Real estate lighting

[Harmonic]

I've got three apartments I let out for short term holiday makers. I believe I've done a reasonable job of the photography but with that said, we're constantly changing and improving the interiors to better fit our "ideal guest".

Currently, I've been waiting for days with good sunlight and no guests to snap pics. While natural sunlight works amazing, it's extremely time consuming to wait for the right light all the time (potentially across multiple days, which can become multiple weeks due to bookings).

With that, I'm thinking of buying some studio lights. They don't necessarily need to be RGB or battery powered. Their main job will just be to match the color temperature of the outside light (sun).

We've got a ton of 2200k mood lights around the apartments so it would be a bonus if they could go down to that. They also need to be continuous for video so no flashes unfortunately.

I've never touched a light before so very unsure of what power would be sufficient to light the biggest room which is about 50m2. Any suggestions on where to start?

@bwana, hope you don't mind the tag but I believe you have lots of experience with lights

 

[bwana]

Sorry - even though I have a bunch of strobes I shoot all my real estate stuff in HDR with a tripod. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Harmonic]

Sorry - even though I have a bunch of strobes I shoot all my real estate stuff in HDR with a tripod. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thats been my process so far as well, mostly using lumenzia to combine.

Thing is, as an example, I need the light to hit a specific wall for maximum visual effect and waiting for the sun is such a ball ache and literally can take days depending on guests and weather.

Apart from all of that, what wattage or lumens do you think would be sufficient to light at most a 50 square meter room?

That'll help a lot in narrowing the options down. Light output seems to affect the process a lot and the less invested the better

 

[bwana]

Apart from all of that, what wattage or lumens do you think would be sufficient to light at most a 50 square meter room?

I'm the wrong guy to ask - I don't shoot video.