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photographs: Give Your Photos "Curb Appeal" - 04/02/10 02:32 PM
We have all heard about curb appeal when it comes to selling a property.  It is equally important to give your photos the best "curb appeal" possible.  That means going back until we get the lighting right. 
I had to list this home for sale in Andover on Wednesday, but given the monsoon season in New England (HAHA) I had to take the front picture in the rain.  It is also my policy to take the front picture of a home in full sunlight with blue sky in the background.  It took two days for the skies to clear, but I … (17 comments)

photographs: Simple Exposure Blending with Photshop Elements - 07/30/09 02:28 PM
When I photgraph a room I try hard to keep the integrity of the natural lighting of the room.  Unfortunately the dyamic range that a digital camera can capture is not what the eye sees.   Many times what looks good to the eye does not show up quite right in a digital image.  Areas may be to light or too dark for your liking.
Photo 1 I like the exposure in the middle of the photograph and the right hand side of the photograph.  Photo 2 the left had side of the photograph is the exposure I am looking for but … (8 comments)

photographs: How not to photograph a house..... - 02/11/09 09:56 AM
I was going through some active rain posts and came across the following post, Is No Picture Better than a Bad Picture? by Randy DeLaMare of Utah.  I am always amazed when going through the MLS of some of the photographs that are used to market a home.  Well, it had me thinking... I did a photography lecture a few years ago, on how to take better photos.  I pulled a series of photographs off my local MLS showing some not so great photos.  I have compiled them into a 4 minute video.
 
 

With the prevalence of the … (19 comments)

photographs: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words- Part 4 - 11/24/08 08:59 AM
I find Adobe Elements to be a great tool for adjusting photogrpahs.  All of my final photographs get run through Adobe Elements. You can download the program at the Adobe website.  Last I looked it was $99.00
The tool I find to be the most helpful is the transformation tool.  I take your vertical or horizontal lines and makes them perpindicular to the frame if you did not get it right taking the photograph.  The wider the angle the lens the more important it is to keep your vertical lines perpindicular with the frame.  You can also correct, lighting, color balance … (2 comments)

photographs: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words.... Part 2 - 11/12/08 01:04 PM
I wanted to take a moment to talk about the focal length of the camera you use to photograph the interior of a home.  You want to get the widest angle possible.  I use a 10mm to 20mm on a Nikon camera (equivelant to a 17 to 35mm in a 35mm format).  Most of your point and shoot cameras only have an equivelant of 28-35mm lenses as their widest angle lens.  The wider the angle of the lens the more of the room you will get. 
The following photos were taken on a tripod at exactly the same spot with as … (4 comments)

 
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