*Love the video. One tip the camera is to shaky. Try to put it down. ... its really to shaky.*

You're very welcome. As much as I personally dislike it, I am glad it was better for you. Going forward I will keep it this resolution.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

That is why you need a remote trigger. Walk and flash.

Thats one way to do it for sure. I have never enjoyed working that way, I like to keep it as quick and light weight as possible which includes not adding too many extra frames for trivial things like windows that are too far away, scalloped or dished ceilings, and shadows from ceiling fans. But if its something you can do that adds value and doesn't eat into your time. Im all for it!

@@WillGayPhoto using pen tool and tracing it out, that eats time if not more. Flash it.

Far-away windows shouldn’t have much darkness and detail to begin with. For a natural and balanced look, elements in the background should always be lighter and less pronounced (however slightly) than elements in the foreground.

There are cheaper options too. I think Neewer makes one that is slightly smaller and $20-30 cheaper. Just be aware that the smaller you go the less soft your light will look. The larger, the more soft. Its a balance of ease of use vs quality of light with this one.

You are very welcome, glad it was helpful!

No problem! It works for what I do, but that by no means is the best of correct way of doing it. Glad it helps you tho!

I actually have a few vacant homes coming up so I will put that on my list. I appreciate the feedback. A lot of this stuff I see so much in my own head and professional career I just don't think it would be useful but I forget that all of this is not for me, but for you guys and to help the community. Yea I noticed it did come with Chinese as the default. Thankfully it wasn't too hard to change and my wife speak chinese so I had a lifeline if I couldn't figure it out!

Thank you! Yes because if I leave it at 400iso the windows will blow out. On almost all cameras you are locked to 1/200th of a second flash sync speed. At ISO 400 the windows are WAY too bright. I could crank the aperture down but then it could shift focus by making the DoF wider and not blend well in photoshop. Since I can't increase the shutter above 1/200th the only option is to turn down the ISO. A global shutter camera would change things since you are not limited to the traditional flash sync speeds but they are extremely expensive and are so uncommon its not worth considering yet. Noise isnt a factor at this point either. The reason I use 400 on the brackets is just because I want to keep my shutter speed from dipping down too low and keeping it open for too long and I bump it or something. Plus Im impatient lol

Enfuse does a better job of blending the highlights and shadows than the HDR function of LR in my experience. And its personal preference. There is no "best" because if there was we would all be using it. I find I am able to get better results, faster with LR enfuse. But if you find the opposite great! There is no wrong answer. I just prefer this tool. However I use the LR HDR function for twilights and exteriors because I find it does a better job outdoors.

Im always trying to get better at what I do. I was using the reflector with a diffuser and plastic diffusion disc over it. And I had been for years because of the company I worked for. They needed a quick way to lightup rooms, but not bounce off walls and ceilings. So I came up with that setup. No one else was doing it and it made us faster and better than our compeition. But now that I am running the show at my business I wanted to step it up. I am no longer bound by 45min time constraints. So I started experimenting and remembered using orbs from my advertising days and their quality of light. Took a shot on this Godox lantern and have been really pleased with the results. The softness of shadows is reason #1. They just are extremely soft and barely there which makes flambient editing faster and better. #2 the quality of light is just better. Its soft, it spreads farther and fills more because of the diffuser. and finally #3 is that makes the end results look better than bouncing or using that bell housing. My photos are just better because of it. It has its drawbacks, it slower shooting, its more complicated and more cumbersome to use but for my business it works. I am quality based not quantity and my clients expect alot, this helps me do it easier. ^_^

@@WillGayPhoto three cheers for the quality ovre quantity team! 🙂

Godox AD400 Pro and Godox CS-50D for the orb.

​@@WillGayPhoto So what is the reason most r/e photographers don't use the orb?

I would not move staging. The agent has paid a large sum of money for a designer to come in and stage the home a certain way. Small things like items on a counter sure but I would not move a chair or couch etc. Its far simpler to move your tripod a few inches.