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Hi my name is Alex and I will be taking you through a photographer training tutorial where you learn the principles and techniques of real estate photography. Make sure you have your camera and tripod on hand so you can change settings accordingly and experiment with some of the techniques intermittently as we go through different processes and ideas.<br/><br/><h2>Before we get started on the photography side of the job, we need to do a basic overview of best practices once you arrive at a property.</h2><br/>Firstly, it's important to remember that though there are formulas and rules of real estate photography that you'll be thinking about every shoot, every agent and broker has different preferences and goals, depending on their taste and the distinctive characteristics of the listing. Therefore after you've met the agent and gone through baseline introductions, ask them to give you a tour of the property so they can voice any specific shot ideas,angles are elements of the property they especially want to capture.<br/><br/>This will give you a good sense of their marketing goal and the layout of the house so you can mentally prepare for the forthcoming shoot. Don't hesitate to respectfully raise concerns if agent has a poor shot idea that you know won't work. In these situations you may want to take the shot and show them it's a bad idea rather than trying to describe why. Nonetheless, the ultimate goal is to give the agent what they want, so be compliant and experiment with bizarre ideas if necessary.<br/><br/>Sometimes you may even be surprised. After you've gotten a tour from the agent, start prepping the house for photos. This means turning on all light fixtures and lamps, pulling up blinds and hiding remote controls, Kleenex boxes, sponges and any other items inside that will show poorly in photos and make it difficult on your <a href="https://www.phixer.net/">real estate image retouching company</a>. For staged houses, you probably won't have to move anything out of the way but in properties where the homeowners are still living there, you may have to hide some personal items and declutter a bit. Remember you have a limited amount of time to finish the shoot, so if the house is overly cluttered or unprepared for shooting, ask the agent whether you should reschedule or if they're comfortable shooting the property in its present condition. There's only so much you can do and you're a photographer not a home cleaner/stager.<br/><br/><h2>Do not spend more than 15 minutes prepping the property.</h2><br/>Do what you can within that limit, however moving heavy furniture, decluttering every room, sweeping etc are not your responsibilities. If you have time, avoid including the following items in your shots; bath mats, small carpets or mats on the kitchen floor, modems and bundles of cords, the homeowner's personal photos, toothbrushes, shampoo bottles and personal toiletries in general, trash cans, bedside alarm clocks, home phones, dog beds, litter boxes and anything else that will negatively affect the marketability of the listing. Usually these items can be gently move to the outside of the frame of the photo, then returned once you finish capturing the space. A note on blinds, in general all window blinds should be pulled up there are few exceptions to this rule, so leave the blinds up if;<br/><br/>A. The view outside is really unpleasant, for example there's a dumpster and industrial refinery, a chaotic construction site or anything else that would devalue the listing.<br/><br/>B. If the agent and insists for whatever reason, on leaving them down, you are after all working for them.<br/><br/>And lastly:<br/><br/>C. If the blinds are broken and won't stay level or pull up entirely. Sometimes excessively heavy blinds can be problematic and it's best not to risk pulling them off the wall. Leave the blinds down and twist them open so light can come through the windows. Other notes on prepping the house; make sure you remove security signs from the front yard before taking exterior shots, also hoses should be either coiled or removed from view.<br/><br/>Garage doors should be closed and garbage cans either moved into the garage or out of view. In kitchen's especially, make sure you double check for cabinet under lighting and turn the stove lights on. Dining room and breakfast table chairs should be tucked in even and orderly. Fans, fireplaces, TVs in any other kinetic features of the listing should be turned off. These objects will appear blurry and disorienting once the disparate exposures are fused by your real estate photo retoucher into an HDR composite.

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Everything about a Real Estate Photo Editor that You Need to Know

February 9, 2019

Everything about a Real Estate Photo Editor that You Need to Know
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February 9, 2019

It takes a lot of time, effort, and perseverance to become an excellent real estate photo editor. He has to equip himself enough knowledge of some great photo editing applications. He should also work with various editing services because they have the capacity to provide him with different benefits and advantages that he may use for this type of job.

Lack of time in editing real estate photos is perhaps the biggest problem that any photographer faces. Every potential buyer wanted high-quality photos of the property. For this reason, editing the photo is the main concern. Every photo should undergo editing process like color correction, adjusting shadows and perfecting the tones.
Speeding up the process of editing is a major problem as far as producing professional photos for real estate is concerned. Every photographer is obliged to face his computer and always sits at night to finalize the photos through various editing processes. Being equipped with the best editing software is always an advantage.

These days, it is common that photo-editing services are outsourced. There are unlimited number of people who can work on this kind of job who can deliver real estate editing made in a professional manner. They have the skills in the different applications like presets, filters, HDR including color enhancement using the different real estate editing software.

Outsourcing the editing works of your photos will benefit your business. In this way, you can have more time shooting other real estate properties. You can also enjoy spending time with your families and friends, enjoying your time doing your hobbies during leisure time, and many more.

The Relationship of a Photographer and Real Estate Photo Editor Explained

Just like any relationship, clear line of communication is vital in this business. Before working with any real estate photo editor, it is important to finalize an agreement so that the flow of the work will commence smoothly. It ensures that no complaints will emerge just because of failure to fulfill the contract. Assure that the client has agreed to certain terms. One of them is the amount he will receive during the duration of the project so that there will be no confusion once the project is finished.

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To make the relationship flow smoothly, you need to specify instructions clearly. If you intend to make the turnaround time faster and enjoy the results afterwards, you must also arm yourself with the knowledge about some of the technicalities regarding editing languages and terminology. Understanding the technicalities of the business so that you can communicate very effectively with your clients.

In the business like real estate photo editing, it is the photographer’s responsibility to analyze and understand his chosen editor’s abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. In this way, you can set expectations as to how your editor can work on the task on hand. In a very similar way, it is also the responsibility of the editing service company to know in-depth the things that you wanted in order to build a mutual understanding between you and your client.

Once an agreement and understanding is established, things that both of them must focus on. Since editing works take time to develop, patience is an important virtue that both parties must possess. Always consider that the first few edits are not acceptable right away. As a buyer of their services, you have to realize that editing of photos needs time to become perfect.

Format Used by Real Estate Photographers

It would be beneficial for both parties to gain the trust of each other. On the part of the editor, it is his responsibility to put together everything he knows in order to satisfy the needs of his clients. Apart from his knowledge of the editing software, he is going to use, both parties should agree on the type of output format or the correct file type he will be working on.

Listed below are some of the more common file types that an editor must be familiar.

1. JPEG

Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group this is the most common file type we have seen. It is versatile because it is user-friendly. It is great for all kinds of use. You need to observe the resolution and file size for you to achieve the highest editing looks possible.

2. PNG

This type of file can be workable to any kind of works – printing, Word docs, and the Internet. One of the advantages of PNG is that you can save more colors on a transparent background, thus creating sharper image on the web. It uses level of transparency that makes the format intact even using larger files.

3. GIF

Graphics Interchange Format is popular on social media use. Specifically for Facebook ads, it is appropriate when you are using graphics, diagrams, logos, and cartoons that has restricted color range.

4. PDF

This type of file was developed by Adobe and is popular among e-book authors. For real estate photo editors, they can use this format to save the final design and view it without using any editing software. Portable Document Format is popular for sharing documents.

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