What You Can Expect From Me: I am a 30+ year professional and I love the work
All images will be properly exposed, the correct digital size for its purpose, and representative of the subject photographed.
In addition, the images will have been produced using the techniques, tools and methods that are currently available to make them the highest quality possible. They will be delivered to you according to a method you prefer and ready to use.
Delivery currently is most commonly through Dropbox. If you prefer receiving the images on media such as a CD disc or a thumb drive or other means, please tell me so I may provide it.
In addition, the images will have been produced using the techniques, tools and methods that are currently available to make them the highest quality possible. They will be delivered to you according to a method you prefer and ready to use.
Delivery currently is most commonly through Dropbox. If you prefer receiving the images on media such as a CD disc or a thumb drive or other means, please tell me so I may provide it.
You can expect from me images that are well exposed, in focus and expertly processed. Compensation for high variations in light usually requires the room to be lit with multiple flash units. HDR manipulation digitally blends results usually without flash units to process the light and dark areas more evenly. A combination of those techniques plus custom processing will provide tasteful results.
The images will be best viewed on computer screens which is how almost all people experience real estate photos. Most computer screens are not calibrated accurately, so images will display a bit differently from one computer screen to another. If the images provided are to be printed, there could be a noticeable color shift in the printed results. Paper selection and color balance should be tested before making final print runs. Those can be corrected before printing by the print provider. Before selecting a photo to be printed, be sure the results will be adequate. Check with your publisher to ensure that 4.66 x 7.0 at 300dpi is sufficient. At that size, most all computer screens are filled properly. If your purpose is to print larger than 9x13, contact me to ensure the images you plan to use are delivered at a size adequate to fit your purpose.
Photographers use an artistic choice list. It includes composition, angle of view, lens choices, camera features, settings and then by either editing the image with enhancement tools or using supplementary lighting tools during shooting. A photograph cannot be made without manipulating light.
I use updated and high-quality, professional equipment. They are current and more than capable for the results you need.
I began my professional career shooting on transparency film (35mm and 6x7 medium format) prior to when digital capture was available. When digital equipment became in vogue, a 6 megapixel camera was sufficient for producing acceptable results for real estate images. But not for magazine and calendar publishers. I upgraded to 12 megapixels when they were made available. Each month, manufacturers chased the megapixel front runners to excite the consumers of cameras to upgrade. I justified the race until it outpaced the need. At 28 and 38 megapixels, my equipment captures images capable of displaying very large art prints. The currently available 45 and soon larger megapixel cameras have the capacity of even larger printed artwork.
All of us who own modern cameras ..., whether 12, 28, 45 or 60 megapixels, we must reduce the original size to make it fit the restrictions of the MLS.
Real estate photos displayed on the MLS websites fill the largest computer screens available beautifully with photo sizes equivalent to prints that are only 4.66 x 7 inches at 300dpi. (I will increase that when the MLS increases their effective size allowance.) Those results print very well on brochures, postcards, and other advertising printed materials. My original image created by the camera can produce a print size of 15x22 inches at 300dpi. In order for the MLS to accept images to their system, my file size must be reduced in order to properly display on a computer screen.
If you still believe images must be captured at the fullest resolution available today, we should discuss the reason you need that... because the purpose of the latest and highest camera resolution is to make it possible for its images captured will be able to be displayed on very large art prints. Not computer screens. Other reasons for large pixel numbers includes the ability to select a section of a photo, crop that smaller area and still have enough pixel information to make a useful image.
The need for the latest equipment and the latest, highest pixel camera is not what is required for real estate imagery. The best practice is to use the correct screwdriver that fits the screw that is the correct one for the job. Compare results. Large capacity cameras have wonderful uses. However, almost no home seller expects to see the photo of their kitchen printed on a billboard. I bring the correct tools to shoot real estate photos. You may be assured the image size I deliver will be produced to exceed all the typical needs and capacity of the real estate industry.
The images will be best viewed on computer screens which is how almost all people experience real estate photos. Most computer screens are not calibrated accurately, so images will display a bit differently from one computer screen to another. If the images provided are to be printed, there could be a noticeable color shift in the printed results. Paper selection and color balance should be tested before making final print runs. Those can be corrected before printing by the print provider. Before selecting a photo to be printed, be sure the results will be adequate. Check with your publisher to ensure that 4.66 x 7.0 at 300dpi is sufficient. At that size, most all computer screens are filled properly. If your purpose is to print larger than 9x13, contact me to ensure the images you plan to use are delivered at a size adequate to fit your purpose.
Photographers use an artistic choice list. It includes composition, angle of view, lens choices, camera features, settings and then by either editing the image with enhancement tools or using supplementary lighting tools during shooting. A photograph cannot be made without manipulating light.
I use updated and high-quality, professional equipment. They are current and more than capable for the results you need.
I began my professional career shooting on transparency film (35mm and 6x7 medium format) prior to when digital capture was available. When digital equipment became in vogue, a 6 megapixel camera was sufficient for producing acceptable results for real estate images. But not for magazine and calendar publishers. I upgraded to 12 megapixels when they were made available. Each month, manufacturers chased the megapixel front runners to excite the consumers of cameras to upgrade. I justified the race until it outpaced the need. At 28 and 38 megapixels, my equipment captures images capable of displaying very large art prints. The currently available 45 and soon larger megapixel cameras have the capacity of even larger printed artwork.
All of us who own modern cameras ..., whether 12, 28, 45 or 60 megapixels, we must reduce the original size to make it fit the restrictions of the MLS.
Real estate photos displayed on the MLS websites fill the largest computer screens available beautifully with photo sizes equivalent to prints that are only 4.66 x 7 inches at 300dpi. (I will increase that when the MLS increases their effective size allowance.) Those results print very well on brochures, postcards, and other advertising printed materials. My original image created by the camera can produce a print size of 15x22 inches at 300dpi. In order for the MLS to accept images to their system, my file size must be reduced in order to properly display on a computer screen.
If you still believe images must be captured at the fullest resolution available today, we should discuss the reason you need that... because the purpose of the latest and highest camera resolution is to make it possible for its images captured will be able to be displayed on very large art prints. Not computer screens. Other reasons for large pixel numbers includes the ability to select a section of a photo, crop that smaller area and still have enough pixel information to make a useful image.
The need for the latest equipment and the latest, highest pixel camera is not what is required for real estate imagery. The best practice is to use the correct screwdriver that fits the screw that is the correct one for the job. Compare results. Large capacity cameras have wonderful uses. However, almost no home seller expects to see the photo of their kitchen printed on a billboard. I bring the correct tools to shoot real estate photos. You may be assured the image size I deliver will be produced to exceed all the typical needs and capacity of the real estate industry.
