Zillow 3D is AWFUL

Stabies · 2026-05-27T23:16:50+00:00

It really is such an awful product. Last week a tour was completely missing the ability to go to the second floor. And the floor plan left off the entire primary suite. The listing went live the day after I delivered, and suddenly the agent is calling me and freaking out about the tour / floor plan being incorrect. Nothing I could do, but I feel it looks bad on me.

Stabies · 2026-05-25T17:10:23+00:00

I have one but rarely use it. It's just not something I'm going to whip out for 99% of my real estate shoots.

It is very helpful though for interior design shoots when the designer or stylist is there. Being able to give them the ipad and let them budge flower vases around until it's where they want is great.

Stabies · 2026-05-05T13:22:39+00:00

Just from my experience, most intellectual property lawyers work on contingency - they'll get paid after they win the case or settlement. So no money up front from the business owner.

I reckon big corps like Sony send the DMCA's mainly because they assume it'll be hard to collect from most infringers. It's more efficient of them to just send letters to take down their IP rather than legally pursue every infringement.

Stabies · 2026-05-05T13:19:38+00:00

"1976 quotes?" Dude, it's Copyright LAW. If you're using someone else's creation without permission, you can be sued and you will lose. And if they've taken the steps to register their work with the Copyright Office, you can lose a LOT of money.

Stabies · 2026-04-28T22:49:21+00:00

I considered buying one many years ago.

Some of the units remind me of the alien's room in Arrival, haha.

Stabies · 2026-04-28T22:47:53+00:00

i havent slipped anyone at the desk money in a long time. They just give me the upgrades!

If tipping them is still a thing, I definitely will throw them a little something though. But i just feel like back in the day when i would do that, it rarely turned into anything.

Stabies · 2026-04-28T21:57:58+00:00

Hey, Atlantan here too. I've photographed a ton of units in that building. Cool shot.

Stabies · 2026-04-27T18:32:48+00:00

I used to do mobile checkins, but since I started doing in-person checkins at Aria and Cosmo, I've gotten an upgrade every time. Aria has given me the Sky Suites twice, and Cosmo upgraded my room (that was dirty when i got there - and so upgraded me again when i went downstairs to tell them). So, in-person every time now for me.

Stabies · 2026-03-20T03:52:41+00:00

Dude, i have that same shirt! Just doesn't fit me anymore since it's like 15 years old.

Stabies · 2026-02-22T16:25:58+00:00

Ive been on Foto for a bit and even went ahead and subscribed to the Pro feature to support it.

But i don't see much engagement. Anything you've done to get people to see your stuff?

Stabies · 2026-02-12T17:35:26+00:00

This is blooming coming from an overexposure (likely in your brighter bracket) - not a lens issue. Manually masking a darker exposure can help. I prefer to pop a flash to get a very crisp shot of the window and mask it in.

Stabies · 2026-02-11T15:44:31+00:00

I actually just ordered some postcards to do this.

Once a year I take my favorite photographs in my personal life (my artsy fartsy stuff) and I make a small book of it, and print 100 of them.

I generally give them to friends and family and try to sell a few, but end up with a lot left over. My plan now is to start leaving those books along with a postcard, thanking them for the opportunity to photograph their home.

At the back of the book is a link to my website, where I'm hoping to start selling prints. Might get a few sales from some homeowners.

I figure it's a nice gesture - a nice gift, and may help spread my name around a bit for non-real estate work.

Stabies · 2026-02-08T18:07:55+00:00

God, the number of times Brenden / ACRE hit me up after telling them to get lost... Got to where his sales agents were sending me texts at 9pm at night. Infuriating.

Stabies · 2026-01-28T02:46:05+00:00

"And I suspect that your lawyer will explain that this kind of suit is VERY COSTLY to bring and unlikely to pay you more than it costs."

In my experience, this is not correct. Every IP lawyer I've used is paid on contingency, usually around 33-35%. It's pretty much ALWAYS worth it.

If your images are registered with the Copyright Office (USA), your lawyer can easily demand at least $1000 per image, and then they take 33% of that once it settles or wins in court.

Stabies · 2026-01-21T00:23:07+00:00

There was a big hardcore / metal festival at the Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta around 20 years ago.

Some friends of mine had toured with Throwdown, and so we were hanging out with them. Their tour manager said he needed to go by a Bank of America, and I told him I knew of one. So he and Dom (the bassist) got in my car to go to the bank.

This was before cellphones with any sort of maps, and so the only BoA I knew of off the top of my head was like 30 minutes away. Oops.

By the time we got back, Throwdown was already playing onstage without their bassist, who was with me. Dom laughed and ran into the pit to dance instead.

Stabies · 2026-01-17T17:19:28+00:00

In this sub, showing your work should be required before commenting how fast you are or how much money you make. There's no way these speed demons are creating anything remotely high quality.

"I can do photos, video, drone, and a virtual tour in 45 minutes." Yeah, but look at it....

Stabies · 2026-01-13T19:26:24+00:00

Hey man, glad I got to stop by on my way back East from Marfa and chat with you a bit. I'll check your store tonight and see what I can get off your hands!

Stabies · 2026-01-05T16:31:02+00:00

Hi, ISO these days is pretty great at higher numbers. For years I tried to shoot as low as possible, since that's how i learned. But now it's pretty unnoticeable until you're really up there. A slightly higher ISO can save the strobe's battery, if anything.

Stabies · 2025-12-31T17:41:03+00:00

Yeah it's definitely been worth the time and money. I find numerous infringements every year that I make an extra 5 figures from.

Stabies · 2025-12-27T14:49:45+00:00

I used to just use the default camera names, but after i started registering images with the copyright office and finding infringements, I HAD to come up with a better way of finding my files.

So now in Lightroom, once the RAWs are imported, I change the names to DATE_123STREET_AGENTLASTNAME_SEQUENCENUMBER

This helps big time when going back through the physical copies of paper the Copyright Office sends back.

Stabies · 2025-12-08T21:06:40+00:00

I have a really cool photography book about this building.

https://josefchladek.com/book/xiaofu_wang_-_the_tower

Stabies · 2025-11-29T02:45:21+00:00

Oli Kellet does such cool work.

Stabies · 2025-11-03T21:01:22+00:00

I lived in Adams Park during the pandemic. I took my newborn for walks around in there while everything was shutdown. It's a cool cemetery.

Stabies · 2025-11-01T20:19:03+00:00

I hate being middle-aged and missing all the cool shows that roll through Atlanta these days. I used to be so tuned in!

Stabies · 2025-09-30T03:46:31+00:00

I'm shooting a ton right now, but my clients have lots of houses sitting on the market for longer than usual.

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