Interior Photography

One last set of shots in this experiment...this time I finally broke down and decided to do an HDR attempt as there was just too much of a difference in the lighting from outside to inside. According to my light meter on my camera, somewhere around 8 stops which is too much to capture even with my 1DsMkII camera.

Anyway, three reditions done of the same shot; b&w, lite color and full color.

I think the first shot is the best! The colors look off in most of them, and the light/dark areas looks off too. I would suggest using more flashes, or taking multiple exposures and blending them? I don't know if the HDR one works for me, if thats what it is. I think it would be easier to expose one for the outside window, one for the inside, and combine them in photoshop. I would layer the one exposed for the window on top of the base shot and using a layer mask paint in the outside light.... I don't know if what I just said makes any sense?

cocheese20 wrote in post #8116702
I think the first shot is the best! The colors look off in most of them, and the light/dark areas looks off too. I would suggest using more flashes, or taking multiple exposures and blending them? I don't know if the HDR one works for me, if thats what it is. I think it would be easier to expose one for the outside window, one for the inside, and combine them in photoshop. I would layer the one exposed for the window on top of the base shot and using a layer mask paint in the outside light.... I don't know if what I just said makes any sense?

The masking technique is about the only thing I haven't tried yet but that might actually be the best approach as I know what you mean about the color weirdness showing up in the majority of the shots thus far.

I was kind of partial to the last set I posted, which were 4 shot HDR's. They still came out too dark for actual real estate type shooting but might work more as artsy style pictures.

Thanks for your feedback! I may just give the masking a try!

Cheers!