Tips on shooting chalet

Posted by on Dec 14, 2012 in blog | 22 Comments

These are some photos taken out of my latest shoot from this week end. 

I shot the Chalet Cristal in Praz sur Arly near Mégève in the French Alpes.

It's a luxury chalet that has close to 600 square meter size and can be ranted up to 10000 dollars a night with all the staff that goes with it (maids, cooks, massage etc…)

The place was big and my trick on shooting this type of spaces if to wait for the blue hour which was nice that day.

Then I shoot raw on a tripod, I very slightly under expose to make sure that all the highlights are never burned.

I never use any flash but use the existing light, but for that to work it should be a bit dark outside. But not too much otherwise your photos are too contrasty and whenever you see the sky outside you loose details. Shades of blue are more interesting then pure black.

The problem with that technic is that you have about 1 to 2 hours to take all the photos. 

So I had an assistant prepare all the rooms with the fire etc… and I just ran from one room to another having taken shots earlier in the day so I knew what composition worked.

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22 Comments

  1. Chris Brooks
    15 December 2012

    +Serge Ramelli thankyou!

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  2. Serge Ramelli
    15 December 2012

    +Alexandre CORIC Merci !

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  3. Alexandre CORIC
    15 December 2012

    Great pic Formidable Work !!!J 'adore ce que vous faites :-) Merci de votre partage

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  4. Rollin McCarty
    15 December 2012

    Vraiment? C'est d'autant plus impressionant alors. Merci pour la response +Serge Ramelli

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  5. Serge Ramelli
    15 December 2012

    +Chris Brooks exactly the same technique

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  6. Serge Ramelli
    15 December 2012

    +Rollin McCarty No HDR just one raw file and lightroom 4

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  7. Chris Brooks
    15 December 2012

    Great shots! Have you used a similar technique on these that you use in your excellent landscape youtube tutorials or not?

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  8. David Katz
    15 December 2012

    Amazing work Serge, would love to hear the how behind these images. Those folks are lucky to have you help them create these images.

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  9. Rollin McCarty
    14 December 2012

    Dear Serge, are you saying these are NOT HDR? Or are they?

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  10. steven ley
    14 December 2012

    Thanks for the break down if how you did it. Great pics and great food for thought on the technique!!

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  11. Rollin McCarty
    14 December 2012

    Very nice! I was wondering if this was a vacation night of yours. Then I read 10000 a night! Lol :-)

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  12. Guy Raymond
    14 December 2012

    Merci de partager ta technique, les photos sont superbes!  J'ai maintenat un projet pour le chalet ce weekend!

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  13. Chris Sweeney
    14 December 2012

    great pics, +Serge Ramelli

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  14. Bjoern Hirsch
    14 December 2012

    excellent

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  15. Frédéric Dumontet
    14 December 2012

    Very nice shooting ! thanks for the tips !

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  16. Jean Michel Missri
    14 December 2012

    Excellent.

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  17. Solveiga Stumbure
    14 December 2012

    Very nice!

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  18. Richard Wilson
    14 December 2012

    Just like my house.haha. Great photos,looks amazing.

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  19. David Maciejewski
    14 December 2012

    Looks like a very nice place to stay. And stunning photographs.

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  20. Gabi Gwak
    14 December 2012

    preciosa

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  21. Harjeev S Chadha
    14 December 2012

    WOW!!! +Serge Ramelli  these are really some awesome pictures. The exposure, lighting, detail. Simply Fantastic. Request you to please share your workflow in your future tutorials or podcasts.

    WOW! ce sont vraiment des images impressionnantes. L'exposition, éclairage, détail. Tout simplement fantastique. Vous demander de s'il vous plaît partager votre travail dans vos futurs tutoriels ou des podcasts.

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  22. Leslie Taylor
    14 December 2012

    Nice set … such good tones.  Definitely gives the cozy feeling …

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