There’s actually a good reason for photoshopping in a fire in the fireplace. When doing real estate photography you generally want to do something to ensure tha

There’s actually a good reason for photoshopping in a fire in the fireplace. When doing real estate photography you generally want to do something to ensure that the windows aren’t overexposed and blown out. The two options are to light the interior with some flashes to balance the exposure (the better way), or use multiple exposures and do HDR. If you use flashes, the fire will be too dark and won’t really show in the exposure. Moving flames will also screw up HDR. I still think it’s stupid and only did it once at a realtor’s request.