realty photographer

[merock]

_Most_ HDR real estate photography makes me want to vomit (even though I have one HDR image in my portfolio ;-) )... It's generally really overdone, and doesn't look natural at all. But that's just me. I also agree with Dennis about the vertical lines. Do it in camera, or at least fix it in post. My 24mm PC-E has been one of the best lens purchases I've made for architecture photography. Now if Nikon would only get on the ball and make that 16mm PC-E that Canon makes, I'd be set. I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have as well:

Merrick Ales Photography

[merock]

Originally Posted by Nikonfan

However, it is much more tricky to keep the walls and edges straight when including three walls. Thank you for the compliment!

If you have you're camera completely level, your lines will be straight.
This tripod head is AMAZING for leveling out your camera:

Manfrotto 410 Junior Geared Head - Supports 11 lbs (5kg) 410 B&H

[Nikonfan]

Originally Posted by merock

_Most_ HDR real estate photography makes me want to vomit (even though I have one HDR image in my portfolio ;-) )... It's generally really overdone, and doesn't look natural at all. But that's just me. I also agree with Dennis about the vertical lines. Do it in camera, or at least fix it in post. My 24mm PC-E has been one of the best lens purchases I've made for architecture photography. Now if Nikon would only get on the ball and make that 16mm PC-E that Canon makes, I'd be set. I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have as well:

Merrick Ales Photography

LOL you've obviously been looking at the wrong portfolios. If a real estate photographer knows what he is doing you won't even know its HDR.

[Nikonfan]

Originally Posted by merock

If you have you're camera completely level, your lines will be straight.
This tripod head is AMAZING for leveling out your camera:

Manfrotto 410 Junior Geared Head - Supports 11 lbs (5kg) 410 B&H

I just use the built in bubble level on my tripod. Works fine and the walls and lines come out straight every time!

[carrbowl]

Originally Posted by Nikonfan

It was night ,shot indoors, but the windows were blown out? How's that possible? If it were day that happens all the time. That's why I do HDR. If you go to my page in the link on my first post look at the indoor shots. The windows are not blown out because of the HDR. Some photogs spot meter on the windows and then use lights and strobes where needed indoors. That's another alternative.

Sorry you can't understand my rambling!!! It should have said if I had proper grammatics!! The photos I am looking for were shot at night and indoors. The photos I am seeing are shot during the day and all the windows and doors are blownout. Now does it make sense

So it sounds like you guys use a variety of lenses. Some fisheye and some 16 ish to around 24. I think I have used a 17 -something and it didnt' cover enough. I don't remember which camera I had back then though, so I might not have had a 35mm..

[d2creative]

Originally Posted by carrbowl

So it sounds like you guys use a variety of lenses. Some fisheye and some 16 ish to around 24. I think I have used a 17 -something and it didnt' cover enough. I don't remember which camera I had back then though, so I might not have had a 35mm..

I use a nikon 14-24 (amazing lens) and a regular ballhead. Quick, light and easy.
The PC-E lens would come in handy sometimes but I've made do without it.

[carrbowl]

"Now if Nikon would only get on the ball and make that 16mm PC-E that Canon makes, "

I give. What the heck are you talking about ??? : )

[merock]

PC-E is Nikons Perspective Control Lenses. They can also be called T/S or tilt shift. Basically you can tilt or "swing" the lens side to side, and shift the lens up and down (or side to side depending on the orientation of the lens) like you can with a large format camera. I did a write up on it here:

Nikon 24mm PC-E : Merrick Ales Photography

and luminous landscape did a way more in-depth version on it here:

Nikon 24 mm f/3.5 PC-E Nikkor ED

[merock]

Originally Posted by Nikonfan

I just use the built in bubble level on my tripod. Works fine and the walls and lines come out straight every time!

Hey David. Your photos as far as tone, composition, color, etc look great. I am noticing that a a lot of your lines on your images aren't straight though... It's a super quick and easy fix in Photochop. I just create a new layer > edit > transform > skew. I turn the grid on in to help me get the lines straight. The tripod head that I linked to earlier really helps me level out my camera super quickly. I had a ball head previous to this, and while you can make it happen with a ball head, the time you save getting it perfect with this geared head is really amazing.

[ChrisTX]

What works better for fixing lines? I've been using the lens correction filter.

[carrbowl]

Originally Posted by merock

If you have you're camera completely level, your lines will be straight.
This tripod head is AMAZING for leveling out your camera:

Manfrotto 410 Junior Geared Head - Supports 11 lbs (5kg) 410 B&H

hehe...just realized that's the photography ball head I bought!! : ) Does that make me an architect photographer : )

[merock]

Originally Posted by carrbowl

hehe...just realized that's the photography ball head I bought!! : ) Does that make me an architect photographer : )

Hahaha.... sure..... I guess we never figured out what your original question was....