Photography
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This week I shot my first house in terms of real estate photography. This is something slightly new for me because a few months ago I shot a 2b/1.5b condo. This is a new area that I’d like to add to my portfolio as well as list of photography services that I can provide. I was working with a local realtor that I have met a few times around my neighborhood. And in talking to her is how this opportunity came up.
For me lighting is everything when I’m shooting, and I brought along my wife who’s my technical director. She sees the objects, misplaced items, coordination of objects, and so much more so I’d say we’re a good team.
One thing that I wanted to mention is that this house was staged rather nicely. There wasn’t any clutter of objects or things around the floors or counters. It was like a house just done by HGTV.
The Tech Breakdown:
- Nikon D3200
- Sigma 17-70 2.8 Lens
- 3 Speedlights
- 1 150w Strobe
- An 11mm super wide lens is the next purchase I’ll be making!
You’ll be able to see for yourself my results after editing. Your comments are of course welcomed!
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How to, Photography
Recently I decided to make my client photos available via Flickr and private Albums/Groups for my customers. The reason for doing this is so that I can have an online viewing location for my photography clients to easily view all of their photos from recent shoots or events, and then select the ones they like the best for their albums and other products.
It took a little playing around to figure out how to make it work with just a few steps, but overall I’d say it’s worth the effort on the photographer’s end to present a mass number of photos online without paying for storage or a monthly fee. One of the main benefits of Flickr is having about a Terabyte of space for free. Essentially you could just about use Flickr as a free online backup for your photos.
Anyways I created a short video on how to do just that. Once you’ve selected your favorite photos, you can view them all by hitting the drop down you’ll be taken to view your Favorite pictures. The video takes it up from there.
Photography
Last year my mom hosted Thanksgiving dinner. While this year’s dinner will most likely be at our house, I wanted to share some photos of the table and place settings. As a photographer by second form of living, my personal pictures and work don’t always see the light of day or post edits once shot and moved from memory card to storage. So throughout the year I find myself going back and reviewing some personal work and appreciating the moments I captured. I spend so much time working on client work that I rarely spend time on my own. Hope you enjoy!
Photography
If you’ve ever tried to photograph kids, you know that it’s a tough job. Trying to get them to stay still for more than 3 seconds is almost impossible. Especially when it is a scheduled shoot with a family, and the kids have their own agenda for how things are going to be for the next few hours.
This shot was taken at a local park near my house. My niece (the subject) was climbing up a slide and just happened to look over at my while I was preparing to shoot. I’m a fan of natural light, and to see how the sunset was shining off her huge cheeks created just the art that I wanted to capture.
Photography
About a week ago I had the privilege to shoot an engagement shoot with a young couple here in Orlando for their upcoming wedding in September of this year. My normal procedure with shoots is to sit down with my clients a week or so ahead of the shoot and talk about the target shots they’d like to achieve and ones I’d like to achieve based on the theme and wish list. We had everything down and all parties were looking forward to the date.
Being in Florida, our weather can change from day-to-day. So with that we had to quickly change our location from outdoor to indoor which thus changes a lot of the theme elements we had planned on utilizing for the shoot. Thankfully this couple was more than willing to comply and switch and adapt.
This is a sample photo from the shoot that we all loved. There’s quite a story with the record player, how close they are, the reason why they’re out of focus, and of course the ring.
