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Understanding Exposure: Listing Interiors (Part 3)

Listing Interior - Final Shot

I found the perfect dining area for a demo interior shoot.  The room had bare windows, stainless steel appliances, reflective cupboards, and shadowy nooks – in other words, lots of obstacles.  I even let the two dogs stay in the house, despite having to periodically call them over to me to get them out [...]

Understanding Exposure: Listing Interiors (Part 2)

Real Estate - Natural Interior Light

In Part 1 of this series, we observed a listing interior from a photographer’s perspective only to discover that a perfect exposure could not be obtained in a single shot.  There was just too much contrast between the light entering through the window and the dimness of the interior.  So, today we’re going to start [...]

Understanding Exposure: Listing Interiors (Part 1)

Listing Interior: Living Room

The most difficult part of real estate photography is, without question, the listing interior.  To make matters worse, the average listing requires at least thrice as many interior photos than exteriors.  While some agents see listing interior photography as a frustrating, dreadful process, others see it as an opportunity.  Opportunity lies in the inherent difficulty [...]

Understanding Exposure: Listing Exteriors

Listing Exterior

For most people, shooting the listing exterior is one of the easiest shots to achieve.  The sun usually provides ample amounts of light, and most houses can be photographed without the need for any specialty lenses or advanced techniques.  There are a number of possible angles and views that are worth taking, but today I’m [...]

How To: Creating 360° Virtual Tours

360 degree virtual tour

The growing demand for 360° virtual tours has led to a onslaught of new software, hardware and professional services.  Although there are a variety of uses for these tours, real estate stands as one of the top markets that consistently use them. Before I get started on how to create one, I just want to [...]

HDR for Real Estate Photography

HDR exposures

If you’re a seasoned astronomy buff, you might remember reading about the negative-stacking techniques photographers used back in the film days to produce rich, detailed prints of the deep sky.  The process of preparing a usable ‘film sandwich’ was one filled with pitfalls though, and most everyone has turned to digital as a much more [...]