I LOVE this! How does it apply to staging? I'm always "preaching" that we should be taking photos of our stuff too... sure, shots of the room for the agents and MLS, but really artistically beautiful photos of our accessories, the things that create the emotions in the space.
Agents and sellers alike always seem to want to know "what we are putting in the house' and this one way to help show off our majic!
"If Your Pictures Aren't Good Enough, You're Not Close Enough" - Robert Capa
Robert Capa was a legendary wartime photojournalist born Andre Friedmann, in Hungary in 1913. His assignments took him all over the war torn world in the years between the 1930's and the 1950's. He lost his life, ironically, in Vietnam in 1954 after stepping on a land mine. There is such a thing as "too close", I guess...
While these words are said by some to have been attributed to his girlfriend, rather than himself, they are known and repeated by photographers everywhere.
Whether you are shooting a war ravaged refugee, or a flower, the premise is the same. Getting in close can make all the difference between a nice photograph, and a terrific one. Don't depend entirely on a zoom lens, either. Move your feet. Inspect your subject from varying angles, above or below, from side to side.Take your time composing the shot. A centered focal point is not always the most interesting.
Have you ever laid down on your belly in a public place to get a shot? We're talking REALLY public, here. I took this shot of the daisies at Sea World on my belly. My mother was mortified.
And it's a little bit harder to get back up than it used to be...hope no one was watching.
When you are shooting macros and close ups, it's a good idea to use manual focus to get the sharpest, clearest images possible, then use your photo editing program to sharpen it more for web or print.
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Photos and content by Debi Boucher, DBoucher Photography, all rights reserved, may not be reproduced without express written permission.
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Melissa Marro, a published artist, now turned staging advocate and national speaker speaks her mind about real estate and the home staging industry. In her 'no holds barred' approach, audience members find real answers to the industries pitfalls and learn how to overcome them with tried and true information and guidance. With marketing as her passion, she turned a small home based business into one of the nation's largest home staging and training facilities. She now operates as the CEO of First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign as well as an instructor for Staging And Resign and regularly speaks at the StagerList Expos and Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)'s trade events.
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great info and so very true...thanks for reposting this blog.
Thanks for reposting. Good info, and I'm inspired to go visit a couple of my stagings and practice!
Beautiful pics. Thanks for reposting.
Thanks Melissa for reblogging. Good info.
Debi is a fabulous photographer I've been following her blog for some time and she shares lots of great information.
Melissa - thanks for the reblog - and to you and Cynthia for the kind mention!
Debi
Not that I can ever dream of reaching Debi's photographic talent, but I do enjoy creative photography when staging. I am a huge fan of your close up shots, Melissa!
THe world is full of beautiful detail, for houses I like to go wide but close is cool too in some cases.
Melissa thanks for sharing with with us...what beauiful work...