Greg Daily from Greg Daily Photography in Austin, TX has been a real estate photographer for over 5 years.

Greg pays attention to the detail and prides himself on delivering the highest quality images to his clients. His images attract more buyers and has an incredible return on investment for every real estate agent he works with.

Where we work:

Greg works in the Austin, Texas metro area to include Dripping Springs and Round Rock and typically travels up to 25 miles from his home base in Southwest Austin. For an additional charge he will travel beyond the 25 mile radius, especially for his good clients.

Our ideal clients:

• Real estate agents and brokers
• Commercial and residential property managers
• Independent vacation rental managers (i.e. VRBO and Airbnb)
• Architects / developers / contractors
• Interior Designers / Stagers
• Home Builders

Monday – Friday 8am - 5pm 

Saturday By appointment only

Sunday By appointment only

AddressAustin, Texas

Phone 703-608-5246

Email [email protected]

Website www.MyTexasPhotographer.com

Skills:

Bio:

My passion for photography started around the age of 7 and over the years my passion would ebb and flow. I am often asked what I like to do for fun when I am not working. My passion is my profession, therefore I am often still behind the camera taking pictures.

At any given point time you might find me on a road trip, hiking a local trail or camping in a remote area or state park. My second passion is cooking, therefore I have a knack for searching for a recipe either online or in a cookbook and getting some ideas and then doing my own thing.

Tell us a little about yourself.

I have been shooting professionally for over 20 years and that experience has taught me how to pay attention to the details yet see the big picture. Whether you are looking for a real estate photographer, lifestyle / branding photographer or looking for images to spruce up your walls take a look at my work as we might just be a good mutual fit.

How would you describe your photographic style?

I would say that I have 2 different styles. One style is for the real estate photography shoots and the other is for my fine art photography. With my real estate photography shoots my goal is to make everything look natural and realistic. I don’t want a buyer to walk into the home and be surprised. I am very good at looking for the best angles and leaving shooting around items that do not show well.

For my fine art photography everyone tells me that my photos look like paintings. I use to get upset when I heard that but now I take it as a compliment and even designed my logo with paint brushes as part of it.

What's your standard workflow when doing real estate photography, from arrival at the location through to delivery of the images?

When I arrive onsite I actually leave my camera in the car. I show up on time and if I am early I wait in the car until it is time for the appointment. I know that often my clients are working till the last minute getting the place ready for pictures.

Once invited in, I walk around the property looking at every space and room to see if it is ready to be photographed. If adjustments need to be made I will work with the owner / client to make the adjustments. I am not talking about moving furniture or anything like that. I am more concerned about the small detail things that can make all the difference. For example I will ask for the paper towels to be removed from the counter top and the shampoo bottles to be removed from the shower. Or if they have animals, I don’t want to see any evidence in the pictures I take so I will ask them to hide the dog beds and water and food bowls,

After the place is set up and ready for photos, I will then go grab my camera and start in the outside and then work my way inside the property as if you were walking through a home or office.

After I have completed the shoot, I will review with the client what to expect as far as delivery of the images and invoicing. For houses and light commercial shoots, I typically turn the images around within 24 hours.

How important is Photoshop or digital editing to your process?

For real estate shoots, all of my shoots are High Dynamic Range (HDR) so I will use software to combine multiple images. I expose for the lights, the darks and in between and then combine them with software. I then bring them into Lightroom and use the Lightroom software to edit my images. Once the images are combined, I will remove any images that do not show off the property well or if I have similar images, I will pick the best one to save and work on. I will then make sure that they are straight and then adjust the color balance and brighten them up.

All of my photo shoots for my real estate clients come with a 2D Virtual Tour. So once the images are finished being edited, they are uploaded into a 3rd party system that I use to create the tour and deliver the images.

What has been the most memorable photo shoot you've ever done?

There is one property that I have been to 4 or 5 times for a reshoot. So it is not necessarily the photo shoot that was the most memorable but rather the property. It’s not that I did a poor job, quite the opposite.

The first time I was hired by the staging company that staged the home. The realtor that hired the staging company loved my work and when the property did not sell as quickly as expected, they hired a different staging company and had me shoot the newly staged areas.

The listing still on the market moved to a different real estate broker and they called me once again to take photos.

They actually hired me 3 times, once when it was staged, once vacant and the third time, when it was staged and then lived in. When I walked into the home, the tenants actually asked me if I had been there before.

Have you ever had something really funny happen to you while photographing a home?

One of the funniest things that happened during a shoot was that the home owner opened the front door and a bird flew inside the home. In an effort to get it out, the bird pooped all over one of the bedspreads on the front bedroom. We were able to eventually get the bird out and the bedspread cleaned up for the shoot. Fortunately, I had some time before my next shoot.

What advice would you give to someone in Austin who was selling their home?

I was a real estate agent for 6 years so I have to be careful what I say as I don’t want to say anything that might make it for a more challenging situation for their agent. I know when to keep my mouth shut and not say to much.

What do you like to do away from work?

I am asked this question frequently. I have a hard time answering it as photography is my passion. Instead of being behind the camera taking pictures for clients, you will find me behind the camera taking pictures for myself. I like to take road trips and go on hikes or camping trips and these locations often are places that I would like to photograph.

When I am not behind the camera, I like to cook and drink wine or bourbon on the weekends when cooking. I don’t have anything special that I enjoy cooking. I typically will have a basic idea and then get on the internet and look up a few recipies and then end up doing my own thing. I typically never measure anything or follow a recipe without modifying it.

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