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By: Luxry Homes

Luxry Homes — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:27:21 +0000

Great tips. Thanks for the advice guys!

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:43:11 +0000

Thanks Chris! I’ve tried this software and it’s been pretty useful and good to use

Cheers,
Ralph
http://www.iproperty.com.sg

By: Chris Hiester

Chris Hiester — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:36:17 +0000

There is a really good software program called Photomatix. It will combine three exposures to create an HDR photo. I use it often with great results. I have a camera that has a setting to “bracket”–it takes three exposures, one normal, then one over- and one under-exposed two stops.

Here’s an example (usually either the house would have been too underexposed, or the sky would have been way overexposed, but HDR keeps both in a good visual range), http://www.flickr.com/photos/hiester/233631980/

get photomatix at http://www.hdrsoft.com/

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:06:25 +0000

Thanks Harley. I LIKE. I’ll give you a call.

By: Harley Lever

Harley Lever — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:35:30 +0000

Hello,

My name is Harley Lever and I am a professional real estate photographer. I prefer to use the cut and paste described in #4 and only because of the quality it produces. The trade-off is the time. To create a visually perfect image often takes up to an hour per image.

I have used “image-merge” options on my Nikon D200 before but often reflections get dull down the view.

I use a tripod and take a picture of the perfectly illuminated room. I then shut off all the lights and solely concentrate on exposing the external view. You end up having two perfect pictures you can now create into one. I used to only cut and paste the windows in, but found that time consuming and tricky. Now, I use a combination of the “Magic Wand Tool” and the “Eraser”.

You can see some of the results here: http://www.harleyseye.com/Real_Estate_Photography.htm

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:47:46 +0000

I think Galen said to get a wide angle lens that isn’t too dramatic. I hate when a room looks like it’s 8×20 and sticking 12 x 14 in the corner isn’t going to solve that problem.

But hey, I’m getting the wide angle Athol and I’m giving it a try…cause I said I would. Let’s see what happens.

By: Jani

Jani — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:06:35 +0000

May be you should try a video to support the photos

By: Athol Kay

Athol Kay — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:01:07 +0000

Actually I’m serious. In one of the corners just have the room dimensions in small numbers. eg “Master 15×12″, or just “15×12″.

Personally I wouldn’t do it, but it may help you.

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:04:30 +0000

That’s a joke, right Athol? Talk about bad mls photo of the week. I’ll just scribble over all the pictures “this house that looks like it is 40 feet wide was shot with a wide angle lens and is really a small to middlin rambler. What did you expect 1,350 square feet to LOOK like?”

By: Athol Kay

Athol Kay — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:31:57 +0000

Write the room dimensions on the photo itself.