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Marc Angeles- Real Estate and Architectural Photographer in LA Area

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 - 9:34 pm - Property Management

Marc Angeles, a real estate and architectural photographer working in the LA area contacted me several days ago to tell me he was a PFRE blog reader and to pass along his story of success in real estate photography in the LA area. I love passing on stories like this of how real estate photographers got started because it demonstrates to people starting out in this business how to get started and what you can do if you hang in there.

I have been photographing real estate since 2006, and am self-taught (mostly through on-the-job training, books and online).  It all started in 2006 when I worked for a top real estate firm in Beverly Hills as the marketing and advertising manager.  I noticed that the property photos being used to market these multi-million dollar homes did not represent the quality and value of these magnificent estates, and I knew I could do a much better job (even though I had never photographed a home before)!  So I asked the top sales agent in the office if I could shoot his next listing for free, to which he said yes (thankfully)…he ended up liking my work and allowed me to shoot his next listing, and the next, and the next…until I built up a nice real estate photography portfolio.  I also did this for other real estate agents in the office, and word started to spread about my work outside of the office as well.  To make a long story short, my photography business continued to grow to a point where I was able to quit my “day job” last year, and now I do real estate and architectural photography full time.  I am thankful that I was at the right place at the right time and that I saw the opportunity and ran with it!

Marc has a substantial body of good solid work (be sure to view this at 1080p fullscreen) that he should be proud of.

Regarding video, Marc says:

I think LA is just like every other geographic area, someone has to lead the way and demonstrate to agents how video can be used to get attention to these mega-mansions all over LA, Beverly Hills, Bel-Air, Brentwood, Westwood/Century City, West Hollywood, Sunset Strip, Malibu, Santa Monica, etc. It’s not like, this is a depressed area where the agents have no money to advertise listings. I believe there is an opportunity for someone that can sell and demonstrate what video can to for this upper end market.

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