calgary real estate photography: Take your Real Estate Photos up a Notch with Post-Processing and Image Editing - 03/17/10 02:22 PM
Take your Real Estate Photos up a Notch with Post-Processing and Image Editing
What is post-processing, many people wonder. If your camera is good enough, do you really need to do this?
Absolutely! As a home stager and interior photographer, I pay attention to a lot details and light the rooms with several flashes at a time, which takes me about 1.5 hours on site for the typical Calgary, AB home. 
But then I'm in it for at least that long afterwards on my computer!
These are the typical things I adjust and/or correct on many of the photos I take:
White … (36 comments)

calgary real estate photography: How to Choose a Home Staging Professional -- Essential questions to Ask - 03/09/10 07:53 AM
How to Choose a Home Staging Professional -- Essential questions to Ask
aka Man cannot shop by price alone
 
Like most weekday mornings, I walked my youngest to the bus stop the other morning. While we waited for the big yellow behemoth to arrive, I was absently watching a few other children throw snowballs on the road as they'd excitedly shout when a car tire would cause it to explode on impact.
 
Looking at the little hooligans boys, I took notice of their outerwear. All the major ski brands were represented, except by one kid who was wearing a … (11 comments)

calgary real estate photography: Does Home Staging have a Personality? - 02/01/10 03:42 PM
If every home has a personality, so does every professional Home Stager.
In a pre-market home selling consultation, most Home Stagers are likely to give fairly similar advice -- de-clutter, de-personalize, update and clean, clean, clean.
In executing a Staging, the specifics of a plan are going to get somewhat more subjective. While the intended goal may be similar -- such as, open up the space or highlight the fireplace -- how that is accomplished, (I have observed), will reflect the style of that particular Stager.
Yes, there can be more than one right answer!
My approach as a Home Stager in Calgary, … (16 comments)

calgary real estate photography: The least you can do with your Real Estate photos, is get them straight! - 01/12/10 02:10 PM
Here's maybe the most useful tip anyone could give you to instantly improve your MLS real estate photos . . . get lower.
That's it! Just get lower.
Take a look at this photo from a home in Calgary, Alberta . . .

As a real estate photographer, I have seen this a thousand times. The walls are flaring out, which is even more exaggerated with the wide angle lens. How does this happen?? When we remain at standing height, most of us tend to aim the camera down to zero in on the main attraction of the room. It's the … (112 comments)

 
Deena Cottingham, Home Stager & Photographer (GreenApple Staging & Images, Calgary Staging & Photography)

Deena Cottingham

Home Stager & Photographer

Calgary, AB

More about me…

GreenApple Staging & Images, Calgary Staging & Photography

Address: Call for Consultation, Calgary, AB, T2Y 5G6

Office: (403) 589-0225

Mobile: (403) 589-0225

I like creating discussion among other professionals in the real estate industry on various staging, photography and off-beat topics. I value the insight of others and the synergy we all benefit from when we collaborate--iron sharpens iron! I also have a love for fitness, personal growth and my family.


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