- We've moved into a classic
sort of real estate situation here.
We're gonna be shooting some shots for a realtor
to show off the interior of a home,
and Ron, this is really the type of situation
that HDR was invented for, right?
- Yeah, this is the situation that,
every real estate photographer's going to find themself in,
and HDR is almost a must in this situation,
because you have these bright details
outside of the windows,
we have some dark corners over here,
and capturing that with a single frame
is really not possible,
unless you bring in a bunch of lighting.
That's not an option typically for this kind of situation,
so this is our answer, is HDR.
- And for a lot of folks,
HDR has become a bit misknown throughout the years.
People are use to HDR being used
for sort of over the top processing and filters,
but really the idea is just to enhance the dynamic range.
And we're seeing more and more tools embracing this.
Tools like Lightroom now have the ability
to merge multiple exposures together,
and long-standing tools like HDRsoft's Photomatix,
which is a great tool for this, works quite well.
In fact, you'll find available in the library,
courses on both the Lightroom HDR workflow, and Photomatix,
and I'll let you in on a secret,
Ron's actually my HDR expert, who I go to with questions,
so Ron, what are some things
that you think about in a scene like this?
- When I walk into a situation like this,
the first thing I see, windows.
Because they're always the biggest challenge
in a high dynamic range situation.
I think of this high dynamic range as a tool
for solving a problem that I had prior to HDR existing,
where I would have to take multiple shots,
and then paint in the windows, or paint in the dark areas,
and now we can take bracketed photos,
and that's gonna help with those windows,
where that use to be more of a challenge than it is now.
- So HDR is a fantastic tool,
and in fact it's gonna be one
that clients sort of expect, right?
When you shoot this type of situation,
they wanna see all the details.
- That's right, you're going to want to show
the entire dynamic range of the scene.
What that means to the client,
is that they're going to be able to see outside the windows
and they're going to be able to see
all of the details inside the room as well.
It's important to showcase
everything the space has to offer.
That could be a beautiful view outside,
and that could be dark corners
that don't appear dark to our eyes,
but they appear dark to the camera
when we were capturing it.
And this also applies to resorts and hotels.
There may be a beautiful beach outside,
and it's extremely important to that client to show that,
as well as the interior in its best light.
- We'll explore some of these
post-production techniques more later,
and in the library, you'll find courses about HDR Shooting
as well as post-processing,
but this is just one of those situations
where I want you to open up your mind,
and think about shooting to capture the dynamic range.
One of the things we really need to do,
is actually determine the dynamic range of this scene,
and Ron's gonna walk you through that.