http://photographyforrealestate.net Tips and Techniques for Real Estate Photography Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:04:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you are thinking about purchasing a Canon 5D MkII or 7D Canon has some instant rebates that are effective through April 3, 2010 that you should look at. Here is the link to Canon's current promotions. It looks like you can save about $250 if you purchase a 5DMkII, ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/03/13/5d-and-7d-canon-rebates-going-on-through-april-3/ Scott Hargis just put up a post on his blog that has a stunning example of extreme real estate marketing that is worth taking a look at. Scott gives the behind the scenes story of a project he worked on with Quentin Bacon and others. The total marketing involved a ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/03/10/a-must-see-example-of-extreme-real-estate-marketing/ Peter Meo recently pointed out to me that I've never talked about negotiating agency contracts on the blog. He's right. These kind of contracts are not all that common and I've never been directly involved in one. So I consulted Mike Miriello (Mike does the RealEstatePhotographyPodcast) and Thomas Grubba. Mike ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/03/08/negotiating-agency-shooting-contracts/ Rusty Freeman sent me this amazing real estate photography story this morning. This exterior shot of a San Clemente listing that Rusty shot for Realtor Jerry Barbanell listed at $4.3 million allegedly sold the home in 30 minutes. Here's the whole story told by the listing agent Jerry Barbanell. "The buyer ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/03/07/according-to-listing-agent-this-photo-sold-his-san-clemente-listing-in-30-minutes/ We've decided that PFREtour.com is ready to move out of the Beta testing mode so we will be launching it officially on Monday March 22. Alfie and Michael, the PFREtour developers, have been working hard to fix problems and add new features. We want to formally thank the over 100 beta users ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/03/04/pfretour-com-moving-out-of-beta-monday-march-22/ It was October of 2007 when I launched the Photography For Real Estate e-book. Since that time it's been very clear that the e-book medium is a great way to help beginning real estate photographers learn the craft and business of real estate photography. I get a huge amount of ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/03/02/whats-in-store-for-photography-for-real-estate-e-books-in-2010/ As we announced back in January Mike Miriello over at RealEstatePhotographyPodcast.com and I are doing a regular (when ever we get enough questions for a 30 to 45 minute session) Q and A podcast session. This session was our first. Be sure to send us your questions via the Q ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/02/28/first-episode-of-real-estate-photography-q-and-a-podcast/ I was asked the following question recently: "What is the market for video with Real Estate? Does it have a place in the future or are agents not interested?" My answer was, "The market for real estate video is, I think, large. The problem is that it's more difficult to shoot ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/02/23/what-is-the-market-for-real-estate-video-how-many-are-shooting-video/ Apple's recent release of Aperture 3.0 highlight's the fact that photographers that are Mac users are faced with a choice of do they use Adobe Lightroom or Aperture for digital asset and workflow management. I want to disclose right up front that I am a Mac user and I use Lightroom ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/02/21/aperture-vs-lightroom-is-there-a-best-choice-for-real-estate-photography/ McAllen,TX Realtor, Lee Jinks pointed out to me that the newly announced FinePix HS10 would be a great camera for real estate shooting. Indeed, it does! It seems like the toughest thing to find in compact cameras is a wide enough lens. The HS10 has a 24mm, effective, lens; very ... http://photographyforrealestate.net/2010/02/15/newly-announced-fujifilm-finepix-hs10-suitable-for-real-estate/