{"id":2089,"date":"2017-05-26T09:52:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T16:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warealestatephotos.com\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2020-11-16T06:13:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T06:13:06","slug":"lights-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/lights-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights On?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I wrote a question to one of my favorite blogs,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/photographyforrealestate.net\">PhotographyforRealEstate.net,<\/a>&nbsp;explaining that when shooting homes it&#8217;s common to come across burnt out light bulbs, different hue light bulbs, or crazy color casts that change the color of true whites. Most&nbsp;replies (<a href=\"http:\/\/photographyforrealestate.net\/2017\/05\/25\/do-you-shoot-with-interior-lights-on-or-off\/\">http:\/\/photographyforrealestate.net\/2017\/05\/25\/do-you-shoot-with-interior-lights-on-or-off\/<\/a>) seem to indicate that photographers doing real estate (as opposed to magazine shoots, etc.) take it on a case-by-case basis deciding if there is a need for the extra lighting.<\/p>\n<p>If there are large windows with plenty of ambient light, then having the light fixtures on may seem redundant. But what I&#8217;ve noticed is, as some others explain, that when shooting with lights off &#8211; the environment seems less inviting and sterile. That&#8217;s what we see in magazines like Architectural Digest &#8211; and isn&#8217;t this what we&#8217;re striving for as photographers? To be compared to the best in the business of photographing buildings and interiors?<\/p>\n<p>My conclusion is that if there is an interesting lighting source and it&nbsp;isn&#8217;t going to cast a giant yellow spotlight onto the white cabinetry, turn em on and let it shine. However, if there are green lights or different contrasting hues in a fixture &#8211; it&#8217;s probably better to just leave it off. Still, this yields the question &#8211; is it odd to have some lights on in home photos and others off? Does it create an imbalance and draw the viewer&#8217;s attention? Something to consider for sure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples I&#8217;ve taken:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WArealestatephotos.com-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1296\" src=\"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WArealestatephotos.com-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"WArealestatephotos.com-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_8805-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1284\" src=\"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_8805-Edit-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Washington Real Estate Photography\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I wrote a question to one of my favorite blogs,&nbsp;PhotographyforRealEstate.net,&nbsp;explaining that when shooting homes it&#8217;s common to come across burnt out light bulbs, different hue light bulbs, or crazy color casts that change the color of true whites. Most&nbsp;replies (http:\/\/photographyforrealestate.net\/2017\/05\/25\/do-you-shoot-with-interior-lights-on-or-off\/) seem to indicate that photographers doing real estate (as opposed to magazine shoots, etc.) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wremedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}