NOVEMBER 2020 – Covid is ramping up again, so let’s be careful! Here are the notes I put together when it all started this past spring – most of this is relevant again… Just a few notes on how I am (as of now, subject to change) approaching my Real Estate Photography shoots. Real Estate, in Colorado, is listed as an essential business, and the more realtors can use my 360 Tours, and Video Tours instead of hosting Open-Houses – the better off we will all be in flattening the curve with Covid-19. My Guidelines for Photography during Covid-19 IDEALLY…

Many realtors really don’t see how much adding lights can affect the quality of a real estate photo, and how lights can produce results that HDR, or ambient-only light cannot, without an obscene amount of post-processing – and even then it’s not ideal. HDR vs Using Lights – Example 1 With Lights: Without Lights using HDR / Ambient Only: HDR vs Using Lights – Example 2 Here is a shot that I took using two lights.  I put one in the side closet on the right, just for a little accent, and one to light the room.  The window had…

I try to spend a few minutes every day looking through MLS listings in my area.  I usually do this on Zillow or Coloproperty.com    I am often stunned, for better or for worse, at what I see.   Yes, there are some fabulous listings out there, with very talented photographers hired by realtors who know how to spot quality. Some realtors, though, I wonder what was going through their heads.    Realtors, I believe, often don’t really know what to look for in a photo to assess good vs. bad – and what makes the best photos stand out. It’s…