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360 Tours On Your iPhone 2.0 – Well Sort Of

360 Tours On Your iPhone 2.0 – Well Sort Of

On Friday I managed to update my “old” iPhone to 2.0 software. I think iPhone apps and the iTunes app store are the most significant feature of the recent Apple iPhone upgrade circus. Since I’m a hopelessly addicted 360 image geek the first iPhone app…

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Propvid.tv Sets A High Standard For Property Video

Propvid.tv Sets A High Standard For Property Video

As a still photographer I’ve have difficulty getting into many of the property vids being done for real estate because of all the quality compromises currently necessary with vid. However, when I recently came across this property vid done by Brad Clements of propvid.tv a…

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The Bar is Rising For Real Estate Photography

The Bar is Rising For Real Estate Photography

Last Friday (April 25) we put on what I think is the first ever Real Estate Photography workshop. The sign-up process was a good indication of the current popularity of this subject. We sold out a week in advance. We sold several canceled seats almost…

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Light, Bright Real Estate Photos Without Lighting

Light, Bright Real Estate Photos Without Lighting

On my last shoot of a home in Issaquah, I tried a technique that is becoming popular with real estate photographers. It’s called High Dynamic Range (HDR for short) or Exposure Fusion. This technique allows you to produce interior photos that are light and bright…

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Does Adobe Photoshop Express Have everything Realtors Need?

Does Adobe Photoshop Express Have everything Realtors Need?

I’ve been using the new Photoshop Express beta that Michael Price did a post on earlier and wanted to do a follow up post to Michael’s. First of all I want to say that I think Photoshop Express is a really slick app that has…

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Real Estate Photography Workshop- April 25

Real Estate Photography Workshop- April 25

Recently the readers of my blog and the associated flickr group decided that they wanted to organize some workshops on real estate photography so they’ve put together an initial workshop in Seattle on April 25 to tryout the concept. For all the details and online…

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Create Fast and Easy Slide Shows With Lightroom

Create Fast and Easy Slide Shows With Lightroom

I’ve talked about About Adobe Lightroom in a previous posts. Lightroom has become the center of my work-flow for photography. It’s everything a camera owner needs. One of of Lightroom’s fantastic features is it’s ability to take a collection of finish photos and FTP them…

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PAP: A Little Added Elevation Really Helps Exterior Real Estate Shots

PAP: A Little Added Elevation Really Helps Exterior Real Estate Shots

It never ceases to amaze me how much a little added elevation can help out a exterior real estate shot. Because the front exterior shot is what buyers doing web searches initially see of homes a little extra effort and expense can be well worth…

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Realtor Scott Kleiman Needs Your Help To Live

Realtor Scott Kleiman Needs Your Help To Live

Susanne Hayek who is a real estate photographer in the Pasadena, CA area and reader of my blog told me yesterday that her good friend Scott Kleiman who is a Realtor at Sotheby’s in Pasadena is very sick with CLL (Leukemia) and needs to find…

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Real Estate Photographer Directory

Real Estate Photographer Directory

More and more Realtors and home sellers are taking advantage of the expertise of professional real estate photographers. In the slower market these days great photography is an obvious way to complete with all the other listings in this high inventory market. I’ve been building…

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