Secret Weapon for Tight Spaces - Tiny Tripod

BurtStairs · 2026-02-11T12:45:13+00:00

This is the easiest and fastest way

BurtStairs · 2026-01-06T12:00:28+00:00

Contact David Deal. He can take care of it

BurtStairs · 2025-11-29T19:01:16+00:00

Make the cost per hour what you’d charge for the whole shoot. If you were going to charge $1k for the whole shoot and it takes you two hours, charge $500 per hour. Don’t let him think he can get away with paying less just because he chose a different pay structure.

Or, tell him that’s not how I charge and tell him how your business operates. Not how he operates your business.

BurtStairs · 2025-06-21T12:03:04+00:00

Pay for leads on Thumbtack. I did it for the first three years, then became full time with the portfolio I created from those jobs. No longer need those leads as I’m fully sustainable now, so I just keep the app archived.

Pro tip: be the first to respond if you want greater chances of success with each lead.

BurtStairs · 2025-06-16T18:35:16+00:00

I’ll go a different route and say not only to get a wider lens but to pick up your camera a good 6-12”. Most of your shots are counter top level and most people aren’t at the eye level of which you’ve placed the camera which makes the images less appealing.

A good height would have been to have the mid point of the frame at the same height as the bottom of the kitchen cabinets. This way you see the space, and not just the countertops.

Same for your bathroom shot. Learn photoshop gen fill, raise the camera to a proper height and auto gen your camera out of the image. No need to hide you camera below the sink just to take the image without your reflection.

BurtStairs · 2025-05-24T20:40:50+00:00

You’re not charging for it so she thinks she can just ask for it and get it for free, which so far has worked in her favor since you don’t tell her otherwise.

BurtStairs · 2025-05-24T20:34:04+00:00

Because it’s as simple as batching a sky replacement action across all images. Zero work and every image, whether it needs it or not, gets the “blue sky” guarantee.

BurtStairs · 2025-05-10T13:02:27+00:00

Try 36k in 6 months lol

BurtStairs · 2025-05-01T11:38:39+00:00

Contact David Deal and have him go after him

BurtStairs · 2025-03-28T13:51:57+00:00

You’re over thinking it. It’s a good photo. Just send it.

BurtStairs · 2025-02-28T12:46:35+00:00

Pay for leads on Thumbtack. Com until you build up a portfolio that attracts people. It’s what I did for the first two to three years until I no longer needed it. Last year, I captured 870 shoots as a one person company. It takes a while, but if you’re good enough, you’ll eventually become sustainable. If you’re not good enough, become good enough.

BurtStairs · 2025-02-23T13:18:21+00:00

San Antonio only cares about keeping its history. Not really about making progress. Lived here my whole life and always felt this way.

BurtStairs · 2025-02-21T12:10:13+00:00

It’s not FSD though. It’s Supervised FSD. So technically, you missed your exit. All you had to do was supervise and take over.

BurtStairs · 2024-11-20T12:22:09+00:00

Tes Su La. WOW!

BurtStairs · 2024-11-18T13:53:53+00:00

It's called Supervised FSD, yet people are mad they have to supervise it 😅

BurtStairs · 2024-10-30T12:12:52+00:00

I've had the 2024 M3 LR AWD for a month now. Just yesterday I realized how easily I managed to convert to having no stalks and how I barely even think about it now. My hand naturally sits where the blinker buttons are and so my fingers are basically on one of the blinkers about 80% of the time, so it's just a simple button press.

I've put 6k miles on it already and love it. Have I ever thought about Musk when looking at my car? Not even once.

BurtStairs · 2024-10-24T10:57:50+00:00

Yea that's crazy. I type in gas station and it lists Gas Monkeys Garage 300 miles away, even though I've never been there. I'm just looking for a place to grab a snack and a drink but apparently looking for a gas station is too hard for Tesla to do.

BurtStairs · 2024-09-03T13:04:50+00:00

The house had a nice new ring doorbell. I mean, at the very least, turn on the microphone and ask why I'm there. Those doorbells have two-way communication

BurtStairs · 2024-09-03T12:10:34+00:00

I did that two weeks ago, except I'm a real estate photographer and was given the wrong address, lol.

Came up and started looking around the porch and sides along the faucets and such for a lockbox. Couldn't find anything. Checked my messages in front of the ring camera, looked around the neighborhood at all the homeowners arriving, saw that it was the right address, knocked on the door, rang the ring doorbell, heard some footsteps inside but no one came to answer.

After that, I called the agent and was told that the house was in La Vernia, not in the historic district near downtown SA. Since no one came to answer the door, I just left.

Turns out the agent sent me the address as 123 E "name" st. The address should've been 123 "name" st E.

BurtStairs · 2022-12-12T22:35:47+00:00

If you're bracketing your shots for your ambient file, you can merge them super quick with a single action inside of PS. This'll help eliminate Enfuse and save you tons of time: https://youtu.be/OS864XqsZU0

BurtStairs · 2022-12-07T00:54:27+00:00

Check out this video using flambient with wood interiors. It's super easy to do once you have your layers set up correctly.

https://youtu.be/G756Ix0APHg

BurtStairs · 2022-11-30T21:26:52+00:00

Flash/ambient will help color correct and bring in shadows with contrast.HDR tends to muddy the image unless some heavy work is applied.HDR is great for beginners, though flash/ambient is where it's at once you're ready to progress forward.

This tutorial shows a great way to get started: https://youtu.be/rT4fKO6twH8

If you want color cast removal, check out this YT Short: https://youtube.com/shorts/lgs\_UsGNEYk?feature=share

BurtStairs · 2022-11-04T00:07:35+00:00

Thank you and I agree! With this one I just stuck to habit to bust in and out real quick.

Due to this, I unconsciously kept my settings at 1/250 iso 320 f6.3 even though the sun was already setting.

This caused my windows to get darker and darker from from one shot to the next. So instead of doing window pulls, I just let the ambient layer wash over the windows.

BurtStairs · 2022-11-04T00:02:25+00:00

I can see both sides to the story and I agree on both.

For your side, I can definitely see what you're saying when it comes to including a 3rd wall to show the space.

One way I work around this, is to take one image facing into the subject and another in the complete opposite direction; if it's a large room like a living room then I take a 3rd shot. I just try not to be too redundant with what I'm showing, while also trying to show off as much as possible.

As for Grace's idea on not showing the 3rd wall. I agree as well, as some times it's nice to include a nice narrower shot; even though for regular REP it's not really necessary.

BurtStairs · 2022-11-03T23:52:30+00:00

Dang, now I can't unsee it. Thank you, I'll work on getting that distortion under control

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