UPDATE! The images below have been updated since the below post. Sometimes, after a project is done and my client is satisfied, and the renderings meet their project needs, I dial into detail and make changes that I would have done to the image.
I love the name, and I love the house. Sometimes, but not often, the designer wants to be physically accurate when it comes to sunlight. So I chose to take a more artistic approach since my goal is the best-looking architectural rendering possible, but sometimes the client has a more critical need.
If you know about photography, even the basics, you know that your key light shouldn’t be behind or in front of your camera. In this case, the key light is the sun. Why? Behind the camera, you get a flat image, like having your flash on during a portrait photo; it is a no-no. In front of the camera well, it is hard to balance the light. An over-exposed sky and a dark subject are what you’ll get. Now, you can use these if you want, and they can be used for a stylistic image, but usually, it isn’t successful.
My client thought it was essential to be physically accurate, and the sun is simply in the wrong place in each view. I think I pulled it off, but it isn’t ideal.
What do you think? Do you agree?
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