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Another Web Tool – Splashup

Another Web Tool – Splashup

As I continue to find new tools online, I will write about them here if they are applicable to the real estate business. With as much real estate photography talk as is going on here, I though I should share this great tool. Toady I…

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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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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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Top 10 Photography for Real Estate Posts In 2007

Top 10 Photography for Real Estate Posts In 2007

Today, fellow Geek Estate contributor Larry Lohrman highlighted the top 10 posts from 2007 from his blog, Photography for Real Estate. If you are interested in real estate photography and figuring out how to utilize excellent photography to make your listings stand out from the…

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Buildatour.com – Fast, Elegant Do-It-Yourself Tours

Buildatour.com – Fast, Elegant Do-It-Yourself Tours

Showing off a listing with large (800×600) photos presented with a smooth, elegant Flash interface is an extremely effective. One of the easiest an most inexpensive ways of doing that is with a buildatour.com slide show. Out of hundreds of alternatives for presenting this kind…

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Using Top Sub $1000 DSLRs For Real Estate Photography

Using Top Sub $1000 DSLRs For Real Estate Photography

What would a good real estate photography setup be if you were purchasing today? CNET currently rates the Nikon D80 and Canon EOS Rebel XT as the top DSLRs under $1,000. Both of these cameras are in the top 5 best selling DSLRs in the…

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Lighting Alternatives For Real Estate Photography

Lighting Alternatives For Real Estate Photography

The real estate marketing photo above was done by Scott Hargis, a San Francisco area real estate photographer that does what looks to most like Architectural Digest level work but shoots entire homes for Realtors in 1.5 hours or less. Scott does this high quality,…

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Large Image Auto Slide Shows – The Evolving Tour of Choice

Large Image Auto Slide Shows – The Evolving Tour of Choice

The slide show above (Click here or on the image above to view) is an example of the kind of tour I’m seeing more and more in upper-end marketing. This particular example is technically tour and a property site since it has it’s own URL….

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Online Photo-Editing is On the Way For Flickr Users

Online Photo-Editing is On the Way For Flickr Users

Michael Arrington at TechCrunch reports that Picnik, the online photo-editing site has signed a deal with Flickr to allow Flickr users to do basic photo-editing. Picnik is amazingly fast at, sharpening, exposure adjustments, white-balance adjustments and other basic photo adjustments. It will access your photos…

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Adobe Lightroom Makes Life Easier and Faster For Photographers

Adobe Lightroom Makes Life Easier and Faster For Photographers

In February of 2007 Adobe released Lightroom which has turned out to be a breakthrough in Photo management and editing for photographers. Before Lightroom the photo-editing software of choice was either Photoshop or it’s little brother Photoshop Elements. Photoshop has evolved over the years as…

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