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I was hired to take photos of a listing by a realtor friend of mine. So when I got there, the owner was there and he's into photography. He asked me if he could watch and I said "sure, why not." After I set up 2 flashes and fired the first shot, I showed him my camera and he said "WOW. Those fl...
08/25/2010
For quite some time, BofA had a Doctors loan program that was very popular. It was discontinued a couple of years ago due to the economic conditions. But it is now back. BofA has made available the long sought after Doctors Loan program, or Physicians Loan Program, once again. It also goes by the...
08/10/2010
In response to "Please Remove My Home From The Internet" by Norma Toering: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1686700/please-remove-my-home-from-the-internet There are several issues with this one simple request. First, we ARE responsible for removing advertisings that we place. Houses that were ...
06/10/2010
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I went to a workshop put on by Scott Hargis and Thomas Grubba earlier this year and learned a lot about flash photography for real estate. Prior to the class, I took some good photos, but I did not use flash at all. I was the “ambient guy” as far as photography goes. At the class, I learned how t...
10/06/2009
Is this a good time to buy a home in Minneapolis? Here are some factors to consider: 1. We're coming to the end of the tax credit soon. The $8000 government incentive goes a long way to helping out with the pocketbook. 2. With house prices lower than they have been for years, it is a great time t...
10/06/2009
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The NYT published this article about megapixels back in 2006, but it still applies today. How many Megapixes is enough? Well... not as many as you think. For years, I've been saying that 4 Megapixels is enough for nearly anything that regular consumers would need to shoot and print. I still say t...
07/14/2009
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I'm not sure what our MLS is now doing to our photos. They introduced a new multi-photo upload application designed to make it easier to upload photos to the MLS system, in contrast to the older one-at-a-time upload for photos. But there is clearly something wrong. The new multi-upload applicati...
05/18/2009
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This is an update to an older post on the same subject. Digital cameras have changed over the 2 years since I last posted on this. But, although digital cameras have changed, one thing has not. We still need wide angle lenses on digital cameras for real estate photography. First we need to discu...
05/14/2009
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In today's digital era, where family photos and videos reside on the computer, or business contacts reside in outlook, we all need to have a backup plan. Hard drives do fail. In fact, it's not a matter of IF it will fail, but more a matter of WHEN it will fail. In the past month, I've helped 4 pe...
05/13/2009
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How wide of an angle lens do I need?A wide angle lens is very important when taking photos indoors, as we have to do in this business. So what’s all the talk about 35mm equivalent? And why should I care? First, most manufacturers will specify the lens in a 35mm equivalent form as well as the actu...
11/19/2007