In this recorded presentation, Joe Homs introduces Sean of Spotlight Photography, who walks through the company’s comprehensive real‑estate visual services covering Northern and Southern California, the desert, and Washington. Sean details the company’s photography approach—wide‑angle and detail‑focused HDR images captured with three‑bracket blending, custom editing (object removal, Photoshop enhancements, virtual twilight), and staging capture. He highlights drone capabilities, including aerial stills of landmarks and drone video that adds interior footage. The firm offers Matterport 3‑D tours with 3‑5 scans per room, complimentary 2‑D floor plans, dollhouse views, and fully renamed rooms. Additional services include virtual staging per photo, custom client websites with responsive sizing, and smooth 4K videography using handheld Ronin rigs. Pricing is broken down into packages and à la carte options: Matterport starts at $224 (0‑3,000 sq ft), videography from $399, drone photography $75, drone video $299, virtual staging $35 per photo, with volume discounts for agencies with 250+ agents and $25 off for first‑time clients. Turnaround is as fast as 24 hours, with 24/7 availability. Contact methods include email (sean@spotlighthomephotos.com), a booking form (booking@spotlighthomephotos.com), and phone, with promises of quick response and extensive Photoshop editing services.
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Okay, agents, today we have, uh, Sean from Spotlight Photography who is going to walk us through his website. Um, they do photographs of homes from Northern California, Southern California, and out to the desert. So I'm, I'm curious to hear what he has to present. Sean, take it away.
All right. Thank you for the introduction, Joe. Yeah, we also do have servicing in Washington as well. So we are a scaled-out photography service. What I have here is samples of our photos that we have. What we'd like to do is we also focus not only on the wide angle, but also the detail-oriented photos here. So as you can see in the— in these kitchen photos, we also get the chandeliers that come over. Here we also get the views. We incorporate that as well because we are aware that that's a main selling point for sellers also. And in my experience, I've also taken photos of Airbnb units, and that way they're able to see the immediate amenities that are in these properties as well. So if you see these cabinets here, we could also open them up and show all the plates and If there's any coffee makers, if that is a need for any of the, uh, your agents, we have that service available as well. And these, you can see, we, we focus here also on the, the staging that is presented in the properties so that homebuyers could get an idea of how they can lay out their, their property. And also drone photography is one of our specialties. We're able to get drone photography of the immediate facilities around, such as downtown areas, shopping centers, any parks. And also the views we, we find important as well. Where I live, there's a photo of that we capture usually of Mount Diablo, and that's a popular hiking place for, for residents to visit. So we like to include that a lot in our drone photography. So even any landmarks and monuments, we, we surely do capture that in our photos. As you can see, these are, these are HDR photos. So once we take them, we use the 3 brackets of the photos that we take, and we blend these all together so, so you could get an NMLS-ready photo. For your listing. And this is even included is also a custom photo editing option. So just say if there was an object here that you would like removed, we could blend that with the wall easily. Or if we're in the front of a house, we can also Photoshop any cars that are there. And that way it adds to the overall presentation. This is a photo I actually personally took myself. I wanted to show the relative distance from the entrance to the living room and also show there's a staircase here as well. And the way we take the photos also that I see with not a lot of other photographers is that we have the ceiling and the floor matching the same volume for the most part. And here's more photos. We like to also capture the height of the ceiling so that we could see if there's any sunroof amenities and also the angle. We have it so it's 3-panel so that there's a better sense of depth for our viewers of the room and the space here. One thing I also want to point out is our services, they do go over to also Matterport. So we do 3D tours as well, and that is an add-on that you can have. And with— along with that, you could also have a complimentary 2D floor plan to go along with these assets. And another thing I appreciate about our company is that we, we have this artistic vision to go along with it. As you can see, this is a a horizontally and vertically sound photo here that we like to capture, and it draws more of to the eye for the viewer. And also, one other thing that we have started doing is including free websites for each of our, our clients. So if you have a website that you want to link from your MLS to These photography assets, we actually create that link for you, and you're also able to customize the size of the photo so that it's either for your mobile or your desktop application. And I can show you the Matterport that we do here. Very comprehensive. For each room, we do at least 3 to 5 scans so that you could So that the viewer could have a, a tour of the entire premises. And here's also the dollhouse view that we have. And we fully customize it. We even rename each room: exterior, entry, interior, the kitchen, all the way to the, the exterior of the house as well. So they'll also get photos of the front deck. Where they can see the backyard amenities. And then this property in particular has several decks, so they're even able to see a view from this, this, this scan here as well, all parts of the house. And one of the last services that we do offer, and it's very popular amongst our clients, is the videography. So with videography, we're able to showcase the property as it is. We also put music over it as well, and it's also customized with the address showing on the front clip for the property. As you can see, it's a mix of both drone photography and also Our handheld Ronin, um, our handheld Ronin, uh, tripods. So as you go through it, it's very smooth transitions. You also get the details of the staging as well, so we can show that off. And then also of any lighting fixtures, we definitely make sure we highlight that.
Mm-hmm.
And just the overall experience of it, you can see we have the spout Going on as well, and then we have videos of all the rooms shown in smooth fashion. And here we also have more more view videography as well. That's something that our agents like to have so that our clients they can see the actual 4K. Definition of the properties. And as far as availability, we are available on a 24/7 basis. We don't take the weekends off. And as far as turnaround time, we can get these photography assets to you in as little as 24 hours. So you can expect to have your photography assets back to you By the next morning. And yeah, if you do have any questions, please do let me know. My email is sean@spotlighthomephotos.com. Feel free to reach out to me, and I appreciate you letting me show you this presentation. And yeah, thank you, Joe, for having me as well.
Yeah, absolutely. I was gonna ask you about the prices, but you're there kind of. Can you go down to the à la carte prices? What is that?
Of course. If you do not desire the Photos and Matterport packages here, you can also have the photos as well. For our photography, we have special pricing for branches such as yourself that have 250 or more agents. But for the à la carte, for example, since you're— since Our agents sometimes are first-time clients. We do give them the option of either $25 off for the à la carte or even the packages, and they also have the option to to procure two virtual virtual staging rooms of their choice inside the property. So we can have the primary bedroom be be virtually staged with furniture, or we could also have the living— and we could also have the living room virtually staged, which would also— which would come out to a $70 value for virtual staging. So we do offer Matterport as well, à la carte. That is $224 between 0 and 3,000 square feet. You can see it does go up nominally for each square footage, and then our videography starts at $399 for, for the 0 to 3,000 square feet. And also for the add-ons, we have drone at $75. So if you do book a photography appointment with us, you could add drone on for $75. And also our virtual staging is $35 per photo. We also have the custom domain we're talking about, free for first-time users, and also the photography slideshows that we offer so that you could showcase that on your MLS as well. Yeah, Joe.
Yeah, the difference— I'm sorry, go back down to add-ons. The difference between the drone and a drone video, um, can you explain the price difference?
Most definitely. So for the video rendering, our editors, they do take more time to put the clips together. And for the drone video, uh, the reason why it's priced at $299 is it also encompasses the, the overall videography of the amenities around you, such as a park, or it could be a downtown district. And for drone, just regular drone, that is our drone photography service. So that one we also do the front exterior photos for. The property, and we also did the backyard photos as well as the surrounding amenities, such as if there was a popular hiking trail that was nearby or if there was a downtown district. That is more still photos rather than drone video. But if you do the videography, which is $100 more than the drone video, then you actually also get the interior videos as well. To go along with it, and you also get those surrounding facilities that we video. And when I did this one time, I did it for a dentist's office, and we we did the the interior of the where the the patients have their teeth cleaned, and then also the office space, and as well as the surrounding facilities. So this is not only limited to residential but also commercial.
Okay, and can you click on Contact Us?
Of course.
Okay, is this the best way to get a hold of you?
And this is one of the— yes, this is the best way to get a hold of us as far as contacting us with any custom requests, or if you just want to learn more about us. You could also give us a call here, and we also have our email booking@spotlighthomephotos.com. If you do fill out this form, it will be redirected to the booking@spotlighthomephotos.com email, and we do get back to you as soon as possible. So if you have certain gripes with the property, such as, hey, this wall hasn't been painted yet, but we're planning to paint it, could you Photoshop this for us? We get back to you, and in a case like that, we are able to actually Photoshop that wall and have it cleaned up for the NMLS. So our Photoshop editing services are quite extensive when it comes to object removal and also any paint problems, or even if you want to do a virtual twilight which we have down here as well. Virtual twilight is a photo such as this where it adds a sky in a purplish sunset type of manner. So that is something we also offer. But back to your question, this is the best way to reach us, and our phone lines are always open as well.
Perfect. Okay. Yeah, this is exactly what I needed. I appreciate your time. And, uh, I'll go ahead and, I'll go ahead and end the recording here.
