Video: Editing Real Estate Photography of a Living Room

Sorry if this gets a little wordy!

In this video I walk through the editing process of a living room from a townhouse I photographed recently in Passaic County NJ. The goal of this short tutorial is to help budding real estate photographers and to show realtors and FSBO’s how to better photograph their own listings.

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Dave Blinder
Morris County NJ
973-727-2037

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Real Estate Photography equipment used:
Canon EF-S 10-18mm IS Canon 100D SL1
Canon Speedlite 580EX II
Manfrotto 055xDB aluminum tripod
Manfrotto MHXPRO-BHQ2 XPRO Ball Head

Software:

Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Photoshop CC
OBS Studio
Pinnacle Studio

Formal dining room in Parsippany

Parsippany Real Estate Photography
Formal dining room in Parsippany

Location:
Parsippany – Troy Hills
Morris County
New Jersey

Description:
This traditional living room is from a recent shoot for another real estate agent in my office.  This photograph is a two image composite consisting of one flash frame as well as one ambient frame.  The longer-exposure ambient shot allowed me achieve brightness in the distant rooms without the headache of using multiple external flashes.

What I like most about this room:
My eyes go right to the painting in this picture, just as they did when I walked into the room in person.  I think a nice piece of artwork can really set a room off.  When composing this shot I intentionally placed the hallway column just in the frame on the left and the picture frame on the right edge.  The result becomes a nice frame-within-a-frame composition.  I prefer to have a nice balance of negative and positive space in my real estate photography.

Camera equipment utilized:
Canon SL1 DSLR
Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens
Canon Speedlite 580EX II
Manfrotto 055xDB tripod
MHXPRO-BHQ2 XPRO

Software processing:
Adobe Lightroom CC
Adobe Photoshop CC

Are you a FSBO, VRBO, or Realtor looking for professional real estate photography in Northern New Jersey?  Get in touch with me today for a free quote.

Dave Blinder
Denville, NJ
973-727-2037
dave@daveblinder.com

 

A backyard for entertaining in East Brunswick

New Jersey Real Estate Photography
East Brunswick Exterior

Location:
East Brunswick
Middlesex County
New Jersey

Description:
Recently photographed for another Weichert Realtor in my office. This image is a single exposure for the fore and mid-ground couple with a blue sky replacement in the digital darkroom.  The key to taking good exterior real estate shots is most often exposing properly for the midtones of the scenes and disregarding or intentionally blowing out the sky detail.  Using a range selection in Photoshop I then delete the bright sky pixels from the image and insert a replacement blue sky image underneath to complete the composite.

What I like most about this yard:
I love shooting over lawn furniture to draw the viewer right into the scene.  And who doesn’t love a chiminea?

Camera equipment utilized:
Canon SL1 DSLR
Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens
Canon Speedlite 580EX II
Manfrotto 055xDB tripod
MHXPRO-BHQ2 XPRO

Software processing:
Adobe Lightroom CC
Adobe Photoshop CC

Are you a FSBO, VRBO, or Realtor looking for professional real estate photography in Northern New Jersey?  Get in touch with me today for a free quote.

Dave Blinder
Denville, NJ
973-727-2037
dave@daveblinder.com

A spacious living room in Butler NJ

Morris County New Jersey Real Estate Photography
Butler NJ Living Room

Location:
Butler
Morris County
New Jersey

Description:
This large living room is actually from my own real estate listing. The image is a manual blend of one flash exposure and one ambient exposure. This is my preferred method for interior photography to retain details through windows while still picking up a glow from natural light.

What I like most about this room:
I enjoy the soft Tuscan color palette of this living room and of course the great square footage.

Camera equipment utilized:
Canon SL1 DSLR
Canon EF-S 10-18mm lens
Canon Speedlite 580EX II
Manfrotto 055xDB tripod
MHXPRO-BHQ2 XPRO

Software processing:
Adobe Lightroom CC
Adobe Photoshop CC

Are you a FSBO, VRBO, or Realtor looking for professional real estate photography in Northern New Jersey?  Get in touch with me today for a free quote.

Dave Blinder
Denville, NJ
973-727-2037
dave@daveblinder.com