Real Estate HDR photography is the digital technique that can allow photographers to deal with a wider ranges of light than a traditional photograph. Thanks to taking a bracket of 3-5 exposures, we have chances to captures the real estate property that more realistic and with vibrant colors. The process of taking these images includes the underexposed with too dark light; the overexposed will be too light; the rest will fall somewhere in between. By choosing auto bracketing feature of digital camera, all of photographers can take images with a short of time.
Advantages of Real Estate HDR photography
- You do not need to use additional equipment to take the amazing shoot. Normally, photographers will use a digital camera and a tripod. This tripod is very useful when it comes to taking multiple exposures at the same frames.
- It provides a wide choice for photographers. They can choose to take the auto-bracketing features of the camera to get the brackets of images for the property listing. Another way is manually photograph, which they have to adjusting the exposure level of the camera for each shot.
- Last but not least, the simplicity of processing with HDR. And there are 2 options for you. The first one, you can save more time with the editing software. They can support you with automatically features with auto align, auto settings, automatic deghosting, and more. Other way, which takes amount of time. That is the way you edit one by one image. First, loaded onto a computer, manually aligned, adjusted, and merged inside a photo editing program, and finalized into a single image.
Disadvantages of Real Estate HDR photography
- The process can be simple, but the simpler you keep it, the less control you have over the process. And, of course, with HDR, you are at the mercy of the ambient light in the room. HDR can make up for a good deal, but certain shadow areas just do not photograph well with natural light, and some subjects need more emphasis to obtain a professional result. For those, you might need help from some artificial lighting.
What about flash photography?
As its name, flash photography in real estate is a special type that has the power to deal with low-light conditions in the room. It gives you a chance to light up the room and make it brighter, and impressed.
Advantages
- By using Flash, you can easily create a selling feature by illuminating areas that you want to emphasize. Even if they are in the shadows of the natural light.
- For some spots in the room natural light cannot access, or balance out the bright light coming in through the windows, the flash can help you out easily to gain the correct colors for the room. .
- Moreover, by adjusting the power of flash lighting, you could even out a room well enough to be captured in a single exposure.
Disadvantages
- It takes a much cost for additional flash equipment.
- Putting more time and effort into this camera setting and shooting process. That could take two or three times as long as simply shooting in HDR.
- It requires professional photographers who has experience in taking photos with multi sources of light. Because they need to find the perfect settings to deal with reflective surfaces, low ceilings, and other anomalies that affect the lighting.
- Lastly, in order to get the stunning pictures to showcase your homebuyers, you still have to process the images in post-production.
