How to shoot and light a colored room

[bosscoman]

Some good solutions here. Had a very difficult house the other day with coloured ceilings. Forgot about trying to bounce off something white. Got useable product somehow with a lot of post work. Your books are excellent too

[lucasteamhomes]

Thank you so much for your channel! I'm just getting out of HDR, and your tutorials have really opened things up for me. Cheers!

[MaryKayUlsamer]

Super helpful!!! Loved your comment about the nice sellers :)

[TheKentg]

Thank you Nathan. Great advice, great tool, great tutorial!

[CliffyBRD]

Thanks for the great tutorials. I would be interested in a video on the gear you use.

[HighSierraBob]

Good video, Nathan! Orange walls... mama mia!

[AdirraBG]

I am very happy I discovered your channel, Nathan! I am starting out as an interior photographer and your tutorials are super helpful - thank you! :)

[marnienorris]

Great tutorial. Thank u! Very much appreciated!

[omnivistapro]

Great info, Nathan. Made me decide to buy a gray card finally. You should have affiliate links for those & the flashes you use. Would love for you to get a cut.

[joshualaird]

Seems like all i get anymore are peach walls with peach ceilings and dark wood floors.... ugh. It's a nightmare.

[samdavies]

Hey Nathan - another epic video, it's been a pleasure learning from these and your books! Being based in Norway many properties for REP and tourism are wooden cabin types - soft wood floors ceilings and walls - would the same tips apply from this video or do you have any specific thoughts when it comes to being surrounded by pine?? Thanks!

[radosch]

Hi Nathan - great video again, nice job!
Question: Have you considered/tried to keep your light pointing straight up and position the larger white reflector a few feet directly above it (parallel with the ceiling - and close to it)? Wouldn't the resulting light be similar to one bounced off of a white ceiling?

[TheListerAssister]

I love your videos and your book was excellent, I'm looking forward to the advanced book. Why not do a direct flash every time instead of a bounce since you need less power and the colors are truer? Since you're blending ambient you can get rid of any hard shadows?

[justinthedesigner]

What are your thoughts about using a normal dish reflector with one of those soft white covers over the bulb?

[zachhallphotography]

Hey Nathan - another great vid! Keep up the great work! Just out of curiosity....when you shoot with direct, harsh speed/strobe light (straight into the room), when it comes to the post production of that image (harsh light) and ambient, do you blend those layers in 'normal' mode? I've noticed that luminosity mode can be very tricky in those situations (when you have harsh shadows) and doesn't work out so well, so 'normal mode' is what I tend to lean towards in these type of conditions but wanted to get your take on it. Thanks for all the great advice!

[ivan]

Thank you! I learned alot from you, i just have one question. I don't have a white reflector, but i do have a silver reflector. Do you think i can use that one instead?

[Deverything]

Could you save a step by transferring your temp settings from the gray card shot to your ambient (since it's probably the next shot you'll take after the gray card shot) and then, with your lens correction/vertical etc. standard preset applied to your ambient plus the new temperature setting copy/paste to the other imports? I seem to recall that in one of your videos you mentioned to copy/paste everything BUT the white balance when you are applying to the other frames you are going to take into Photoshop. Perhaps I'm confused, although there are no hard and fast rules, by the order in which you take your shots and the fact that they differ from video to video. In your most recent video regarding the two-stop rule the workflow seems to be that you are taking the ambient first, followed by at least one flash shot with the exposure reduced via the shutter speed by around two stops or so. Here you mention you are taking the flash shot first. So, do you apply those color settings from the gray card shot to all shots (ambient/flash/pulls) or to just one of your choosing - say, only the shot that immediately follows the gray card shot? Sorry if I sound so obsessive compulsive on this one, but I'm really getting so much out of your videos and there's so much to take in (although the workflow is very streamlined once you get it!) Thanks

[JustinSteereMusic]

Which strobe light are you using? Looking to buying one for myself for my properties and speed lights aren't removing some natural highlights so I'm window shopping strobe's at the moment.