I shoot one ambient light shot, in which the windows are usually burned out. This is to give me the natural feeling for the lighting. It usually looks not so good
Then I shoot another shot with the interior lit with flash. 2 to 5 heads depending on the complexity of the spaces. When I'm looking from the kitchen, through the dining room and into the living room, they'll usually all need lighting and I have to hide the lights!!
My assistant is so used to it that I almost don't notice her placing the lights. All strobes are controlled from the camera via wireless
The aperture is determined by the strobe lights and the shutter speed is determined by the exterior views.
This gives me a well lit interior with well exposed windows... But it's all a little too perfect and unnatural... so I blend in the ambient light as a layer in Photoshop to bring back the feel of the room.
Easy Peasy
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 6:21 PM Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote:
You could do that … maybe Herschel will share the approach he used. I’d not recommend “exposure by trial” but since materials are not of real concern one could also go that route. ;)
Andy
> On Dec 19, 2021, at 5:10 PM, photoroy6 <photoroy6@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I'll answer my own question. Herschel probably took the outside windows from one exposure and the rest of the image from the flash exposure. In the days of film I would determine the exposure combinations for the windows.
> Then I would set the flash for the f/# of the windows exposure . Then do one exposure that will give correct density for both the windows and the dark kitchen cabinets etc.
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