Comments on: Photo Tours of The Finest In Luxury Real Estate http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/ Helping Real Estate Photographers Be Successful Fri, 25 May 2012 01:11:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joanna http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-22106 Joanna Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:34:59 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-22106 I'm currently working on some real estate photo tours that we will incorporate into our website. Unlike most of the photo tours I've seen, ours will resemble video clips with music, effects and transitions. The average length per tour is 40 sec w/approx 10 views. All photo tours are assembled so the photos transition well and hold the viewer's attention throughout. The point being not to dwell on one photo but to get an overall feel for the property. I can't stand elevator music so none of our photo tours will contain music that drones through but rather upbeat music that really gives the photo tours a great feeling. As a former producer of documentary films and short subject videos, I am able to apply my past experience in editing to our real estate photo tours. We plan to offer agents whose listings we shoot the option to showcase their listing in our website for one month for a nominal fee that will be added to the price of our HDR photography services. I’m currently working on some real estate photo tours that we will incorporate into our website. Unlike most of the photo tours I’ve seen, ours will resemble video clips with music, effects and transitions. The average length per tour is 40 sec w/approx 10 views. All photo tours are assembled so the photos transition well and hold the viewer’s attention throughout. The point being not to dwell on one photo but to get an overall feel for the property. I can’t stand elevator music so none of our photo tours will contain music that drones through but rather upbeat music that really gives the photo tours a great feeling. As a former producer of documentary films and short subject videos, I am able to apply my past experience in editing to our real estate photo tours. We plan to offer agents whose listings we shoot the option to showcase their listing in our website for one month for a nominal fee that will be added to the price of our HDR photography services.

]]> By: Bob Hurwitz http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-11236 Bob Hurwitz Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:12:43 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-11236 Hi, I was just icing my shoulder after spiking volleyballs at the beach in front of my house all day and was surfing the web. I got a kick out of the comments and really appreciate reading what professional photographers have to say. First of all, I agree with you about the San Remo photos. They are terrible and I had the property reshot a week ago for the third time. The second time was even worse! I do like the original photographer's photo of the theater though. Trust me, it doesn't look that good. If you are curious why I hired him you might try clicking on the link for the Encino property on my site I sold late last year for around $9 million. The house was the one featured throughout the movie Fracture. The original photos for the property were standard shots and didn't really "pull." The photographer you are all ragging (and I am not using anymore due to sellers' complaints) did some photography on the house that I didn't contract for but he knew the owners. It was so unique looking, almost like a fair tale, that I paid him to shoot the entire property. The resulting photographs were published in a totally new marketing campaign and were directly responsible for a. selling the property to people who by their own admission hate that style of house but thought the pictures were unbelievably cool and b. got me a listing on two other 8 figure properties owned by a neighbor who couldn't believe I made the property look so incredible and achieved the highest priced sale ever in Encino by doing it. Anyway, sometimes different can be better in making the phone ring, however, this photographer (who I really like and respect) really started going so over the top on a couple other jobs with photoshop or whatever, that the photos began to make the homes look like renderings or cartoons and I could not get him to tone them down. I started having agents and clients telling me they actually did not even show or view the house because they were so bizarre and off putting. After I had to reshoot a few of them (not a cheap activity) I just had to swallow my own personal appreciation for the surreal look and go back to traditional work. If you want to see some great photography you should check out Razor, a property I am selling for $39 million in La Jolla. It is on the site and was shot by Architectural Digest. Bob Hurwitz Hi,
I was just icing my shoulder after spiking volleyballs at the beach in front of my house all day and was surfing the web. I got a kick out of the comments and really appreciate reading what professional photographers have to say.

First of all, I agree with you about the San Remo photos. They are terrible and I had the property reshot a week ago for the third time. The second time was even worse! I do like the original photographer’s photo of the theater though. Trust me, it doesn’t look that good.

If you are curious why I hired him you might try clicking on the link for the Encino property on my site I sold late last year for around $9 million. The house was the one featured throughout the movie Fracture. The original photos for the property were standard shots and didn’t really “pull.” The photographer you are all ragging (and I am not using anymore due to sellers’ complaints) did some photography on the house that I didn’t contract for but he knew the owners.

It was so unique looking, almost like a fair tale, that I paid him to shoot the entire property. The resulting photographs were published in a totally new marketing campaign and were directly responsible for a. selling the property to people who by their own admission hate that style of house but thought the pictures were unbelievably cool and b. got me a listing on two other 8 figure properties owned by a neighbor who couldn’t believe I made the property look so incredible and achieved the highest priced sale ever in Encino by doing it.

Anyway, sometimes different can be better in making the phone ring, however, this photographer (who I really like and respect) really started going so over the top on a couple other jobs with photoshop or whatever, that the photos began to make the homes look like renderings or cartoons and I could not get him to tone them down. I started having agents and clients telling me they actually did not even show or view the house because they were so bizarre and off putting. After I had to reshoot a few of them (not a cheap activity) I just had to swallow my own personal appreciation for the surreal look and go back to traditional work.

If you want to see some great photography you should check out Razor, a property I am selling for $39 million in La Jolla. It is on the site and was shot by Architectural Digest.

Bob Hurwitz

]]> By: Jonathan Tercero - Santa Fe, NM http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-6916 Jonathan Tercero - Santa Fe, NM Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:06:18 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-6916 Wow... those are some of the worst architectural photos ive seen... especially on such a beautiful and expensive lisiting. everyone seem to have noticed the terrible HDR use... and some mentioned the fisheye madness and the tilting lines... but no one seemed to catch the sensor spots ALL OVER the image... clean your sensor! all in all, a very poor job. i would be embarresed to hand over those images to one of my clients. more over, it must take a lot of balls to submit an invoice for such poor quality photos. Wow… those are some of the worst architectural photos ive seen… especially on such a beautiful and expensive lisiting.

everyone seem to have noticed the terrible HDR use…
and some mentioned the fisheye madness and the tilting lines…

but no one seemed to catch the sensor spots ALL OVER the image… clean your sensor!

all in all, a very poor job. i would be embarresed to hand over those images to one of my clients. more over, it must take a lot of balls to submit an invoice for such poor quality photos.

]]> By: asiavr http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-4130 asiavr Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:54:55 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-4130 have a look at this website. azchoppercam.com/luxury_home_1.shtm very well done and nice house. have a look at this website.
azchoppercam.com/luxury_home_1.shtm
very well done and nice house.

]]> By: Chad Jones http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-4060 Chad Jones Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:26:43 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-4060 Ive shot many 3+ million dollar homes in Ventura County. Most expensive was a 9.5 million 450 acre ranch, as well as a 8.5 million beach front home in Channel Islands, CA. The circlepix contractor in my area is not that great. Nor do i like the circle pix player or product they sell to Realtors. The photos for that 18mill home are horrible. To artsy and soft for me. The photos look like a n0ob playing with the tonemap controls in PS. Ive shot many 3+ million dollar homes in Ventura County. Most expensive was a 9.5 million 450 acre ranch, as well as a 8.5 million beach front home in Channel Islands, CA. The circlepix contractor in my area is not that great. Nor do i like the circle pix player or product they sell to Realtors. The photos for that 18mill home are horrible. To artsy and soft for me. The photos look like a n0ob playing with the tonemap controls in PS.

]]> By: Melbourne Florida Homes For Sale http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-3840 Melbourne Florida Homes For Sale Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:27:18 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-3840 What a great job taking pictures of luxury homes and mansions. Do it well and loving the work icing on the cake. I would want your type of work if I were selling my luxury estate. What a great job taking pictures of luxury homes and mansions. Do it well and loving the work icing on the cake. I would want your type of work if I were selling my luxury estate.

]]> By: David Palermo http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-3812 David Palermo Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:13:09 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-3812 Larry: C'mon you can say it... We Californians don't like to have to work in order to view something. hahahah... that's why it's so easy! ; ) Larry: C’mon you can say it… We Californians don’t like to have to work in order to view something. hahahah… that’s why it’s so easy!

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]]> By: larry http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-3806 larry Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:21:46 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-3806 @Jon, Yes this "Navigation for dummies" style of no navigation seems to be popular for upper-end tours especially in California. The theory is viewer doesn't have to do anything but watch... However, it makes the tour a lot less effective I think. @Jon,
Yes this “Navigation for dummies” style of no navigation seems to be popular for upper-end tours especially in California. The theory is viewer doesn’t have to do anything but watch… However, it makes the tour a lot less effective I think.

]]> By: Jon http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-3805 Jon Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:11:08 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-3805 no navigation controls on the slideshow either -boooo! no navigation controls on the slideshow either -boooo!

]]> By: David Palermo http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-3800 David Palermo Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:09:59 +0000 http://photographyforrealestate.net/2008/03/04/photo-tours-of-the-finest-in-luxury-real-estate/#comment-3800 I guess when you are marketing luxury homes it's the dreamy look that counts - not realism! That's true in a lot of marketing. I guess when you are marketing luxury homes it’s the dreamy look that counts – not realism! That’s true in a lot of marketing.

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