July 16th, 2008
Last week after I did a post on THE Best Lens/Body combination for real estate photography I got questions and comments like, “What if you don’t have a $4,500 budget… whats the best low-end combination?” Well, here’s my thinking on the low end choices:
June 26th, 2008
Several times a week I get asked if the “kit” lenses that come on low-end Nikon and Canon DSLRs would be good for real estate shooting. The answer is no they are not wide enough. More importantly the question reveals that the person asking doesn’t understand several of the basic principles for choosing a lens […]
May 27th, 2008
Today I got a question from a Realtor (Todd on the east coast) I want to answer Todd in a post because I think Todd is not the only Realtor with these questions. Todd said:
“I am a photo enthusiast but also dyslexic and have no patience for instructions. Real estate has been my life for […]
May 14th, 2008
Back on April 29 I did a post on The Bare Essentials to Get Started in Real Estate Photography and I included Lightroom as one of the essentials on my list. One of the comments on this post asked, “what essential photo editing does it do easier than Adobe Photoshop Elements?”
The answer is […]
May 1st, 2008
I want talk about lighting choices for real estate photography. Lighting is probably the biggest challenge for those starting out in real estate photography. There isn’t any one right way to light interiors. I’ve seen beautiful images made with each of these techniques. What I see and hear after talking to hundreds of real estate […]
April 7th, 2008
I recently learned how to make screen capture videos so as an initial exercise I’ve created a series of youtube videos that explain and give examples of the 10 deadly sins of real estate photography.
I’ve broken the subject up in to an introduction and 10 videos one on each of the essentials. There’s an index […]
April 2nd, 2008
Its been a while since I’ve spent any time talking about the basics of real estate photography. Several years ago I formulated 10 principles based on first being clear about the purpose of each image and then making every aspect of the image support that purpose. Then simplifying the image so the purpose is visually […]
November 2nd, 2007
My interview with Scott Sheppard at Inside Digital Photo is online on Scott’s site and it will be available via itunes in a few days by subscribing to the inside Digital Photo podcast.
