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Photography in the Florida Keys - How we do it
Most photography in the Florida Keys is expected to have at least 3 things: blue skies, turquoise water and white puffy clouds. Recent weather conditions have made this requirement a bit more challenging than it usually is, but we are still shooting. We just have to spend more time with edits and post processing.
The Challenges
Sometimes it is a rainy week with 100% cloud cover like we experienced last week. We replace the skies when shooting on days like these, but most folks don’t know that we sometimes have to do that on a sunny day when we have no other option but to shoot directly into the sun. Today, the wind was blowing over twenty-five knots, which makes it a little sporty flying the drone and can cause motion blur on the water due to wave action or difficulty keeping the drone steady. On top of that, the predatory birds were out hunting on every shoot today. Fortunately, a little bit of patience and this technique mentioned in a previous post enabled me to complete each project.
The Advantages
Shooting Florida Keys Photography on an overcast day is certainly possible and can sometimes yield unique images. We call it “Bloodline Style.” Excessive cloud cover reduces the strength of the sun, which makes it easier for balancing light across the entire image or video and can enable us to show more detail in certain areas than we could if the sun were bearing down on us. Sometimes the replaced sky or enhanced water could actually look better than when shooting on the prettiest day. Here are 3 recent photos taken in the Florida Keys. Can you tell which one was taken in between rain showers?
Conclusion
If the weather is not ideal, don’t despair. We’re ready for that too and embrace the opportunity to bust out the blue jeans and rain coats. Besides, if you’re in the Florida Keys and don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes and it will probably clear right up.<
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What a Difference...
Nothing makes my jaw drop more than when we re-shoot a home that has been completely renovated in a short period of time. This exceptional renovated home in Key Largo was photographed this week and in this blog post, we can illustrate the renovations with before and after photos. My camera, flash and editing software also changed considerably during the same 3 year period. I hope you enjoy seeing the transformation as much as I did. This is a live listing that we just shot this week. Click here for the full virtual tour.
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Beachwood Condos - Islamorada, FL
Working in the Florida Keys, it’s not often that I get to shoot a large property that I did not know to exist. Turns out there is an oceanfront condo seemingly without a name on Lower Matecumbe, in Islamorada. Ten whole condo units that I had driven past at least 1,000 times, but never noticed. With no sign or visible name on the highway, I turned to the internet to seek out a name for this newly discovered (to me) condo and found that it is called Beachwood. They look small from the outside, but are actually 3BD/2BA units, all with views of the Atlantic Ocean.
