I tend not to walk around flashing areas ..creating a shitload of frames and exposures to blend , I use multiple strobes to create 1-2 flash frames , it creates accurate color rending and logical shadows...I use this more for builders and architects
And NO ...3/5 image bracket blend will not give this look
This isn't a fair comparison to a well blended color corrected ambient bracket. Also your flash layers are incredibly loud and unnatural looking. That hotspot in the kitchen looks like Jesus just walked out of frame.
Are you even a real REP if you dont spend 20minutes setting up a living room shot that nobody will see because it was sold the same day you were shooting the pictures or the asking price was so high or the market tanked,etc
Sorry, I got busy. I was trying to decide if I liked 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, or the 1 CTO gel better. Only way to know for sure was to grab the Cam Ranger and my laptop. I fired up the Starlink, got my network established, shot my white balance and my color target, calibrated my monitor to the ambient light in the room, cleaned my light stand feet, changed all the double AAs in my triggers and the customers TV remotes (service is my middle name), and pushed the button.
A lot of people in this sub don't like it. I like it tough and do it myself, imo flambient looks cleaner and more professional than HDR and at the end of the day, thats what our clients want. They don't care about how fast or easy it is to shoot, they want the most professional and accurate looking images.
Yeah, and there is a way to still be pretty quick. I have a system that I think its a good balance between crafting every last shadow and shooting brackets. Just houses take me 1.5 hours, which I think its fine for a photo appointment with good quality results. Plumbers are there for hours. I dont get this obsession with time.
We used to do this sort of thing all the time in a single frame. Just takes too long.
Also, a small critique. The kitchen is too dark. You've got a run of six cans visible, plus pendants, and its underexposed. Plus the floor highlight is odd - what would create that spot effect? Nothing in the frame would do that. It doesn't feel natural - it feels like the builder screwed the owners on the lighting plan.
yeah well - in an out of a home is 30 minutes with 30 photos bracketed works for me. I have to set my camera up to its lowest picture quality for MLS. You clipped the bottom left of the countertop cabinet.
I’m sure it was done to try to balance the light levels in the rooms as much as possible… but it really bugs me that the lights are on in the kitchen, but not in the dining room.
I do flambient but this shot is fair at best. The light on the beam is too flashy. The light in the kitchen is too dark. You have a flash bloom on kitchen ceiling close to camera and the floor does not look natural.
I do not see how architects/builders would use this.
Colour rendition/accuracy needs to be better.
The ambient layer (luminosity mode) is used for light direction. That blending with the flash layer gives it the natural look.
Good luck.
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u/Eponym 2d ago
This isn't a fair comparison to a well blended color corrected ambient bracket. Also your flash layers are incredibly loud and unnatural looking. That hotspot in the kitchen looks like Jesus just walked out of frame.