Archive for October, 2006

To RAW or Not to RAW?

October 24th, 2006

I’m not surprised that I got several comments about my admonishment to shoot RAW on my recent post on adding zap you images. I know this is and issue with several RE photographers I’ve talked to recently.
Sure there are other lots of other ways to achieve the same result without shooting RAW as Geoff and Marc […]

Stunning Real Estate Photography

October 23rd, 2006

Several days ago I got this e-mail marketing piece (click on the image above to see the whole e-mail image. I think this is one of the best executed real estate marketing pieces I’ve seen.Several aspects are noteworthy:

The photography is stunning- the images are all well lit and attention grabbing.
The e-mail piece has been professionally laid out and […]

How to Add Zap to Your Images

October 22nd, 2006

I just discovered a great Photoshop (Both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements) tips blog called “Dear Debbie“.
Debbie has a post that shows how to ad zap to images. I think this is of particular interest to real estate photographers. You want your images to have that zap that Debbie is talking about. So many images on […]

Helium Ballon For Real Estate Photography

October 20th, 2006

About a month ago I did a post on Bruce Vinal’s (Aerial Perspectives Townsend, MA) helium ballon he uses for real estate photography. Yesterday Derrick commented that he’s like to have a more detailed look at Bruce’s rig. So Bruce looked through his files and was kind enough to send us a photo of […]

Use The Twilight to Cover-up Blemishes

October 12th, 2006

Twilight exterior shots can add drama to otherwise uninteresting exteriors. They also can hide blemishes. The twilight photo above and it’s companion daylight photo below is a great example of this dual purpose of twilight images.
The twilight version above is very simple visually. It shows the architecture through the lighted windows and barely lit roof. […]