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Photo Composition: Framing The Heavens

By Mike Jones

Mortgage and Lending with SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) NMLS 223495

July 08, 2011 05:27 PM

Anvil cloud structure: Mike in Tucson AZ mortgage lender

~ Anvil Cloud over Pima College ~

The foreground in a photo can add or detract from what otherwise might be an outstanding photo. The subject here is clearly the anvil cloud structure in the background.

Pima College to the right in the midground of the photo seems out of place. It adds nothing to the photo; rather, it detracts from it.

I raced to a neighborhood a mile north of my location for the above photo in order to capture the very same cloud structure from a different perspective. Look at the photo below. The midground and foreground of the photo add dramatic effect by framing the very same anvil cloud structure. The framing gives perspective, and better yet, it allows you (the viewer) to imagine yourself standing in the path of a looming summer monsoon!

Try composing your real estate photos using the same technique, and you'll bring the potential buyer into the scene. People buy on emotion, so it stands to reason that your photos ought to create some!

Anvil cloud structure: Mike in Tucson AZ mortgage lender

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John Michailidis

Real Property Management of Sarasota & Manatee - Sarasota, FL

Real Property Management of Sarasota & M

Wow! That is one hell of a towering cumulus cloud!

Jul 08, 2011 05:29 PM

Eric Crane -- Your Full Service, Discount Fee Realtor®

DPR Realty LLC - Gilbert, AZ

Greater Metro Phoenix Arizona

Hi, Mike -- to my eye, the top photo, with Pima College in the foreground, is also spectacular. That cloud formation is a beauty -- good catch!

Jul 08, 2011 05:30 PM

Joan Valverde

HomeSmart - Colorado Springs, CO

GRI,CDPE,CNE,MRP,SRES Colo Sprgs, Blk Forest, Monu

Mike, I like your photos. I love to look at the clouds and study them to see what is all going on with them. Great shots on both photos. Thanks for sharing.

Jul 08, 2011 05:40 PM

Steve Hoffacker

Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL

Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor

Mike,

Good explanation and illiustration of this composition technique. :)

Steve

Jul 08, 2011 05:43 PM

Juli Vosmik

Dominion Fine Properties - Scottsdale, AZ

Scottsdale/Cave Creek, AZ real estate 480-710-0739

Mike, I'd love to see how you would've "cropped" that first photo - here's my take on it:

Jul 08, 2011 06:14 PM

Glenn Ritchie

First Team Real Estate - Fullerton, CA

Realtor - The OC.

Hello Mike, great job on the photo details. If people would stop and think of what shot they are taking in the begining it would make a huge difference. I remember a reporter the other day was interviewing a Master Photographer and asked a question...at what point do you know wnen to push the button. As a past Pro I thought that comment was interesting as it's all in as you say the composition and timing. It's a creative thing, you just know.

Jul 08, 2011 06:35 PM

Ronald DiLalla

Century 21 Discovery DRE 01813824 - Anaheim, CA

No. Orange Cty Real Estate

Hi Mike..great work...I really enjoy the second photo...thanks for sharing with AR

Jul 08, 2011 07:54 PM

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz

Las Vegas, NV

Hello Mike and I really like your post!

VB ;o)

Jul 08, 2011 08:47 PM

Lenn Harley

Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA

Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Well, it's summer and I'll spend a lot of time cropping a lot of brown grass OUT.

Good photo techniques is something that many agents could surely use. Agents who think that their camera bites are at a clear disadvantage.

Wait!! My video camera bites. Oh well.

Jul 08, 2011 10:53 PM

Judy Jennings

Top Agent Plus - Middleboro, MA

Tap into Judy's real estate expertise & resources.

Wow Mike, what a difference framing makes for this cloud formation. Nice picture, and great advice. :)

Jul 09, 2011 12:03 AM

Mike Jones

SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ

Mike Jones NMLS 223495

Judy,

Thanks for stopping by!

Lenn,

LOL re your video camera!

Vegas Bob,

Thanks for saying so!

Ronale,

Your'e welcome!

Glenn,

I'll see you on your blog.

Julie,

Good job! Isn't that an amazing cloud structure?

Steve,

Thanks!

Joan,

You're welcome!

Eric,

That's some cloud, isn't it?

John,

Thanks for being the first to comment. The clouds were amazing last night over the desert.

Mike in Tucson

Jul 09, 2011 12:34 AM

George Souto

George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT

Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Mike fantastic shots!!!

That cloud almost looks like a space ship hoovering that town.

Jul 09, 2011 05:47 AM

Marchel Peterson

Results Realty - Spring, TX

Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

Mike, I love your dramatic difference between the two pictures using the same cloud formation. Those palm trees in picture number 2 add so much.

Jul 09, 2011 03:25 PM

Larry Brewer - Benchmark Realty llc

Benchmark Realty LLc - Nashville, TN

Mike - thanks for the tip. I really never noticed this before, but now I always will. Have a great week.

Jul 10, 2011 06:00 AM

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz

Las Vegas, NV

Hello again Mike and once again love the title and the photos, and ...

Featured at one of my favorite groups at AR

CLOUDS AT ACTIVERAIN (clouds attached)

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Vegas Bob ;o)

Jul 11, 2011 05:42 PM

Mike Jones

SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ

Mike Jones NMLS 223495

Vegas Bob,

Thanks for noticing the post, and thanks for the feature!

Larry,

You're welcome! Thanks for stopping by to comment.

Marchel,

Love those palm trees!

George,

It does, doesn't it?

Mike in Tucson

Jul 12, 2011 03:43 AM

Team Honeycutt

Allen Tate - Concord, NC

wow sometimes I wonder whos riding riding around on what clouds and I gotta tell you someone important was on that cloud! . lol great photo. ( J )

Jul 13, 2011 02:18 AM

Sharon Paxson

Sharon Paxson, Realtor® EQTY Forbes Global Properties - Newport Beach, CA

Newport Beach Real Estate

HI Mike - incredible photographs, and thanks for the feedback. Buyers do buy on emotion, and in fact I have a showing tomorrow at a listing that the buyer wanted to view the property because of the photos!

Jul 16, 2011 07:31 AM

Susan Neal

RE/MAX Gold, Fair Oaks - Fair Oaks, CA

Fair Oaks CA & Sacramento Area Real Estate Broker

Hi Mike - I love to see anvil clouds, but they do usually mean a big storm is coming. They look really exciting though. And I like your discussion of framing it - there is a difference.

Jul 16, 2011 01:32 PM

Mike Jones

SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC (BK-0907366, NMLS 145171) - Tucson, AZ

Mike Jones NMLS 223495

Susan,

We love our summer monsoon storms! Thanks for commenting.

Sharon,

Congratulations on that! Thanks for stopping by.

Allen,

I thought that when I took the street scene photo. Riders on the storm...

Mike in Tucson

Jul 16, 2011 05:53 PM