Lake Macquarie House-ric woods photography

We were commissioned to shoot a house on Lake Macquarie for some builders.
The client wanted the roof line captured as the hero shot. A difficult job, although the house was great to walk through with interesting levels,up close the finished textures were simple and did not lend itself to stunning still images.We decided to mask the finer detail and light up the outside taking advantage of the dramatic slope of the land.

We placed 5 strobes outside the house gelled to match the interior lights.In camera the the back grass was let to go black to create a dramatic line up to the sloped roof. This decision was made as there was a septic tank in the foreground and the lawn was patchy. The client asked to have lawn placed in the shot in post production, they say the customer is always right. I would have left it drop to black