les Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 I haven't seen your pics. But I have seen a LOT of real estate photographs. 90% of them (particularly interiors) suffer from bad lighting. I vote for a pair of good flashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryantobiason Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Yes, I should have updated the thread. I got a 300WS monolight and paired it with two speedlights (when needed), and now my photography is 1,286% better. Lighting is the key to everything. I owe the revelation to the kind people here that pointed me away from the $1,000 lens and toward the $500 lights! You can see my recent work at KC Home Photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Yes, I should have updated the thread. I got a 300WS monolight and paired it with two speedlights (when needed), and now my photography is 1,286% better. Lighting is the key to everything. I owe the revelation to the kind people here that pointed me away from the $1,000 lens and toward the $500 lights! You can see my recent work at KC Home Photography LOL...of course lighting is the key :) Photography is "drawing with light", if we get to the bottom of it. Congrats on a good decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Street Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I have been a user of Canon's 17-40 f4L lens since 2003 and swear by it, as I do for all of the L-series lenses (8 in total). These ultrawide lenses need to be used with care in composition. These ultrawide lenses are not rectilinear: point them up and you will have converging verticals coming into the frame. You will also need very strong foreground 'anchors' for the images to avoid everything looking tiny and far away. I don't know what is driving the thought of consideration for another camera. Lenswork is far, far more important. I don't know what constitutes "crisp" in real estate photography, the vast majority of which I see locally having been extensively Fauxtoshopped and retouched e.g. blue skies are a must (row upon row upon row of photographs), definitely not overcast or rainy (see that wet road and the driveway? So, about that bright blue sky...) Garyh | AUS Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1 Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977. Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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