Over the Top

Okay, maybe not "over the top", but approaching it, compared to the properties I shoot for real estate on a regular basis. The two homes featured this month are spec homes by the same builder; the first is a fairly high-end home in Barton Creek, measuring just shy of 9,000 square feet, and the other is a little more modest at under 6,000 square feet.

This is not a mirrored image, but two 3-car garages...

Yes, That is a fireplace you see to the left...

The smaller house in Steiner Ranch:

Mountain City Secret

Modest in size, but big in luxury, this 2700 square foot home is tucked away in a small community near Buda, Texas. Some of the features and details in this house are high-end, such as transom openings above interior doors, limestone trim throughout (yes, all the white trim is actually machined limestone, not cast faux stone), stained concrete floors and lighting galore.

As with most properties, this home presented some challenges for a real estate photographer. The house was rented and vacated about a day proir to the shoot, and while the carpet was new and the interior paint fresh, the windows were still dirty and a fresh coat of wax on the concrete floors was highly reflective. The views out the windows were of no significance, so I exposed them to bright to to hide the dirty film. The rooms with reflective floors were saved until the sun dropped low enough that it didn't shine directly into the windows.