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Interesting Real Estate Photography Experience today…Totally

After a very busy day & more kms’ than I’m sure the tax man will believe I have possibly driven in one day, (out to Upper Moutere three times today, Windy City, USA & Vancouver based buyers and Atawhai once) I just have to make this post. (And that lady in the purple dress has nothing to do with it)

Why?…because tonight, I’m not the happiest chap in the room.

I spoke with one of our towns leading “Signwriters” today. Guess what?

I should have been, but I was not impressed.

I asked her, after 20 secs of conversation that were already heading down a rather “you’re not the Brad Pitt I want to talk to” (remember I’m older now and haven’t died my hair for many yrs) curve, about her thoughts on the Fib Curve/Rule of thirds/visual presentation/ composition cues, and then incidentally how that relates to her business, especially with the fact that we have been granted locally by nature such fab panoramas (and meanwhile pointing out the painting on the wall 2m away actually had included the Fib Curve it its entirety in the bottom left of the frame …….and were there any synergy situations she could recall?

A painter in Nelson showcasing the curve in their own regionally based painting, even I was surprised. But hey I shouldn’t have been the curve has been known to art students for hundreds of years.

Answer?

Well the look I got reminded me very seriously of the deer in the headlights or if I’d been given an extra 10 seconds (and believe me, I nearly had ) the “lost for an equivalent Clarkson possums’s last thought analogy here” look while deciding her answer with eye contact for the next 5-10 sec’s. Sort of fills a prospect with confidence, right.

Maybe Nelson needs some “real” competition in this field!

Well I needn’t have bothered. Then…the look said it all…..

“What the heck are you talking about?”

Well hold on, I sell Real Estate and you sell design/signwriting.

I hope I didn’t get that mixed up.

OK about here now I’ve lost at least 50% of you. I just hope that if my copy hasn’t held you, then from studying the photos you may have picked up some clues and now know what the Golden Curve is, some natural clues that perhaps you didn’t even know existed, some things that you my be able to apply to future real estate photography or other photographic opportunities.

If not…and if you have a high patience tolerance….read on …..

… more importantly for me was that about the 50% point in our conversation her eyes drifted away from me to a “get me out of here” scenario. That in my opinion was so wrong…..….no not just so wrong…….…but so VERY VERY wrong….maybe its that “non Brad Pitt” look I have perfected?

…………between the thirds and Golden spiral or fibonacci spiral ….it does all matter in photography…..

The Fibs stuff, let me tell you how happy I am to have some of the best property photos in my life this past year……….but you know what, if you’ve got this far then that’s great because that tells me you have an iq quotient ………. if you want more info……let me know……you want to sell privately………I’ll help where I can….…because if I can then that just adds to my positive bank and I have no probs with that.

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July 31 2009 12:24 am | photography

No Responses to “Interesting Real Estate Photography Experience today…Totally”

Penz Custom Homes on 31 Jul 2009 at 6:10 am #

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Bob on 31 Jul 2009 at 7:51 am #

Oh how I wish that most real estate interiors were well enough defined to provide a focal point to use as the focal point of a photograph. Time allowed to get those photos is not always conducive to above “just get the picture and get out” photography given that RE agents don’t want to spend the money to take time for quality.
Evan on 31 Jul 2009 at 1:31 pm #

I always thought it was funny that everybody knew about the rule of thirds and yet noone could explain exactly why it was a rule.

Thanks for the posting on “the golden ratio”. This makes a lot more sense to me than the rule of thirds (although now I understand how the rule of thirds works) and I’m sure I can use this to improve my photography.
Steve Taylor on 02 Aug 2009 at 12:47 pm #

I have known about these rules since I was a youth, but you do not always have the luxury of being able to work to the ‘thirds rule’ as in a home you cannot move further back and further forward would mean extreme wide angle and horrible ‘barrel distortion’.

To fit the internet all pictures need to be horizontal and in a lot of examples of the rules the photo is vertical.

If you get a chance though you can always crop images at your leisure on your computer.
David Leggott on 02 Aug 2009 at 6:46 pm #

Steve
I think in Real Estate it definitely appeals more to outside shots, as you have a bit more liberty with angles. Additional inside you usually also have many contrasting verticals and horiziontals. Guess thats the difference between landscapes made by nature and what humans build.