2020 Palm Springs Summer

2020 Palm Springs Summer

Photos from Palm Springs and Indian Wells, Summer 2020

Summer began and closely thereafter the LNU Lightening Complex (fire) ignited around Napa, California. The smoke permeated nearby Sacramento causing AQI's to reach upwards of 500+. It would burn from August to October 2, 2020 and become the fourth largest wildfire in the recorded history of California.

Choked by the smoke, we packed the dogs and hit the road for bluer skies; destination, Palm Springs. Technically, Indian Wells, but we spent a lot of time throughout the beautiful Coachella Valley; seven weeks to be exact.

I was able to continue servicing my clients and even picked up some new projects while I was there. Virtually all of my clients use Zoom, Google Meet and GoTo Meeeting for communications which made being hundreds of miles away, a non-issue.

This gallery represents some of my favorite photos from this trip. I forgot to pack my Nikon so I made do with my trusty iPhone. Still, I think they came out just fine for displaying on the web. 

 

One of the new projects I began in Indian Wells was a virtual tour for a real estate agent. More on that later. It definitely got me thinking about expanding my services to include virtual tours.


Oh yeah, while we were visiting, this fun hulu flick came out, called, "Palm Springs." Kind of "chick-flicky," all funny, with a pinch of zombiesqueness for good measure.

Photography

Homes, Cars, and Things of Palm Springs and Indian Wells

Testing Zillow’s new 3D Tour App

Testing Zillow’s new 3D Tour App

Real Estate Photography

Zillow's 3D Home Tours is new app (Sept 2019), for iOS and Android that just about anybody can use as long as you have a steady hand and an eye for detail. The virtual tour I posted below took about 20 minutes to shoot and render, then about 20 more minutes to process and load on my website. I think it's better than much of the stuff we see on countless real estate websites. Just a few years ago, only serious professionals with high-grade equipment were doing this. Now - it's in the palm of your hand, literally.

 

 

The real estate industry has seen a major surge in the development of "virtual tour," applications in the last year alone. And then there's the drone stuff. Drones can really increase the presentation of high-end properties to showcase vast amounts of nature like beaches or mountains.

Another cool feature, invented by Google, is creating a "walk-thru," presentation as many of us use with Google Maps. I'll be testing this asap, too. Here's a video of this feature used by a company in Sunnyvale, CA called Matterport: https://www.facebook.com/Matterport/videos/1680999475274141/

I'll be testing other applications, cameras, and equipment to find a setup that provides the best result at a good price-point.