PC's new pro photography career: Real Estate and Architecture
As I'm now in retirement from my science career, I wanted a new "career" where I could stay intellectually engaged and active.
As I really enjoy photography, I did quite a bit of research on photographic disciplines or "genres" where a professional level of expertise and execution is still required, unlike many other disciplines where there has been a "race to the bottom" (e.g. your cousin offering to shoot your family's wedding for $250 rather than paying a pro $2500). My research led me to professional real estate and ultimately, I hope, to architectural photography. The reasons for this are clear: despite what non-photographers or amateurs may think, RE and architectural photography is actually technically quite challenging, and requires skill in using off-camera lighting and also excellent skills in post-processing and composting, as the highest standard of photographs are actually a blend of ambient and flash lighting. And, as the SF Bay Area RE market is pretty much always red-hot, with the median price of a upper mid-tier to lower upper-end single family home around a million dollars in price, there is a need for very high quality photography by a real professional for purposes of marketing by the agent (i.e., no race "to the bottom"). So, RE and Architecture it is! I took a training workshop in Q4 last year and have been working very hard, both alongside a pro who has been mentoring me, and also on my post-processing skills and have started to pick up some assigments. So, this thread will show some of my recent RE Photography work to those interested. My gear is all Fujifilm X: my Graphite Silver X-T2 and X-H1 and a 12mm Rokinon prime, or the lens I just purchased today, the fabulous new Fujinon 8-16mm f/2.8, which is perfectly rectilinear (key for RE and Architecture). I shoot everything on a tripod with a geared head and almost all interior photos are a "blend" or composite in PS of ambient and flash lighting. The next two posts will be some representative assignments. Here are my two workhorses: my Graphite Silver X-T2 and X-H1, both with their respective vertical power booster grips. I only use the grips for my racing but not for RE work. http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...s%20Mounts.jpg And the new primary lens I will be using, the recently released Fujinon 8-16mm f/2.8 (yes, its big...but fabulous!) http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...and%208-16.jpg |
Here are some shots from my first assignment for 2019: a 4000 sq ft home in the golf-course community of Round Hill in Alamo, CA
Twilight... http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...0Front%201.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...r%20Deck-5.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...0Room%20-4.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...0Room%20-1.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...g%20Room-1.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...g%20Area-4.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...%20Kitchen.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...d%20Island.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...%20Kitchen.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...%20Bedroom.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...ter%20Bath.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...%20Bedroom.jpg |
My most recent assignment was my financial planner's home in Moraga, CA for Airbnb....
Twilight (agents love these...) http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...er%20Rd-24.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...er%20LR-1A.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...Miner%20-3.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...Miner%20-4.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...Miner%20-5.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...Miner%20-7.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...Miner%20-8.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...Miner%20-9.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...iner%20-11.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...er%20Rd-10.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/puma_ca...er%20Rd-23.jpg |
Stephen, fabulous!
Twilight... is where the light is the most beautiful and the colours most intense. |
Very nice photo work!!!
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Those are some beautiful shots!
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Those are fantastic shots!
Brings back memories too - used to live in Alamo/Danville and then Lafayette - very good friends in Moraga who I just visited. Great time of year to shoot as well with all the rain. I do miss those vistas.... |
Beautiful photos Stephen, and beautiful homes too.
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I think you found your calling! These are all fantastic!
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Gorgeous pics
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