Congratulations Dave Koch, April 2025 PFRE Photographer of the Month! The theme this month was "Primary Bedroom".Dave Koch - Entry 1056 Peter Wingfield - Entry 1051 Paul-Dan Dragoman - Entry 1053Here's what Dave has to say:Thank you so much — this real ...
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The PFRE jury has chosen Steve Carroll's kitchen photo as the winner in the March kitchen photo competition. Steve's company PreviewFirst serves Orange County, San Diego County, and most of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside County California.
The point results of the voting is as follows:
I've deleted all the entries that did not get any votes and posted the names and number of votes received and the jury comments in the description field of all the photos. The photos will be on display in the PFRE Photographer of The Month Flickr group through the end of March. I've asked Steve for some comments on his winning photo. Thanks for everyone's participation this was an outstanding bunch of images!
Steve's comments are as follows:
I am thrilled and honored that such a talented group of real estate photographers appreciate this photo. There were several outstanding images to compete with, which makes this win even more humbling. Thank you.
This kitchen is beautiful and has some unique challenges, which is why I entered it. Every interior photographer knows the challenge of lighting up a ceiling like this one; avoiding harsh shadows from the beams, and avoiding color cast with all those yellows.
For this image, I used a Canon 7D with the Canon 10-22mm, and three Canon 580EX Speedlights. I took one picture with three flashes ( two stops under) and another at 3 stops over (no flash) - to capture the natural light. Then I manually blended the appropriate areas using masking. A lot of time was spent in camera raw adjusting for targeted white balance.
I thought the remarks by some of the judges were very interesting, and informative. Thank you everyone. Truly honored.
Well done Steve, good photo
Congrats Steve! Great shot!
Great shot. Well deserved. I took a look at your web site too.
Nice one Steve! well done!
Beautiful shot Steve! There's nobody better!!!
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I have been viewing Steve Carroll's photography for many years. It is indeed no surprise that he has won the award this month. For the amount of time, heart and passion Steve puts into all of his photography and everything he does, this is a well deserved award. Congratulations Steve!
Congratulations Steve! You are truly the best real estate photographer in the business.
I just want to say "thank you" to everyone for the nice words of encouragement and support. Some of ya, are just a little too nice. 🙂 Y'all are awesome. Thanks!
Congratulations, great shot!
Thanks Amy. You have quite a beautiful kitchen photo on your own website. If you had posted it, I think you would have won. I like your pics.