Photography For Real Estate

Yesterday I had a phone conversation from NYTimes reporter, Nick Wingfield, who is working on a story about the fact that the FAA has shutdown of US Airspace to Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). I told Nick that over the last few posts I’ve done on UAVs that there were some knowledgeable sounding pilots and hobbyist’s commented [...]

Ryan Ward an Atlanta Real Estate photographer and Realtor told me last week that after spending more than $100 in repair parts for his AR Parrot drone he’s going to upgrade to a bigger drone that can carry more weight. Ryan says: I’ve concluded that after crashing and fixing and needing to spend more than [...]

Last week GoPro announced a new version of their popular extreme sports camera. I know, you’re saying what does this have to do with real estate photography? Well here’s the connection: As I pointed out in a previous post, that the AR Parrot drone can carry a GoPro camera and do some pretty cool aerial [...]

The OM-Copter gives wings to the Red Epic from omstudios on Vimeo.

Daniel Owren maker of the AR Parrot under mount kit has offered us an evaluation unit to evaluate and test. This is the device that we talked about back on Oct 2. The only condition is that you need to write a evaluation post for the PFRE blog. Daniel’s site for people interested in real estate [...]

Ryan Ward was asking me the other day about the possibility of the AR Parrot Drone ($299) carrying a more sophisticated camera than the built-in one. I was skeptical because the AR Parrot people claim that “The AR.Drone has not been designed to lift or carry loads, however light they might be. Adding weight would make [...]

Thanks to Michael McCreary for pointing out this recent article on helimalibu.com. UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technology is evolving very fast. The UAV the Helimalibu.com guys use is a rig worth about $20,000. This is typical for a UAV that will carry a DSLR. To me this seems far too expensive to be a practical [...]

Long time PFRE reader and contributor Russ Freeman is selling his 55′ HiLo photo mast system along with all the accessories required to make is work. Click here for a complete description and all the details. This systems includes the following components: HiLo mast from UK, made to Military Specifications, heavy duty. This is an “air” mast [...]

I’ve done a couple of posts in the past about R/C rigs that can carry video or still cameras (here and here). The trouble with many of the possibilities is they are too expensive and/or they are challenging to fly. Well these problem are on there way to being fixed! I just ran across the [...]

Looking for some good information on elevated photography? Aplanding.com has got an active forum that discusses photography from radio control helicopter and airplane, kites, lighter-than-air, full size aircraft and masts. The forums at aplanding.com are a great place to find parts and advice for building your own elevated photography rigs. As long time PFRE blog [...]

Mark LaBoyteaux from Hawkeye Media posted a spectacular example of one of his aerial 360s in a comment on one of my previous posts on shooting aerial 360s. Note that this example is using FPP flash that can be displayed full-screen. Click the full-screen control at the bottom right control bar to go into full-screen [...]

Back in the spring of 2006 I did a post on the Aerial photography work that Tabb Firchau does. I also did a post on one of the first 360VR shots that Tabb had done from his RC Helicopter. Well Tabb has taken his aerial 360VR to the next level. His business is now called [...]

Yesterday I heard from Darrel Klassen over at aplanding.com which is a site dedicated to the various forms of aerial photography. Aplanding.com appears to be a good resource for information on real estate aerial photography. Darrel says there are a bunch of real estate photographers that frequent the site.

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 [...]

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. [...]

Malcolm Waring sent me the following comments on his experiences with PAP: Now I wish I would have taken the time yesterday to photograph the rig. I was getting aggravated trying to shove the pole up in the air and point it in the right direction, so the first thing I got was a monitor. [...]

Elevated shots of the front of homes are extremely important. More important for some homes than others but an elevated view always seems to help. For years, I’ve been limited to standing on the top of my truck. The roof of my old 1995 Tacoma was permanently concave from this activity. For some reason, I’m [...]

Back on April 25, 2007 there was an article that appeared on RealEstateJournal.com (this is the WSJ.com real estate site) by Dana Mattioli titled “Taking Home Photos That Will Draw Buyers“.I didn’t find this article quite as full of goodies as the NY Times or LA Times articles that appeared last spring although I did [...]

Vince at propertysnaps.com.au reports that he’s added a new revenue stream to his real estate photography business- true aerial photography – the kind where you get in a real airplane. Vince says: “I have started offering aerial photos from an aircraft. Basically I hire a plane for $250AU per hour and I can shoot about [...]

John Sembrot just pointed out an post from last year that talks about the Draganfly R/C helicopter that would be great for doing sub aerial real estate photography. This build it yourself rig is only $2500, only one fourth the cost of most electric helicopters that I’ve heard about. If you trace back the links [...]