This definitely takes a lot of practice to master the basic fundamentals! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

I can't express enough how much your videos have helped me!

Thanks Nathan. That Darken layer mode is what I have been searching for. I feel like my editing process is now a Voltron with all 5 lions instead of 4. Keep up the great work and holler if you are ever in Central Texas.

Extremely detailed thank you for showing us the hard situation that we deal with as well. Also, I appreciate that you stayed focus on the topic. You're very articulate and clear and precise about what you're saying. Thank you again keep the videos coming....

Absolutely AWESOME content! Took me a few days of watching the same videos over and over again but now figuring it out. Also, I have photoshop elements from 2008 so little challenging to adapt.

Nathan , thanks a lot, it's really helpful.

Thank you very much Nathan . I learned a lot from him. he is a very good teacher. hope you will release more useful videos. Thank you so much

Really enjoying these videos and I have watched some of them three times to catch up on my PS lack of knowledge. Thank you.

Thank you for your videos, very helpful!

Thank you Nathan! I was stuck in my editing process. Now I got a lot of new knowledge and opportunities to get on with my work. ** Very happy :-) **

You're a great teacher Nathan, thank you from here in the UK.

Perfect and well produced, thank you very much

thank you so much Nathan.

Best window pull tutorial I've seen

I just bought the e-book. Excellent work, thank you for your clear explanations and processing steps.

Thank you so much Nathan, I really enjoyed this video.

Really appreciate your invaluable understandable step by step lessons for beginners!!! thank you :-)

Thank you to you and Rich. Natural teachers!

This was so helpful! Thank you! also... I'm glad you said something about that mermaid mirror! ..so weird :)))

great video, definitely helped with getting correct window pull. thanks. Btw. when you are in quick mask mode, instead of using your eraser tool to undo your brush, just press "x" and you will be able to undo/erase with exact same settings.

Who are the 19 ignorant people who disliked this amazing video?

Thank you!

Thanks Nathan. Excellent video

Thank you so much for this lesson. TONS of useable knowledge.

From New Zealand, cheers for the insights Nathan

This helped me IMMENSELY!

Nathan - fast becoming a fan of your tutorials...you're offering some good stuff - I'm somewhat new to photography (especially using flash and/or ambient shots) - there always seems to one point in your tutorials where I loose the flow - i.e. a "flash" shot vs. a "lit" shot . . . what's the difference? I love your end-results and would like to understand more clearly your terminology so I could "follow along", as it where - I see we have the same issues and you've done a nice job overcoming - I've been using HDR for almost 3 years but your "Flambient" process is far more accurate in color -do you have a specific tutorial where you march step-by-step? . . . thanks!

I have been watching a ton of your videos. I love how you break down steps and explain things calmly. If your in a situation with sheer curtians over the windows what would you do? Not sure if you have a video on that or not.

Hi Nathan, I love your videos, very informative and easy to follow, so thank you..! I have been using a HDR/Flambient blending method and am having success with that. I can see that flambient without HDR looks even better though, especially for more natural colours. I am wondering if you have done any tutorials on the best (and simplest) workflow for importing your photos into Lightroom and the best way to basically set it all up from the beginning - especially using external HD's. I work on a Mac laptop and am sure there is an easier way than what I'm doing. Thanks again and keep up the great videos!

Nathan, Thank you for your great videos! In the beginning of the video you said the flash caused a lot of color cast then instead, you took a "lit shot"(4:32 min) . What did you mean by that? Thabks🙏

Love this, helped me a ton ! Thanks !

Thank you! Very helpful!!!

Thank you for sharing this.

Hi Nathan, Just stumbled on your videos and glad I did. You really know your stuff and incredible quick work flow. I can learn a lot from your work, I subscribed. I am going to try and watch all your videos but quick question. Would it not be just as quick to bracket? I have not watched but two so far so I am assuming that will come up in one of your videos. Great job I'm impressed because you really retain a more natural look while refining the dynamics. Locally the editing in Homes magazines just look fake and people even comment to the Relator it looks fake.

Hey Nathan - I have another question. Is there any reason you wouldn't ever use the ambient layer as the base layer and brush in the flash exposure in certain parts vs. using flash and brushing in ambient? I am asking because I did a room today and the ambient shot was really nice due to variables for the room. So, I felt like I would be pulling in more ambient exposure if my flash was my base vs. the other way around.

I always notice how these tutorials show nice neutral decor. How about demonstrating a complex room with dark decor and heavy shadows and contrast with tiny windows and mixed lighting temperatures please. Like an old victorian house that we have here in UK. LOL.

Hello Nathan I have a question about white balance. When doing daytime interior flambient photos, do you as a rule set the white balance manually after the exterior ambient light for BOTH the ambient and the flash shots? I guess ambient and flash should always be the same color temperature? Thanks Lasse

Hello Nathan. Totally use your videos to sharpen my real estate photography skills. Thanks for some very useful tutorials and sharing your experience! I got to looking to purchase your entire collection of books and only see the Kindle version in the package. As a "formal" studied photographer, I have kept every photography, lighting, etc, (hardcover) book I every had in college and would like to add your books to my library. Can you offer all of the hardcover books in one package? Thanks!

Cool!

Useful to see variations and diff scenarios. I think I need to look pay more attention to color casts. Seems difficult to notice at the moment. So for the flashed shot you decided to use, the flash power was lowered and shutter was slowed down, correct?

Thanks Nathan. Nice technique. I have a question though about the window pull. What do you do if the window frames are not light colored so they blow out easily with your window pull? If The window frames are dark wood or painted won’t they get too dark when you’re doing your mask to reveal the outside? Seems like you would a get dark edge where the brush overlaps onto the frame. You need to be much more precise and outlining the windows.

Hey Nathan! For some reason no matter what I do, darken mode for a window pull won’t work for me. I have the window pull shot on top, create the layer mask, select darken mode, and when I go to brush over the window nothing happens. Am I missing something? I’ve checked flow and opacity of the brush and everything seems to be where it needs to be. Super confused! Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Hi Nathan, I’m hoping you can help me real quick. I’m trying to practice with window pulls and I’m following all the camera settings you talked about in your interiors book, but for some reason the outside is wayyyy too underexposed. It looks like it’s nighttime outside. I’ve moved the settings all over the place and they all seem the same. How could I resolve this to get a nice window pull? Also, it’s kinda cloudy out today if that makes a difference. Thanks!

Hey Nathan. Great video. Just had a quick question. When you auto-alligned the layers i noticed that it seemed to snap to the image after it was cropped? I usually have a bit of white transparency on the outside and have to crop back in. Is there a way to do this? Would make my workflow a lot quicker. Thanks!

This is an amazing tutorial! One question, why do you "flatten image" in photoshop before you save it? I've saved it without flattening the image and it looks the same in light room.

Hey Nathan your videos have been a big help. I have a question on focus. When you get your camera all set up composition wise and go to focus for your first shot, what do you do after achieving focus for the remaining shots that you take, with flash and for the window pull for example? Do you lock focus after the first shot? Do you turn autofocus off after you set you focus initially? I'm just always concerned my camera is going to change focus for some reason every time I trigger it for the subsequent shots. Thanks!

When you work the window pull why do you move it to the top? Can't you just work it in place? New to Ps & still learning. Great videos thanks for sharing have learned a lot.

How do you use thus method when the view of the window is not clean? For example: there are semi-opaque white curtains hanging in the front of the window?

Hi Nathan, thanks for all the great informative videos. I had a quick question about something I've noticed regarding your window pulls. Now, this is just my opinion, but I feel like it looks slightly unnatural how the windows look so perfectly exposed from an interior perspective, almost like they're a bit *too* dark. What are your feelings on lowering the opacity of the window pull layer a little bit to bring back a little bit of that overexposure? Is that going to look less professional or is it just a matter of taste? Thanks!

Hey Nathan, great videos! I have a flash question; regarding output, do you go manual on the flash, or do you expose for window pulls and TTL the flash and ride the compensation?

Hey Nathan. I'm really interested in real estate photography but I'm a newby to all of this. A few days ago I bought all of your e-book series. I finished the "interior" one (minus the post processing") and am currently reading the "exterior" one. I even went outside and tried to photograph the front of a random house following your guidelines. The only thing missing is feedback. I'm actually a teacher and one of the things I need is some type of feedback so that I know if I'm on the right path or not. Do you offer a class online? An online discussion forum? This would be very beneficial to me. Also, what school/certificate program would you recommend for real estate photography?

I've tried this on several of my photos and just can't get it to work.... I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong....

Do you suggest aiming the strobe straight at the window Nathan? Or do you just hit the roof again?

Nathan, is there a reason for you using iso 320 instead of 100?

Nathan, are you pointing your big flash directly at the window or bouncing it?

Great video, as usual, thank you very much! Do you usually shoot windows with the blinds down or how do you make this determination?

For some reason the darken mode is not working for me. The brush is not staying within the window. What am I doing wrong?

This is exactly what I needed to learn. Been struggling with using brushes on windows and having window frames become darker. What is the Rove light that you use? Im struggling to get enough light with my Canon 600 speedlight.

Hi Nathan. Thank you so much for your tutorials! How can I avoid or remove reflections of my flash in the window when doing a window pull? Greetings, Tim!

thanks for the video. i am struggling with light bloom when shooting toward bright windows in the ambient shot like you do in this photo. do you have any tips on how to avoid the bloom or flare?

Hi great videos! Quick question, how do you avoid seeing the flash in the window when you're shooting a window pull? I've been noticing it in some of mine.

In my PS, next to flow, I have another parameter called 'smoothing', but I don't see that on your PS. Why do I see this extra parameter in my PS??

Do you have a video that explains why you use the layer>mask>hide technique vs just a regular layer mask like Rich Baum uses? I still can’t get my head around these multiple layer layer masks and what I’m seeing when I paint on them.

I've seen several tutorials on this, but it's not working for me. I'm reasonably proficient with PS CS6, but my brush always affects all layers no matter how I try this. So as I'm trying to get the exposed window to come through, if I hit the pane or anything it's revealed as well. I've googled the hell out of this and reset all my tools to no avail. What am I missing? Help please!

I love your videos! Is there one book out of the several on amazon that give most of this information in extreme detail? I’m still not very understanding if the photoshop aspect of light painting and window pulls and painting flambient etc.

Nathan, I have seen others use eraser tool in blending? Why not just hit "X" and take some back off, Then brush size and flow stay the same?

Hi Nathan, I learnt a lot from your videos and they are really helpful. So thank you! I got a question about window pull. With the same ISO, shutter speed and aperture to make window scene look right (blue sky and trees etc.), what is the difference between with and without flash apart from the window frame get over exposed?

slightly off topic Nathan, but do you have baseline or go-to (preset) adjustments for noise reduction + sharpening with these raw ISO 320 ambient shots in your videos that you are running through Lightroom?

I shoot all my real estate HDR with a -2 EVA that I can isolate window views in Channels. Using your method, I have been hit or miss with my 400-600 watt Quantum Qpaq flash. With complicated windows, do you expose with flash exactly as you would if you wanted just a flash exposure? I find there must be a balance there because when I over expose the window moldings, sometimes the window pull outside view is way too dark and unusable.

Hey question, Do you white balance for every room and how do you balance your flash temperature with your ambient temperature? Thank you Nathan

Can you give us the link for your Auto align layer acitons video that you mentioned? Thank you Nathan

Hi Nathan! I just opened my 3 images from Lightroom (Export images as Layers into Photoshop)-(to carry out a Window pull) into Photoshop and I noticed the 3 images don't line-up properly. Any idea why?

I shoot a lot of real estate and do my own editing. I rely on Photomatix to process well over 100 photo brackets (-2,0,+1,+2) per day so I really do not have the time to do custom edits as you do, but I do use your method for pulling windows with Lightroom and Photoshop where I have them. Early in the morning and in the evening, my pulls look good. However when there is a huge difference between overpowering light from the window and the interiors, my window views are coming out dark green and almost unusable. I have plenty of light power to blow out everything. I have tried shooting directly at the windows from 45 degrees, shooting at the ceilings, bare bulb, shooting the wall behind me etc. Usually I succeed in creating reflections from the interior items onto the windows. In terms of flash exposure or light intensity / direction, can you help me?

Is there a way to adjust the darken mode to make it even darker or is this done by taking a darker exposed shot outside before processing? Thanks

Could you just expose for the outside, no flash, and then just paint the windows into the final shot without having done a true window pull with over exposed door/window frames, etc.?

What version of Lightroom are you using?

When I shoot for window view and overexposing around windows I can see all the reflections in the glass :x No way to put filter on my lens. Some advice?

Hi, what metering are you using and where in the scene are u focusing? Best, William

Can you explain what you mean by "window pull"? I understand layering as well as masking and how to do it in PS.

Hi! I have a question. What do you do if the window frame is in a different color like brown or black?

Muito Obrigado!

what is that trigger set you are using