • @tylor7978
    @tylor7978 Před 7 měsíci

    hi ben, I dont recall that canon TS 24 len has a manual aperture ring on it therefore can you adjust aperture from a sony camera body via Sigma MC11 adapter ?

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 7 měsíci

      Hello Tylor, the MC-11 allow control over the aperture from the camera and it transfer exif data as if it was a native adaptor. If you are putting canon autofocus lenses on a Sony then the adaptor provides autofocus for stills, which is OK but nowhere near as good as a native lens. The video continuous autofocus is very bad on the MC-11 so don’t use it for that.

    • @tylor7978
      @tylor7978 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Thanks Ben. I’m a new sub

  • @morpheusthyrux
    @morpheusthyrux Před 4 měsíci

    Dear Ben, can we have a fine art architecture editing tutorial in color mode rather than monochromatic? Would be really great if you can!

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 4 měsíci +1

      I can’t recall the last time I made a colour fine art image of architecture! I much prefer black and white for that genre - if you like colour though you should check out Joel’s tutorials. They are quite old now but I covered it in this video czcams.com/video/a2ZAc5jfTiU/video.htmlsi=s8ObqAFGTASf6MYW

  • @Christographer_UK
    @Christographer_UK Před 8 měsíci

    Another excellent video Ben. In theory, I know most of the technical aspects of this kind of photography, but as far as I can remember, apart from shooting some interiors for my Photography Diploma (many years ago) I don't think I have actually shot anything you could classify as Architectural Photography. Taking photographs in rooms or outside buildings with people as the subject doesn't count. Another skill to hone over the Autumn and winter months. However, I think The Grain Store would make a superb location for a model shoot too. I wonder if the owner would be open to renting it out for a day of model shooting with a few photographers splitting the costs? Once again, thanks for the inspiration, Ben.

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Hi Chris, the owner Annie and her team are 100% pro using the space for photography workshops and photoshoots. Get in touch with her on stay@thegrainstorelewes.com
      They also have an Instagram page with all my photos on :-)

    • @Christographer_UK
      @Christographer_UK Před 8 měsíci

      @@benharveyphotography Will do shortly Ben. I need to speak to a few people first. Thanks for the info.

  • @VictorZubakin
    @VictorZubakin Před měsícem +1

    Not sure about definitive...but well done anyway.

  • @germanassimonson1671
    @germanassimonson1671 Před 7 měsíci +9

    Can we all please stop using term "Architectural Photography" to describe interior photography?

    • @benharveyphotography
      @benharveyphotography  Před 7 měsíci +11

      I don't see benefit in separating out the discipline of photographing the interior and exterior, as they are always captured by the same photographer and ideally at the same time. I wouldn't ever market myself as an interior photographer either, it suggests that you wouldn't photograph exteriors. This tutorial is about photographing architecture, whether that is the inside or the outside of the buildings, I wouldn't get bogged down with the terminology as long as the images are high quality and you provide a professional service.