Archive for the 'PAP' Category

A PAP Shot of The Seattle Workshop

April 28th, 2008

I couldn’t resist posting this shot taken by our workshop sponsor Stephen Armstrong of Open2View.com from the Holiday Inn parking lot during one of the last sessions of the day. Stephen says he had his mast up about 60′ (not its full height) for this shot.
Stephen, we are all at the window looking back […]

Shooting PAP With Minimum Equipment and Effort

March 12th, 2008

Today I’ve been testing my PAP (pole aerial photography) equipment because this weekend I have to shoot a new listing we have where the home is sited well above the street and there may not be room to use my usual technique of standing on the roof of my pickup. I thought it would be […]

Working With Your Local Stager: Mike Martin’s Success Story

February 2nd, 2008

A week ago I did a post about how real estate photographers should get to know the stagers in their area and work together promoting each others services. One of the reasons is good agents use stagers and these are the very same agents that are likely to appreciate good photography. So why not promote […]

Vince DeStefano’s Design For PAP with A Canon 40D

January 18th, 2008

Just after my post this last week on Paul Deines Pole Aerial Photography (PAP) rig I was thinking about what production DSLR would make a good PAP camera. The Canon 40D immediately came to mind because I’d heard good things about it and most of all it has a LiveView LCD screen. That is, if […]

A Little Added Elevation Always Helps A Real Estate Exterior Shot

January 15th, 2008

Paul Deines, real estate photographer in Denver, CO sent me an example of some PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) that he’s done recently inspired by some previous posts we’ve done on this subject. Paul says, “it’s really making a difference in my exterior photos. Using this technique, I can shoot over cars parked in front of […]