Where Art Meets Architecture

Architecture Interior Photography and Architecture: This chapter is about how to create photographs that are more expensive for clients such as architects, home builders, etc. File size: 7.70GB

Where Art Meets Architecture

After many years of perfecting it, he now has a unique and original product. “light painting with speedlights” Mike Kelley is a highly sought-after interior and architecture photographer. Mike’s photographs are created by combining artificial light with natural ambient light and high powered strobe lighting. These images have become a standard in commercial and advertising. Mike’s light painting technique gives him the best control over all light sources, unlike traditional techniques like long exposures and high dynamic range renders. Mike’s examples of before and after are the best way to see how amazing his work is.

Fstoppers.com and Mike Kelley have teamed up to produce Where Art Meets ArchitectureThis 7 hour-long digital download will teach you how to photograph interiors, architecture, and real estate. Mike will show you how he creates his incredible images using every technique. The tutorial’s three chapters cover the essential tools needed to be successful in different niche markets of interior photography. Mike will guide you through the basics of interior photography, as well as show you how to make some of his most complex photo edits. This tutorial will guide you through the process of making your photos of architecture and homes look as professional as they do in commercials and publications.

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What is covered:

Real Estate Photography: Mike will show you all you need to know about real estate in order to kickstart your career and create images for agents, listing agents, or general property management. This chapter will cover all the basics, including:

• How to get started using minimal gear
• How to effectively bounce flash
• Natural light can be used to your advantage
• Correctly composing your frame
• The right focal length
• How to preserve exterior window views
• You can choose from three, four, or two light sets
• Correction of pincushion distortion and barrel distortion
• Photoshop: Fixing converging lines
• Create a final image entirely in camera

Additionally, “building your foundation”Mike talks openly about his success in the real-estate market and how you too could make money selling properties.

Architecture Interior Photography: This chapter discusses how to create photographs that are more lucrative for clients like architects, interior designers and home builders. Mike now focuses on streamlining the workflow and making your images more artful. Mike takes you on-site at the home of an architect to show you eight images that are key. These include the initial capture, the final photoshop editing and the final image. You will also find a complete Photoshop PSD file of the twilight exterior photos so that you can follow Mike’s instructions as he creates his signature look.

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• Mike’s Twilight Exterior Technique
• Advanced light painting, compositing
• Tethering to an iPhone/iPad
• Scrims can be used to reduce reflections/specular highlights
• The “Moody Interior Twilight Shot”
• Warm sunlight illusion
• Staging furniture for strong combinations

Commercial and Advertising Photography: Mike will guide you through the final section of his set of two commercial spaces. He will also show you how to create perfect images for restaurants or hotels. Your clients’ needs will be addressed and images created according to the space’s use will be highlighted.

• Create twilight images when a restaurant is closed.
• Incorporating people into your photography
• Multi-room lighting
• Photoshop details to be replaced
• Lighting large banquet halls
• How to create an inviting environment

Mike will also be discussing the business side of commercial and advertising photography. This includes how to market yourself, how to create residual income through image licenses, finding and keeping clients, and pricing.

“‘Where Art Meets Architecture’ is the definitive workshop on shooting Real Estate, Architecture, or Interior images. What you learn in this 7 hour workshop is what many photographers dream about…By the time you are finished with this workshop, you will feel as if you have the tools you need to complete any job in this niche of photography.”

-Anthony Thurston from SLR Lounge (read complete 5-Star review here).

Mike’s work is not well-known. Take a look at this Fstoppers Original that we made with Mike while he shot an Arizona exterior twilight. You can read the original post here.

Two more tutorials

Since the publication of Where Art Meets Architecture 1. Fstoppers has created two new tutorials (WAMA II & III) with Mike Kelley. These tutorials cover more specific aspects of the architecture photography industry and are more detailed. If you are just getting started with real estate photography, lighting, and post production, we highly recommend watching WAMA 1 first, but we have also bundled all of the tutorials in this series at a discount if you want to learn everything Mike has to teach.

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