I stumbled across a new company offering beautiful, easy-to-build portfolio sites called Iconify. Just upload some pics and instantly get a portfolio site that works on desktop, mobile, etc. It even includes social networking links to make it easy to send/share and spread the word about your work!



This looks like a very affordable, promising way to have a nice portfolio on you at any…

I was reading an article about Savored, a company that's helping restaurants charge different prices at different times of the day, but it's wrapped up as a Groupon-style discount app. The definition of price segmentation is to charge difference prices to different customers for the same goods or services.

Most companies start out with a simple pricing…

As one of the geeky programmer types at TourBuzz, I've always wanted to be able to tweak the built-in software on my Canon T3i DSLR. There are so many things the camera almost does well, but end up being really clunky or impossible due to limited firmware.



The open-source community has created an amazing project called Magic Lantern that drastically extends the capabilities of Canon DSLR's with customized firmware. The…

Hi all-

The guys over at Inman News have a post highlighting somelisting lifestyle videos that I think do a nice job of marketing a lifestyle and the listing at the same time. Great ideas for you to pitch some videos to…

Wow, this is one interesting statistic if it's true:

"The stats on video from the National Association of Realtors show that 72 percent of home sellers want their agent to use video, and 3 percent actually do."

Continue reading Connect…

Getty is trying out a new watermark format that's actually really cool and useful. I don't see a ton of use of watermarks used in real estate photography quite yet, but I wonder if an idea like this might change that?

I'd post a picture but it's against their terms of use, even for their new format, ha!

Alan 

KickStarter is an awesome site for "crowd-funded" projects. Basically you pre-order something that is in the concept phase, and if enough people pre-order (to meet a set sales goal), your pre-order will be "charged" and the company will go make the product. If there isn't enough interest, you are never charged and the project dies.

I ran across a project for building an iOS Camera Remote, which looks really great for doing a wide variety of things like controlling bracketing, time…

I went to Real Estate Barcamp Atlanta last week. One of the agents talked about an app called EyeJot, which is basically video email. He said clients loved the personal nature of it and that it's faster to use than actually writing an email since you don't have to worry about editing, spelling, etc.

Any thoughts on if this would be useful for communicating with…

We ran across this insane video and just had to share it. It's not commercialized yet, but it has amazing potential for making virtual staging look even better.

Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs from Kevin Karsch on…

A company named Lytro is actively working on a plenoptic camera. If you aren't familiar with the idea behind a plenoptic camera or what it will do for photography, here's a quick intro.

A plenoptic camera has not just one sensor but *many* sensors. It's like taking a picture with 100's or more cameras at the exact same time. What's the point? Well, the point…

Are you looking to improve your understanding of lens focal length, shutter speed, aperture, and ISO and how they interact with exposure, focus control, and other results? Someone has built an incredibly cool online SLR camera simulator that lets you experiment with these settings in a variety of lighting and setup conditions.

Check it out,…

Colorapi is a neat new web site that can figure out a nice color palette for an image based on the image itself.

I am trying to decide if there are any applications for this idea in TourBuzz; potentially we could…

Do you wish you could collect payment from customers on-site? Are you looking to increase profits by reducing credit card expenses?

If so, we've got great news. A new company called Square has created a…

If you previously read my blog post about the importance of straightening verticals for real estate photography, go read it now.

I was doing some research today and ran across a program called ShiftN which is a tool that automatically straightens verticals! Even better, it's FREE. Sadly, it's…