I photographed properties for many of the top agents in SE Wisconsin during the month of June. These are some of my personal favorites. These properties were located in and around the Milwaukee, WI area including Milwaukee, Whitefish Bay, Shorewood, Mequon, Fox Point, Bayside, Cedarburg, Grafton, Port Washington, and the West Bend area.
First job for a new remodel client, Carmel Builders of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. I met with the owner of Carmel Builders, Louis, at the property and we discussed the work his company did in building a wine cellar in a Shorewood home recently. The first thing you’ll notice is the amazing orange floor. It has the design of a bowling ball, only super shiny. The floor looks like it has 10 layers of thick lacquer on it. It’s really…
I photographed this fantastic residence for Suzanne Powers, Powers Realty Group. 2805 E Menlo Blvd in Shorewood, Wisconsin is an architectural masterpiece. Located on an historic block in Shorewood, WI., and featuring a fantastic staircase, arched doorways and windows, tall ceilings and gleaming hardwood floors. The formal dining room features fantastic woodwork and the details in the flooring are second to none.
As a professional real estate photographer, I get to spend time in many of the best homes in the Milwaukee area and surrounding counties. As a fan of older homes I really enjoy photographing homes in the Whitefish Bay area for Realtors Jay Schmidt, Essam Elsafy, Dawn Tarpey, Gayle Franz and others. Here are a few of my favorite beautiful homes I photographed in October and November in Milwaukee, Whitefish Bay and Shorewood. Let me point out most if…
When I photograph a home, I merge several shots into one final image. This is known as HDR. For each view I always shoot 5 images, 1-stop apart with OCF (Off Camera Flash) when a window is present, 3, 1-stop apart when a window is not. I shoot 5 when a window is present to get the right exposure for the outdoors. I don’t want an over saturated dark outdoors, nor do I want an overexposed, too bright outdoors….
Real estate buyers put huge importance on the kitchen, living room, curb appeal, master bedrooms, backyard, and master bathrooms, pretty much in that order. This was determined in an eye-tracking study conducted Michael J. Seiler, Professor and Robert M. Stanton Chair of Real Estate, Old Dominion University, Poornima Madhavan, Old Dominion University, Department of Psychology and Molly Liechty, Old Dominion University,Department of Psychology. The study was published June 2011 and goes into quite a bit of detail about what…