Drone Aerial Photos with impact for Rio Rancho Real Estate
Back out on another shoot for ABQHomes this time in Rio Rancho, I made drone aerial photos of this luxury home highlighting its amazing views of the Sandia Mountains. Drone real estate photography can uniquely show the setting of a home where photos from the ground just cannot. This makes a big impact on potential buyers to see the residential family home in context with its surrounding environment. This luxury home will stand out to buyers over other listings that do not have drone photos showing off the great mountain views. If you are a real estate agent in Rio Rancho and are not using aerial drone photography and video yet, contact me today to stay competitive with your competition that already is using drone imagery
Live Industrial Commercial Photography Challenge in Albuquerque
It is not often I have to start a photography shoot by signing a NDA, but such was the case for a commercial industrial shoot at BayoTech in Albuquerque, New Mexico. These are the only photos I am allowed to share publicly that do not reveal any of their proprietary technology. This shoot was very similar to one I did for Aristech in Belen, where I had to photograph people in an industrial setting working live in confined spaces in challenging lighting situations. Thanks to Ben for assisting on this shoot as otherwise it would have been impossible to get these photos. This was a very wide ranging shoot, from these industrial photos, to business headshots, to even drone aerial photos! I like diversity in the types of shoots I have each week, and in one afternoon I got to virtually run the full gamut!
After searching for headshot photographers in Albuquerque, Torry chose me to make his lawyer headshots based in part on my many 5-star Google Reviews. He has since left his own 5-star review of our headshot session! Thank you very much Torry! We shot on both white and black backgrounds and with several different lighting setups to create a wide variety of headshots in less than 30 minutes of shooting time. I really like it when clients say, “go ahead and try whatever you like” as it frees me to experiment and get even more creative, like in the headshot above on a black background using a two light and one reflector setup. Compare these headshots to any of the lawyer headshots you see on billboards around town! Use the links below to get the best lawyer headshots in Albuquerque.
Overcoming challenges as an Albuquerque drone pilot
This luxury real estate property in Sandia Crest, New Mexico, which is in the east mountains of the greater Albuquerque metro area, was a particular challenge to make both drone video and drone aerial photos of because of the tall trees surrounding the house on all sides. Add to that the very high winds (see trees bending in the video), the cold temperature, and the sun facing the property casting a drone shadow on any low shots, this all made for a drone flight that needed an experienced (and certified) drone pilot like myself to produce a video that was still cinematic and representative of what the property looks like. I wanted to highlight the mountains in multiple directions as the setting for the property, while getting what views of the actual house I could. Especially given the conditions, I am very glad with how the drone video came out!
Making the team look like a team with consistent headshots
Teresa has been a long time friend in Albuquerque who I have photographed at networking events and then on a big project to promote domestic violence awareness called One of Many (photos part 1 and part 2). She now works for The New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence and contacted me about making headsets for the entire team. I really believe it is important for the About Us page of an organization’s website to have uniform, consistent, professional looking headshots to show that everyone really is part of the same team. I was glad to have this opportunity for NMCADV. Thank you Teresa for choosing me as your headshot photographer and for helping out with styling (see below) and making sure everyone looked great for her photo!
Linda contacted me about making headshots for her here at the JCP Home Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico that were not stuffy. I am always happy to make the kind of creative headshots clients want, and if they want ones that allow me to get more creative than usual, that’s even more exciting for me! To start with, we only used a black background for maximum impact. Then I used a variety of different lighting styles and poses to shape different looks for Linda, even though she remained seated in the same place. It helped she brought a few wardrobe changes and was an absolute natural in front of the camera. Thank you Linda for letting me be creative and for choosing so many photos from your headshot session!
I was contacted by GVI, a video production company based out of Washington, DC to make BTS (behind the scenes) still photos of a video interview they were doing here in Albuquerque. I have done a few shoots like this before, but not for a long time. It is an unusual thing to photograph essentially making a video. I was asked to put my cameras into silent shooting mode, which both my Sony a7R IV and Sony A7 III mirrorless cameras have. That was also odd to push the shutter and hear and feel nothing at all from the camera! This was a fun challenge to incorporate the equipment and also the interviewee in the frame.
