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2013 

I'm sure that every agent worth their license has been hearing that good photography helps to sell a home.  This, I know to be true as someone who was a real estate agent before morphing into a photographer.   Buyers pour over photographs and will reject a perfectly suited home sight unseen if t...
09/26/2013
I was in NYC meeting a friend that had just moved back from Europe.  She was renting an apartment on the upper west side and was just in fact moving in.  The unit that she moved into actually had outdoor space.  Granted you had to go out through a low hanging window, but who cares about that? Out...
09/21/2013
One of the best ways to photograph an entry way is portrait style through the front door. Of course this will only work if the entry is in the proper configuration to stand out from in its best light from the entry. But it is generally one of the first shots that I try. The primary difficulty wi...
09/21/2013
Last week I had the privilege of photographing a  charming home in lower  Dutchess County.  The home was approximately 200 years old and had a charm all its own.  The photo above is of one of the bedrooms.  I picked it for this blog because it shows the wide plank floors in all their glory, the n...
09/19/2013
2 BR/1 BA home in the Highlands Square Footage: 1138 sf Lot Size:  0.11 acres The Price & Affordability: Offered At: $425,000 Property Taxes:  $7091 w/o STAR    Note:  Open House from 3PM-5PM Sunday September 8.  Just in time for the fall home selling season!  This charming pre-war home you get ...
09/07/2013
This photo was taken at Riverfront Green Park right by the train station in Peekskill NY.  I visited the park a couple of times during the summer to and decided to try to capture the late afternoon into early evening light.  In the end, I took quite a few photos of the area, but this fire show wa...
09/05/2013
Some homes have amazing entry areas while others have spectacular architectural features in spite of a rather uninspiring entry. This is a case of "when you've got it, flaunt it!" An impressive entry should always be photographed with care. As a general rule, I take a large formal entry from seve...
09/04/2013
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