October 19th, 2007
John Nack reports that a recent study done by InfoTrends shows that group of 1026 Professional Photographers in North America were asked which software they use for RAW processing. They reported: 65.5% were using Photoshop Camera Raw Plug-in 23.6% were using Lightroom 5.5% were using Aperture Even among Mac based pros Lightroom is almost 2 [...]
October 18th, 2007
Justin Soles reminded me this morning of the excellent collection of bad real estate photos that Athol Kay has on his blog. I’d seen it before but some how today it really got me laughing. His count of bad real estate photos is up to 184 which is one of my favorites. Athol’s collection is [...]
October 16th, 2007
Last week Denis Chumakov over at flashpanoramas.com released an update (v2.2) to his Flash panorama player. I think this version of Denis’s player is very significant break through in panorama display technology. QuickTimeVR has always been the standard of quality for panorama players. Quality in panorama players is means how smooth the image moves as [...]
October 15th, 2007
Cherie Irwin is purchasing a new wide-angle lens for her Canon 30D and wants some advice. Cherie says: “I’m thinking about purchasing a new wide angle lens, since I am experiencing some major distortions and focusing issues with mine after I dropped it on the ground. I took into my local camera shop, and they [...]
October 14th, 2007
Marc Lacoste brought up a excellent point in the comment discussion on the house boat slide show that I commented on last Friday. I was ranting about why it’s important not to use Java as a display technology for slide shows and Marc accurately pointed out that the slide show of Aaron’s house boat photos [...]
October 14th, 2007
Adam Maurer down under at aerialview.com.au reports that the photo rip-off artists are at it again. Adam says: I am appalled how many fellow photographers blatantly ignore copyright. My own images have shown up on yet another website purporting to be their own, to help sell their products and services. I am now going to [...]
October 12th, 2007
Today I had a pleasant surprise. Scott Sheppard of www.insidedigitalphoto.com interviewed me for his “Inside Digital Photo Broadcast Radio Program” that airs on Saturdays on AM 1550 KYCY San Francisco. The interview will not air until Sat 10/20 (because a Scott Kelby interview is scheduled for this Sat). Once the show airs it will also [...]
October 12th, 2007
Levi and I were just enjoying the delightful job of marketing that Rick Miner (a local Seattle Realtor who specializes in waterfront properties) after getting an e-mail flyer from Rick promoting an open house he’s having this Sunday (10/14) at his house boat listing. I just had to pass this on. Rick is a Realtor [...]
October 10th, 2007
Steve Pickett tells me that the HiView-25 Pole Aerial Photography System will soon be marketed in the US. The HiView-25 is manufactured in the UK by Focalpoint and is a lightweight (under 10kg) pole photography system that extends 7.6m above the ground and folds down to 2m length. It’s meant to be a hand-held system. [...]
October 7th, 2007
OK, the Photography For Real Estate E-book is ready for purchase and download. Just click on the link ad on the upper left side-bar. That order link will stay there. I’m using is Paypal for order processing. Paypal will handle purchases with major credit cards or your Paypal account. Paypal will handle all the conversions [...]
