I received a request for quote and it stated that it’s very important to remove all shadows! They follow with, “it’s known practice in real estate photography to be shadow free”. i can almost predict the outcome on this one.

Can you use at least “half a shadow” ?

I said that I’ll do my best. I explained that no shadows happen in two ways. One, an overcast day and two, light behind the camera; both make for a flat image.

photographers often use loads of hidden fill lights to get rid of strong shadows.

Its actually a great opportunity to use scanline render (with omni lights)!

It seems like educating the client in this case will not be an option. Based on their phrasing of their request that you eliminate the shadows alone, I would let it slide. They sound pretentious and you should probably steer them to someone else provided you have enough work.

[image] On another topic Its actually a great opportunity to use scanline render (with omni lights)! LOL that brings back horrifying memories :stuck_out_tongue: On the other side you could always try using an overcast lighting setup, or just the vray ambient light.

[image] On another topic Its actually a great opportunity to use scanline render (with omni lights)! Hahahaha! Hahahaha!

Maybe they just want AO only (or dome light). But that is absurd. No photographer worth his lens cap would ever make a photo with no shadows… They are likely just concerned about strong shadows under things, which are commonly filled in with extra frontal fill (which looks like crap, but of well).

Ask for an example and post it here. I’d love to see just what a “real-estate” image looks like to them.

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glorybound March 21, 2015, 9:02pm 20

I’ll see if I can pull it off. I’m up for the challenge.

using the vray shadow pass or similar

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