July 6th, 2008
If you are a Real Estate Photographer that uses Lightroom or Aperture what you need is an little application that interfaces with these two applications that will fix lens barrel distortion and converging verticals and doesn’t cost a bundle. PTlens has been close to filling this need for a long time. But the latest version does it all: Continue Reading »
July 3rd, 2008
I’d like more feedback about how you feel about the current PFRE photographer of the month process. I’ve created a poll for you to give me feedback on the right side-bar below where the July nominees for photographer of the month are listed. Also feel free to send me e-mail on this subject. I want this feature of the blog to be positive although I’m not so naive to believe I can please everyone.
My purpose for doing the photographer of the month is simply a collaborative way to decide who gets listed on the links on the limited amount of space on front page of the blog. I’ve taken a lot of heat about who is on or not on this list so I want to use a collaborative process for getting listed there so I don’t have to take all the heat! I have to admit though, I’ve had fun just unilaterally making the choice myself.
July 2nd, 2008
A number of weeks ago Thomas Grubba did a tutorial in the PFRE flickr discussion group on how to control the quality of light. I think Thomas’s tutorial is a significant and is worth highlighting. Thomas discusses four different qualities of light created by the Stofen diffuser cap, wide-angle diffusers and no diffuser at all.
July 1st, 2008
Copyright office moves to online registration - “Beginning July 1, 2008, the US Copyright Office is offering online registration of claims to copyright. Online registration through the electronic Copyright Office (eCO) is the preferred way to register basic claims for literary works and photographs.” See more details at: photoattorney.com
Full frame Nikon D700: “Nikon has announced the D700. This is a full-frame body that fits in their line right underneath the D3.” See more details at twip.com and dpreview.com.
June 30th, 2008
Learn how to light real estate and architectural interiors like the pros, using off-camera speedlights.
Bay Area interior/architectural photographers Scott Hargis and Thomas Grubba will conduct a full-day workshop on Saturday, August 2nd, in Santa Clarita, California (greater L.A. area). This is a very hands-on workshop; bring your camera, your wide-angle lenses, and speedlights, and plan on a lot of shooting!
Architecture/Real Estate Photography is a great way to break into professional photography, even part-time; this is your chance to learn from two prominent pro’s and pick up the techniques that will take your interior photography to the next level. Many of the tips and tricks learned here will spill over into other areas of professional photography.
This workshop is sponsored in part by Nik Software, there will be discounts for workshop attendees and one lucky photographer will receive free software as a door prize! Continue Reading »
June 30th, 2008
The good news is that current market conditions are such that good real estate photography is needed more than ever to sell homes. The bad news is that even many experienced listing agents are having a hard time financially. This was driven home to me recently when I heard of several top listing agents that had not closed any transactions yet this year. These are not newbie agents I’m talking about but agents that have been in the business for over 20 years. I did a post back in April of this year on how to survive in a tough market but things are significantly worse now than April so I thought this subject is worth revisiting. Continue Reading »
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 for real estate shooting. Here are the basic principles: Continue Reading »
June 26th, 2008
I just got back the new logo that I had the folks at e-logodesign.com designed for the PFRE real estate photographer of the month.
My idea for the logo is to give this graphic to the PFRE photographers of the month to use on their web site or marketing materials as they choose. I’ve gotten feedback that potential clients of real estate photographers are impressed by the fact their piers have selected them for an award. I’ll be sending this logo out to past photographers of the month. Continue Reading »
June 25th, 2008
Via: Thomas Bliss’s IAAP site and Carolyn Wright’s Photo Attorney blog:
“Liz Ordonez-Dawes, an accomplished architectural and interior design photographer, recently was awarded more than $12 million dollars for copyright infringement of seven photographs. In brief, the court found that the defendants distributed Ms. Ordonez-Dawes’ photos of high-end houses to various third parties for advertisements to sell the houses without authority and with knowledge that such act constituted copyright infringement. The court’s Order provides some background of the case as well as the calculation of damages.” Continue Reading »
June 24th, 2008
Ever been forced by circumstances to shoot a real estate front shot with a vehicle sitting in the drive way? I have; I see cars in the driveway of real estate front shots all too much. They distract from the purpose of the photo. But I also understand that you can be forced to choose between another trip to the property and shooting with the car there because owner of the car is not available to move it. Continue Reading »
