Is special equipment beyond a camera and fisheye lens used, or is it the merging of many individual photos with software specifically for virtual tours? Maybe both?
How is it that you can't find any evidence of a tripod or anything supporting the camera?
I think that to compete in high end real estate photography I am going to have to provide this service. I've been asked several times if I do and the answer has been "not yet". It seems that there is interest in my services until they find that I don't produce virtual tours, so any information to point me in the direction of adding this to my list of services would be greatly appreciated.
i was shooting a street festival a few months ago and a vendor asked me if i shot video. like you, my answer was "not yet".
he told me i'd better get with it or get left behind. he said he didn't believe in it either until a sales person from a video production company gave his sales team a demo using ipads and 30 second to 2 minute video clips. he owns a landscaping company and, prior to that demo, their sales pitch consisted of flipping through a 3-ringed binder of photos and sample layouts. they bought ipads on the spot and hired the video company to come in and shoot a bunch of stuff. he said that it paid for itself in a matter of months. he didn't say how much he paid, but i'm sure it wasn't cheap.
That seems to be for sure. I have also been asked about videography, especially by the dance studios. The problem (or solution, maybe) there is that I can't easily hold a D700 in one hand and a video camera in the other to capture events at the same time. I would have to hire someone to do one or the other because I don't see still photography becoming worthless.
That story hits close to home on another front because until this past November, my full time business was design and installation of landscapes, ponds, and waterfalls. We used 12" by 18" photo portfolios to sell our work to potential clients for years. Towards the end we did notice how a video presentation of our waterfalls definitely helped our sales.
Is special equipment beyond a camera and fisheye lens used, or is it the merging of many individual photos with software specifically for virtual tours? Maybe both?
How is it that you can't find any evidence of a tripod or anything supporting the camera?
I think that to compete in high end real estate photography I am going to have to provide this service. I've been asked several times if I do and the answer has been "not yet". It seems that there is interest in my services until they find that I don't produce virtual tours, so any information to point me in the direction of adding this to my list of services would be greatly appreciated.
