photography: Difficult Front Shot - 07/18/10 01:09 PM
This type of scenario has always plagued me. Sunlight on the front of the house but heavy shadows from trees.... either the highlights blow out or the shadows have no detail. I did five exposures all 2 fstops apart and used Photomatrix Exposure Fusion. Seemed to handle it well.
1st exposure … (10 comments)
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photography: Who said God is not an Artist? - 05/29/10 11:47 AM
I absolutely love the patterns in nature. This photo is actually an HDR with Photomatrix image, converted to BW in Photshop Elements 5 with Richard Lynches Hidden Power Plug-ins. I find converting an image to BW is done best with a color image and done with a channel mixer. … (10 comments)
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photography: New Camera from Sony hitting the Market - 05/28/10 11:27 AM
Sony NEX-5A looks like an interesting introduction for real estate agents who want to step up from a point and shoot but do not want to go to a full blown SLR. It has some very neat features that real estate agents will find useful.
1. Comes with a 16mm lens … (6 comments)
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photography: 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 … (17 comments)
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photography: Photographs- Can they be a deal breaker? - 02/16/10 11:47 AM
Following is a sample of photographs. The first set was taken by a real estate agent friend of mine. I thought I could help her out by taking a new set of photos for her to help refresh the listing. I feel very strongly about listing photos being key in the … (14 comments)
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photography: The Ode to the Commode, London Bridge is Falling Down and What the Heck Were You Thinking?? - 01/18/10 06:24 PM
Sometimes when you look thrpough the MLS you have to wonder what was the real estate agents thinking whan they snapped that photo!!
and what was the seller thinking allowing them to post those photos??!!
I have posted this video before but I like to remind myself and others how important … (4 comments)
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photography: Your Home's Photo(s) Can Make or Break the Sale - 12/14/09 03:28 PM
With almost 90% of all buyers using the internet to find their new home, it becomes increasingly more important that home sellers and real estate agent pay attention to the quality of the photographs portraying a home to be sold.
You have about 30 seconds to capture a buyers attention while … (11 comments)
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photography: 2nd Time around with HDR - 08/24/09 03:26 PM
Fooling around with HDR some more.... I used two of the same shots I used in my last post but used Qtpfsgui as the HDR program. Qtpfsgui is the best freeware program I found with Photomatrix being the best inexpensive program I found. I obviously am going for some pretty drastic … (2 comments)
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photography: First Time Playing with HDR - 08/24/09 07:45 AM
I took today to spend some time with HDR photography today. I messed around with every free program I could find and found the best to be Photomatrix. I used Photomatrix Basic which is free to use, but at somepoint in the near future I will purchase the full version. I … (6 comments)
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photography: Free alternative to Adobe Elements - 08/19/09 08:47 AM
FREE IMAGE MANIPULATION RETOUCHING PROGRAM
I have had this freeware program GIMP for awhile. I finally started playing with it, and found it to be a great tool for image manipulation. For my needs, it has everything that Adobe Photoshop Elements has for image manipulation.... transform, dodge/burn, color exposure adjustments, layering … (6 comments)
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photography: 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 … (8 comments)
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photography: A little extra Photoshop goes a long way - 06/12/09 02:22 PM
A good freind of mine, Margaret Innis, who happens to be a homestager, and I, collaborated on a project to show builders what staging can do for them. Along the way, I used Photoshop to remove holes in the wall and the floor.... and also to blend the outdoors with the … (24 comments)
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photography: Remembering What Memorial Day is About - 05/23/09 08:52 PM
Remembering What Memorial Day is About
This is one of my favorite photographs of my oldest son. It reminds me of the great opportunites available to him because of all the members of the armed forces who have sacrificed their lives in past and present wars and military … (0 comments)
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photography: Sigma 10-22mm Wide Angle- Great step to better interiors. - 05/15/09 01:15 PM
I originally had bought a Nikon D50 a couple of years ago and it came with a 18-50mm lens.
I just wasn't happy with the 18mm for my widest setting. I felt at times I was not getting the feel of the room for my home sellers. In smaller … (19 comments)
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photography: 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 … (19 comments)
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photography: My Favorite Adobe Elements Feature - 12/24/08 09:53 AM
My favorite Adobe Elements(all photoshops have this feature) feature is the transform feature. It straightens your vertical or horizontal lines so they are parallel with the frame of the photo. The wider the angle the lens the more chance you have for perspective distortion. I shoot most interior photos at 10mm … (27 comments)
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photography: My favorite property website.... OBEO - 12/19/08 09:49 AM
One of my favorite property websites is by OBEO. The site offers many features:
Enhanced Mapping- ariels, mapps by demographics and linking to sites like google
Embedded virtual tours
All your photographs
Virtuial floorplans- allows viewers to move furniture into the floorplan.
Detailed statistics- shows you how … (4 comments)
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photography: 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 … (2 comments)
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photography: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words... Part 3 - 11/13/08 02:32 PM
I wanted to wrap up this series with optimizing the lighting of the interior of the homes you photograph. Four of the biggest things you can do to impove your interior photos is:
Use a tripod.... even for a point and shoot.
Learn to use Night time mode along with … (14 comments)
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photography: 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 … (4 comments)
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