Seeing Stories in Real Estate
When I first changed careers in 2006 to become a photographer, one of the first things I had to figure out, naturally, is how to make money. Weddings, events, portraits, and obviously photojournalism all pay to some degree or another. What I didn't anticipate was my long-standing relationship to real estate photography. After interning at two different papers and starting on my path toward a career in photojournalism, I came back to DC in 2007 with no work. It shouldn't have been surprising, but it was. So I had to find other ways to make money. That led me to shooting real estate, while I figured out how to get paid to shoot photojournalism. First I shot for the company Homevisit, then on my own. To this day I shoot real estate, even if only for a few people that I like shooting for, but still, it's occasional work that is actually interesting. After walking into hundreds (thousands?) of homes, the furniture, the art, the books and...