Twilight or Day-to-Dusk photography shows the characteristics of the landscape or the exterior setting of the property. Twilight encourages buyers to consider the cosy appeal of the property. That also inspires a sense of excitement and anticipation about the interior of the building. This gives potential customers a wider perspective when buying a home.
Keep in mind the following in doing real estate photo editing, especially for exterior shots:
White Balance and Contrast
If the image has an overall appeal of either brightness or darkness, change it. Focus on the mid-tones of the image by adjusting the white balance. The white balance has an impact on the level of colour. Again, exposure and white balance are different from each other.
Check the entire tone of the photo, if it’s not as striking as imagined and adjusting the white balance will be very important.
Also focus on details by adjusting the brightness and contrast to whether to lighten the photo up or darken the photo down.
Perspective Correction
Adjusting the lines should be done with precision and photos with sloped angles are not nice to look at. Vertical lines can express resilience and power. These attributes are dependent on how the edge of the frame has been carefully aligned. Bad vertical lines distort a photo in the same way that an imperfect landscape can ruin a picture.
Meanwhile, horizontal lines express calm, weight and stability. The reason why horizontal lines are the prominent lines in a photo because of these attributes. However, these qualities can be missing if the image is slanted when viewed.
This can be resolved by using a tilt-shift lens or by using the Lens Corrections panel in Adobe Lightroom. We may also keystone the image as applicable. This fixes the image’s perspective.
Image Correction
Change the colours present in the images by photo colour correction. This technique can turn red from blue to white. Retain the colour of the image and slightly adjust colour’s brightness to fine-tune the picture.
Other minor imperfections like dust spots or a scratched main focus on the area of the image will have a real effect. Removing those defects would make the image more real.
Adding Effects
Effects can enhance the image’s artistic quality. To add fire to a chimney, include streaks of light on furniture, fix blown out windows and the likes. This may show how nice live-able and comfortable owning this property will be.
Removal of Objects
There are plenty of interference when taking outdoor photos. These are normal occurrences; the temporary solution is to remove these unwanted objects in the image. Object removal is one of the commonly used image processing techniques in real estate. The process involves several methods for removing objects like electric and light posts, cars that are parked in front of the property in the photograph.
As a real estate photographer, there are still many other editing tips and tricks aside from twilight photography. Just as everything else and also in photography, everything takes effect. Keep learning and acquiring new techniques when capturing photos. Try finding angles that are unique to the area and property.
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