Andrew Mayon

Hey Gang:

Chrissie Sutherland of Ready Set Stage and I took on a really fun project last month, a wonderfully charming home built in 1910. The owners made a lot of really nice upgrades, and of course, Chrissie's magical touch completed the scene.

Here are the before and afters:

Greensboro Photographer | Andrew Jay Mayon | Triad Real Estate Photography

Hey Gang:

Well, this has been a LONG time coming, I actually shot these projects for the über-talented Melissa Marro of First Impressions back in May, and I am just now getting around to posting them.

If you have not had the opportunity to meet, work, or learn with Melissa, you are missing out. My wife Sylvia, joined me on this trip, and I swear she and Melissa could have headed out for shopping and cocktails like they knew each other since middle school. Melissa does offer a lot of great workshops and seminars, and I am sure any one of them would be worth the investment.

Now on with the show:

And now, for the REST of the story...

Melissa and I will have some VERY exciting news to release in the next few days that MANY of you may be interested in...stay tuned!

Greensboro NC Photographer | Andrew Jay Mayon | Triad Real Estate Photography

Hey Gang:

I present to you, the Four Horse(wo)men of Triad Home Staging!

Recently, Chrissie Sutherland, Kim Lee, Lori Nicholson and Angele Carlson got together on a joint project to stage a vacant home that is being shown in the Greensboro Parade of Homes. If you recall, I featured rookie stagers Lori and Angele in previous posts. Well, here is when serious talent puts their heads together to "Git R Done."

Chrissie was kind enough to provide me with Before shots and has allowed me to use them in this presentation.

Enjoy!

Now, that's all for the B&A photos...now for the REST of the story...

I believe the ladies did an excellent job with this collaboration, and it was a GREAT opportunity for the Rookies to get in some good practical experience with Chrissie and Kim.

Greensboro NC Photographer | Andrew Jay Mayon | Triad Real Estate Photography

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Hmm, y'all must be onto something here because I have had my third new Home Stager in a month contact me for photographs. I am pleased to introduce Lori Nicholson and her company, "Stylishly Staged Home Staging" out of Lexington, NC (GREAT BBQ there by the way!). Lori met me through an ASHSR meeting chaired by Chrissie Sutherland (my second wife) of Ready, Set, Stage.

Lori retained my services for a vacant stage project she did for a lovely home in Winston-Salem. With her permission, she gave me some of her before images so I could share with you what she acomplished.

So, without further ado, here you go:

That is all the Before and After pictures, but there is more! To use a quote from NPR, "And now, for the REST of the story..."

I think Lori did a wonderful job with the home, and I know the REALTOR was pleased as well. It is always nice to have another Stager as part of my team, and I look forward to many more projects with Lori in the near future.

Greensboro NC Photographer | Andrew Jay Mayon | Triad Real Estate Photography

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One of my favorite tools as a photographer is the cropping tool. This allows me to be creative in many different ways and, it allows me the opportunity to rethink images after I am back in the studio and can really see what I have captured. Here is a case in point.

Recently, I was retained to photograph two houses on the exclusive Seabrook Island as well as an oceanfront penthouse condo on Folly Beach near Charleston, SC. The morning of my departure I was up at sunrise and captured this image of the pier at Folly Beach:

Now, there really isn't anything wrong with this photograph, but when I was looking at it in post production, the shadow of the bird on the sand caught my eye. The triangle of the pier pavillion, the rising sun and the bird on the sand all seemed to be screaming as a focal point. So I decided to play around with my cropping tool and see what else I could come up with. At first, I loved the glistening of the dawn light off the sand and thought a beach-dominated crop might look nice. So I experimented a little and came up with this:

Interesting! I loved the long light along the beach which conveyed a serene walk to the water's edge. I also loved the long shadow of the bird as well. Not to be satified, I thought, why not allow the colors of the morning sky dominate a little more and see what happens. And this was the result of that theory:

Wow! A totally different feeling in my mind. This image really conveys the dawn of a new day, and the optimism which it brings. I love the transition of the colors in the sky, as well as the silouette of the bird.

One photograph, yet three (or more!) really unique differences. So, let your cropping tool unlock some of your photographs BEST!

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