The best photo blogs by Realtors®

Photo blogs have become a side-feature for some Realtors®. We already have our cameras with us in the car so taking non-real estate photos is easy for us to do throughout our daily travels. These photo blogs provide a nice visual to what non-residents can expect to see locally, plus, as I’ve had people tell me, some of the photos I’ve taken give a different perspective that locals take for granted.

There are some very, very good photo blogs and I’ve posted the list on my photo blog at olentangyliving.com.

I just added a new one to the list from a husband-wife team of agents from Fairbanks, Alaska. Where I might talk about the rabbits in my yard, they show moose & a grizzly bear . Where I have photos of shoveling snow, they have a photo of ice-coated eyelashes in 40-below temps. Br-r-r-r. There are also plenty of pix of the mountains and the unusual sky patterns they have up there. It’s an interesting way to learn more about that state vs what we see in the political stories … except for the moose … the moose are still there. (What’s the plural of ‘moose’?)

There are four other agents who have excellent photo blogs. These are the best of the best:

• The McGillicuddy’s in New Hampshire. If you like the calendar-like photos of the New England area, you’ll love their blog. Just maybe you’ll also see some of the huge lobsters they get to eat on a regular basis. I’m so jealous.
• Kristal Kraft in Denver takes gorgeous pixs of that mile-high city and of course the Rocky Mountains. She recently took a trip to Arizona with some gorgeous photos of that state’s terrain.
• Teresa Bordman of St. Paul captures that city through her very unique, sometimes humorous viewpoint.
• Dave in Tucson is a favorite for me, having lived there for a brief time. Beautiful scenery all around the desert.

Kristal and Teresa have really honed their photography skills and often shoot using HDR, which gives a very interesting artsy perspective. I don’t yet understand HDR and the layering, but it’s pretty cool what it does to a photo.

If you like viewing photos of something other than soybean or corn fields plus to learn more about these regions, I highly recommend visiting these photo blogs.