I got a call from an agent I hadn't worked with in awhile and we arranged for the photo shoot shortly after. This house had been remodeled from "the studs out" by celebrity designer Jeff Lewis of Bravo TV's Flipping Out & Interior Therapy. This house was so much fun to photograph! The house was beautifully staged inside and that always leads to better final photographs.
The inside of the house was a breeze to photograph. I had to let the windows blow out (the bright white glow where you can't see out of them in the final image) intentionally in the living room so that the scaffolding and large dumpster (explained later) would not be visible.
The ambient shot of the living room. The stager and I decided moving the chairs would make a more inviting photograph.
A shot of me getting the lighting in position.
The final delivered photograph of the living room.
The final delivered photograph of the living room.
Both the agent and the stager were present for the shoot. They were incredibly nice and professional. They managed to somehow find a way to both be completely out of my way while I was working on a particular shot, but observant enough to be aware when a design choice wasn't working for a room. Occasionally while I was setting up my lights they would run over and swap out a vase for another and other things like that.
The ambient shot of the dining room. The agent was trying to quickly move her stuff as I set up.
The ambient light shot of the dining room.
The final delivered photograph of the dining room and its connection to the adjoining rooms.
The final delivered photograph of the dining room.
At one point during the shoot a mailman came into the house and started checking the place out. That's a first...
The random mail man who came into look at the house while I was setting up the hallway/bathroom photograph.
The ambient shot of the bathroom
The reverse angle of the bathroom with the agent surveying the scene.
One of the final delivered photographs of the second bathroom.
The final delivered photograph of the second bathroom.
One of the final delivered photographs of the second bathroom.
The ambient shot of the master bedroom
An outtake of me checking the composition and lighting of the bathroom.
The ambient shot of the bathroom with a flash still left set up from the previous shot.
The final delivered photograph of the master bedroom.
The final delivered photograph of the master bathroom.
The final delivered photograph of the master bathroom.
The ambient shot of the second bedroom.
The ambient shot of the living room.
The final delivered photograph of the second bedroom.
One of the final delivered photographs of the kitchen.
Unfortunately, the drought has not been kind to Southern California and the grass was all but dead. Another downsides to the exterior portion of shoot was that the neighboring house was undergoing a complete remodel. There was unattractive scaffolding next door that was nearly unavoidable for the front exterior photographs. There was also a large dumpster bin just out of frame that was limiting some of the composition choices.
Dead grass in front of the house and scaffolding on the neighbor's house.
A photo I took from across the street with a longer lens. The dumpster is just out of frame.
One of the final delivered photographs of the backyard.
One of the final delivered photographs of the backyard.
I reviewed the raw, undedited photographs with the agent and stager before leaving and they were both beyond happy. I informed them that the images were not completed yet and would look better after I spent some time with them on my computer. To that they emphatically replied that I don't charge nearly enough - a fantastic compliment that does make me wonder if they're right...
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