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Thanks for your ...
Thanks for your comment. It's great that we can learn from each other. Not easy to balance 3 light sources. I would have metered for the lamps probably about 1/15s, balanced with flash, then took another exposure metered for the window and made a composit in Photohop. You would then have the option to adjust the window in levels depending if you wanted it slighly under or over. I know Dom may have? been hand held on that occasion but it's not that hard to achieve.

flash is just a ...
flash is just a light that turns on and then turns off again- it's just light, so if for example you set your? flash power to full and shoot at f8, then shoot at f11 and you have half the light coming in, your scene will be darker. But the flash can be many times brighter than the desk lamps (and with enough flash power even brighter than the sun), so when you have a strong flash, and a strong sun, the weak table lamps don't really add any light at all

Dom your videos are ...
Dom your videos are really helping, I run a property marketing company in Brighton & the agents love quality photos & floor plans...thanks? for posting!

i like your shirt ...
i like your shirt where'd? you get it?

Why oh why are you ...
Why oh why are you shirtless???

up your flash power ...
up your flash power and smaller? aperture.

close, but aperture ...
close, but aperture affects flash and continuous light. Look at what happens when u change your aperture but? keep everything else the same.... it changes the exposure.

Hi Dom Like and ...
Hi Dom Like and watch your videos a lot. I was wondering though that at around 4.50 your vid you say that you don't get much brightness from the lights (bedside table lamps) because you are shooting at f5.? Is it not true that flash is affected by aperture and contant light is affected by shutter speed? Keep up the good work. H

So what changes in ...
So what changes in the process if the difference between the outside and the darkest area inside is far? greater than that in the video?

Good video, but we ...
Good video, but we don't really need to see you and if we do, then it's a? little strange you are shirtless.

Great info. But for ...
Great info. But for us newbies? it's pretty complicated. So you, while in the room are doing all these gymnastics for each shot? It must take you an hour to shoot a house.

Excellent,? shows ...
Excellent,? shows why the photogapher needs to understand and control light to create the image s/he requires.

check the blog and ...
check the blog and my other? video, had that exact thing.

Hey Dom, Love the ...
Hey Dom, Love the technique, but what do you do if you? have a very large room (eg. open living with dining, kitchen and living all in one area) or high or dark colour ceiling?

Ok, thanks. I didnt ...
Ok, thanks. I didnt really think of that. I will probably use? my 18-105 om my DX body because thats the widest lens I have. Which is not at all the ultimate lens for property/interior photography. I guess that I have to think a bit different. For example at least f8 and let the flash work a bit more and let in more ambient light. I will probably use a tripod as well for slower shutter speeds.

i am shooting hand ...
i am shooting hand held and that will slow things down and if you check the blog you will? see shots before and after. also with super wide angle lenses everything is in hyper focus even at f2.8

CTO filter on the ...
CTO filter on the flash? Why not set the aperture to ~8-11 so as much is sharp as possible? And let the flash and the shutter do the? rest?

details in the? blog
details in the? blog

Hi Dom, Great ...
Hi Dom, Great videos, ? just wondering what flash gun you use when shooting properties like this one. Thanks Jack

what is a scheme? ...
what is a scheme? all? the details and settings are on the blog

Great video. I hope ...
Great video. I hope that will be more like this. Not be bad if you put in tutorials a scheme with camera and flash settings and? maybe a light position.

Great difference? ...
Great difference? cool video.

ah very very good ...
ah very very good question! soo good i might make a video answering that one. basic? answer is time, effort, speed and look.

Dom - excellent ...
Dom - excellent tutorial. Can I ask why you chose this approach as opposed to using HDR? Cheers!?

can you? put some ...
can you? put some cloth on?????????????????

just on camera? ...
just on camera? pointing at the ceiling

did you have the ...
did you have the flash on a? stand or was it on camera just pointed at the ceiling?

Excellent video, ...
Excellent video, Dom. Proves? that even what seems to be small adjustments makes a huge difference to the final image. Love it!