Can You Use a Smartphone for Real Estate Photography? Pros & Cons
Lesson 4 from: Real Estate PhotographyPhilip Ebiner
Can You Use a Smartphone for Real Estate Photography? Pros & Cons
Lesson 4 from: Real Estate PhotographyPhilip Ebiner
Lesson Info
4. Can You Use a Smartphone for Real Estate Photography? Pros & Cons
Lessons
Introduction to Real Estate Photography
1Welcome to Class! What Will You Learn? Who is this Course For?
03:48Real Estate Photography Basics
2What Gear Do You Need as a Real Estate Photographer?
09:36 3Camera Settings & Modes to Use for Real Estate Photography
07:54 4Can You Use a Smartphone for Real Estate Photography? Pros & Cons
03:13 5How to Compose Real Estate Photos - The Basics
04:58 6Lighting Basics for Real Estate Photography
07:43The Window Pull: How to Make the Exteriors Pop
02:01 8RAW vs. JPEG Photos - Which Should You Shoot?
00:51 9Key Lesson: What Photos Do You Need to Capture?
15:04How to Take a Real Estate Photo
10Basic Room Photo Demonstration with Flambient Technique, Natural, and Flash
10:54Real Estate Photography Demonstration I - Full House Demo
11Introduction to this Demo
00:54 12What Equipment is in my Real Estate Photography Kit?
02:58 13Walkthrough of the House - Let's See What We're Working With
07:20 14The Kitchen - Part 1
12:08 15The Kitchen - Part 2
04:20 16The Kitchen - Part 3
03:16 17The Kitchen - Part 4
02:41 18The Kitchen - Part 5
02:34 19The Primary Bathroom
09:48 20The Primary Bedroom
07:15 21The Laundry Room
06:03 22The Living Room
10:28 23A Small Space Bathroom
05:19Real Estate Photography Demonstration II - Full House Demo
24Introduction to this Demo
05:00 25The Living Room
07:48 26The Kitchen
06:35 27Bathroom 1
06:12 28The Primary Bedroom
07:20 29Bathroom 2
05:46 30Front Exterior
03:19 31Back Yard & Exteriors
06:09Editing Real Estate Photos
32Introduction & Basic Editing Process for Real Estate Photography
04:31Adobe Lightroom for Real Estate Photography - The Basics
33Adobe Lightroom Introduction for Real Estate Photographers
06:36 34Organizing Photos for Efficient Editing in Lightroom
07:12 35Basic Editing Process in Lightroom for Real Estate Photographers
21:12 36Combining Bracketed Photos in Lightroom + a Comparison of RAW vs Bracketed Photo
04:43 37Natural Light Kitchen Edit
04:06 38Exporting Photos from Lightroom
06:23Photo Editing Skills You Should Know
39Copy and Paste Settings from One Photo to Another in Lightroom
02:58 40Create & Use Presets in Lightroom
02:26 41Sky Replacements in Photoshop
06:50Flambient Editing Process
42Step-by-Step Flambient Editing Process
20:56Full Editing Demonstrations
43Editing the Kitchen Dining Nook
18:48 44Editing the Primary Bedroom 1
12:04 45Editing the Primary Bedroom 2 + Removing Objects in a Photo
17:04 46Editing an Exterior Photo with Sky Replacement
06:36 47Editing a Kitchen Photo with a Natural Designer Style Look
05:30 48Quick Bathroom Edit
05:13Advanced Editing Tips & Tricks
49Speed Up Your Flambient Workflow with Photoshop Actions
05:18 50Replacing Photos, Wall Art, and TV Images in Photoshop
05:04 51Darken TVs in Lightroom
01:11 52Clean Up Smudges on Stainless Steel Appliances in Lightroom
02:03 53Editing iPhone photos vs. Professional Camera Photos
04:41Virtual Staging
54What is Virtual Staging? What Tools Should I Use?
02:14 55Virtual Staging in Photoshop with Generative AI Features
10:56The Business of Real Estate Photography
56How to Deliver Photo Files to Clients
03:50 57Tips for Creating a Real Estate Photography Portfolio
03:50 58Creating a Quick Portfolio Website with Adobe Portfolio
06:01 59How to Find Your First Clients
04:06 60How Much to Charge for Real Estate Photography Services
02:32Aerial Photography
61The Basics of Drone / Aerial Photography for Real Estate Photography
06:27Conclusion
62Conclusion
01:23Lesson Info
Can You Use a Smartphone for Real Estate Photography? Pros & Cons
In this lesson, I want to talk about using a smartphone and go a little bit deeper for those interested in using one. You might want to skip this if you're not using a smartphone. This is really for those real estate agents taking this class landlords, short term rental hosts who don't want to invest in a lot of equipment. I'll talk about the benefits and drawbacks of using a smartphone. So first off benefits, the quality is getting better on smartphones and certain smartphones, the quality of an image kind of matches what a basic Ds LR, mirrorless professional camera can do. It's more affordable because you probably have a smartphone in your pocket. It's easy to think. Oh, I'm just gonna whip this out and take great photos and sometimes you can and it's simple to use. There's no complicated settings or things that you'll need to know. It's basically just being able to set up in an area, compose it the right way and take the photo, just click the button to take the photo. The problem i...
s that most smartphones don't capture raw photos as good as basic Ds LR or mirrorless cameras. And so what this means is that you don't have a lot of room editing and you don't necessarily need to edit all your photos too much to look good. But in terms of things like combining images and things like that and the photos will just look better if you edit them and not having nice high quality raw photos from a smartphone limits your ability to edit them the right way. The other issue is when we're getting a little bit more professional, using just flash alone, syncing up a flash to a smartphone is very difficult. There's not really great tools to do that right now. So you can't just use the flash that's on your smartphone to get enough lighting. Potentially, you could use continuous video lights to light a scene, light a room and use a smartphone to make it look good. But when we're talking about more advanced techniques using a a flash or a strobe where we're bouncing it off the ceiling, we're maybe taking multiple images where we're bouncing it off different parts of the room that Flam Bent style, then it's going to be practically impossible with a smartphone also just like setting up on a tripod, not impossible but more difficult using a trigger self timer bracketing. All of these things are going to be more difficult with a smartphone. That being said, you can certainly take great photos with a smartphone. But as a professional photographer, you'll want professional gear, truly even though you as a photographer might be able to take a great photo with a smartphone, you don't want to show up to a professional photo shoot at a house, taking photos with a smartphone, nothing against smartphones, smartphone, photographers. It's just not going to look good. Even if you promise, oh, I'm gonna take photos just as good with this camera. You'll want to actually have professional gear as a professional. So in this class, I will do some tests to show you the, the smartphone versus the professional camera and how they end up looking. Um But I just wanted to share these thoughts before we move forward.
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Ratings and Reviews
Chris
The course is a comprehensive learning experience and Philip's passion and expertise in photography and teaching are evident throughout the course. Key highlights for me included mastering lighting techniques, photo blending for high-quality interiors, and advanced strategies like the 'Flambient' process. This was straight forward, and easy to understand. I live in Australia an grateful that you kept the information relevant to any country.
TONY BARNES JR
Hey Philip, Just want to thank you for putting in the time and effort putting this course together. I’ve been shooting for 20 years but never really spent enough time on PS. This course really focuses on what you really need to know. Everything is really straight to the point. Philip provides images so you can follow along and really get a good work flow going. I personally enjoyed the
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Overall, the completeness and depth of this course are excellent. The only thing that needs improvement is during the editing portion. Philip's voice was fading in and out even when the volume on my computer was set at 100%. His voice was excellent during the photo shoot portion of the course.