Comments on: Real Estate Marketing Trend : HDR Photography

By: Jakob

Jakob — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:40:02 +0000

We’re doing HDR photos for san diego real estate photography. I think the difference is huge. And it’s much faster than setting up strobes.

http://www.RanchoPhotos.com/gallery.html

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:47:50 +0000

I’m a photography novice and had to google DSLR to fully understand Joel’s recommendation. I ran across this cautionary tale, which seems to track with Tony’s comment and others above: http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/308/.

The moral of the story, the way I read it, seems to be “good for geeks,” and the rest of us should hire the geeks.

By: Tony Meier

Tony Meier — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:52:02 +0000

I use HDR quite frequently on my exterior shots and have recently came across a program called Enfuse that works well too.

As stated above though HDR is no guarantee of a great photo, in fact some of the worst ones are by an amateur’s use of the technology. See what I mean here:

http://eastsidehomes.typepad.com/weblog/2008/03/bad-mls-photo-2.html

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By: Athol Kay

Athol Kay — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:23:53 +0000

Thanks for the link love, much appreciated.

HDR is a mixed bag. Works better for exteriors than interiors. Agree with Shaun that the Flickr Photography for Real Estate group is basically “teh group” for real estate photography skillz.

By: Duke Lane

Duke Lane — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:32:05 +0000

One thing omitted – and very important – is a tripod. If the images are going to overlay correctly and not end up a huge blur, they’ve got to be exactly the same, and nobody I know is a statue.

Formerly doing real estate photography (to the tune of some 20,000 or so images per month) I’ve found HDR as effective – if not MORE effective – indoors than out. This is especially true in panoramic photography when a flash is generally not an option.

There are some HDR products out there now that can use multiple images all at once, versus the earlier (e.g., Andromeda’s DRI) products that could only use two at a time. I’ve sometimes found that some features, such as skies, are better removed from underexposures before combining them. Trees with sparse leaves usually blur as the leaves move in the breeze.

By: Overland Park Real Estate

Overland Park Real Estate — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:43:43 +0000

I love HDR photos but have never tried them on listings. I need to get CS before I would be comfortable that I had something that was presentable. I would guess that a lot of agnets (novice to the technology) would end up making their listing look like a fantasy home made of liquid crayons, instead of just bringing out all the colors and lighting.

By: Linda Hutchinson

Linda Hutchinson — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:09:16 +0000

Photography makes all the difference. It designates who are the true professionals in real estate. Great article.

By: Tamara Christopherson

Tamara Christopherson — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:44:03 +0000

Great topic – for the customer (the home seller) HDR can provide some great benefits. Price point, turn-around, and quality. Vicaso is rapidly growing and adding photographers to our team – we would love to hear your thoughts (good or bad) on our approach to HDR.

http://portland.vicaso.net/gallery/samples

Cheers!

Tamara

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:49:37 +0000

I’m with Shaun on this one. HDR has its place, I’m sure, but in the wrong hands it can look cartoonish, and thus, still constitutes bad photography. Restraint is best if using it in real estate photography.