TAKING PHOTOS WITH SMART PHONES
Yes, our new iPhones (11, 12 & 13) are excellent for taking photos, BUT it’s not possible to end up with final professional images as shown throughout this website and these examples.
When taking photos as usual in single exposures on an iphone or any camera, even with good composure and framing you will not capture all the important details (highlights, mid-tones, shadows and balanced window exposure internally & externally will be out)
This is were bracketed multiple exposures come in.
i.e. Bracketing in 3, 5 or 7 measured exposures.
So even with a nice image taken with a good camera or the latest iPhone the image will 'always' need post editing to bring out the full potential & extensive improvements in order to finish with a final sharp, clean professional look and feel and keeping the picture natural, unaltered or misleading.
CAN I CUT CORNERS?
In short the answer is No.
When shooting in normal single exposures as mentioned above you cannot capture all the details necessary for a well balanced professional looking image.
This will be noticed and felt instantly.
Hence why images will look dark, full of shadows, lacking vibrancy, flat, un-aligned and worst of all.. blown out windows, a common problem faced with amateur photos.
You will also be faced with excess yellowing, unwanted blue hues and much more as shown in example images.
The image below doesn't have blown own windows as it was taken in 5 exposures.
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So, you can already start building a picture of whats behind professional photography, it 'starts' with being able to take perfectly framed & composed photos, then the work begins to achieve the end result..
Our images are never made to mislead the viewer, no stretching or fish-eyed effects, all natural wide lens down to as low as 10mm for long shots, 18-65mm for closer, feature, lifestyle shots.
any further edit requests are made by the client.
THE EDITING PROCESS... WHAT'S INSIDE AN IMAGE?
Below are the common values of an image and what's adjusted and edited to bring out the magic.
Chromatic Aberration Removal / Colour Adjustments / Lens Distortion Removal / Highlight, Shadows, Whites, & Blacks Adjustments / Exposure & Contrast Adjustments/ White Balancing/ Colour Cast Removal/ Image Sharping/ image de-fringing.. and the list goes on
Vertical & Horizontal Straightening/ Sky replacement
Remove Camera from Reflection/ Lens Dust Spot Removal
Blending of Multiple exposures (HDR - High Dynamic Range)...
DECIDED?
Not all agents have the budget to provide the full photography
service incl. the photographers visit for all their clients and all instructions.
This is where the editing service comes in PERFECTLY at one third of the price.
It doesn't matter how many images you need,
We offer post editing for one or hundreds of images at a time.
If you have photos already listed that can clearly be improved, don't delay it!
Send your images over and have them edited and improved seamlessly and effortlessly.
Images will be ready and sent back to you within 24hrs of ordering.
From Only £2.90 per image
UPLOAD YOUR IMAGES
Leave the rest to us & receive your final images back within 24-hours
Emailing images or sending by Dropbox, WeTransfer or Google docs..
Please (zip up/ compress) the individual images into a folder before uploading or transferring.
individual files are accepted, do remember to name the folder or transfer with the full property address and your agency name, if you need to add notes just add to an email.
Most agents use We transfer or dropbox and email us the download link, this is perfectly fine.
Image Quality
Ensure the images are taken fairly straight/ aligned (head on) does not need to be perfect as we correct this.
not too small in file size, (i.e. at least 1MB or more) will be acceptable. The better the quality of raw image received, the better we can edit it.
i.e. iphone images taken at medium to high quality are fine, feel free to call in and ask for any tips in taking the photos