Recent Twilight Photography

A Victorian mansion in Palo Alto, CA that I recently photographed for one of my real estate clients, Ken DeLeon/DeLeon Realty.

Recent Twilight Photography

Front exterior twilight photo of a home in Los Altos Hills, CA.

Real estate marketing photography for Ken DeLeon/DeLeon Real Estate

Recent Twilight Photography

Actually, this is more sunset than twilight photo, of a large, historic, Monterey Colonial-style home located in Palo Alto, CA

Client: Nancy MacLeod/Homes2Buy

1870 University Avenue

Recent Twilight Photography

Here is a recent twilight photo I did for a real estate listing in San Mateo, CA, for Geoffrey Nelson/Pacific Union International. I can't emphasize enough that twilight photos are not only useful for fancy, luxury properties, but can really highlight more ordinary homes as well. In fact, in some ways they can be even more useful for ordinary homes.

Residential Twilight Exterior

Recent Twilight Photography

A photo I did of 24052 Oak Knoll Circle, Los Altos Hills, CA, for a recent real estate marketing assignment. Client: Ginna Lazar-Lazar Homes.

24052 Oak Knoll Circle

Recent Twilight Photography

323 Castilian Way, San Mateo, CA.

Client: Geoffrey Nelson, McGuire Real Estate

Front Exterior-Twilight

Recent Twilight Photography

Even relatively modest homes can benefit from twilight photography.

Client: Geoffrey Nelson, Mcguire Real Estate.

Recent Twilight Photography

Here is a rear exterior twilight view of home in Los Altos Hills that I shot for a recent real estate listing by Ken DeLeon (DeLeon Realty/Palo Alto).

Rear Exterior

Recent Twilight Photography

Here is an exterior twilight shot of a home in Los Altos, CA, that I did for a recent real estate listing (by Ken DeLeon/DeLeon Realty). I can't emphasize enough the usefulness of this kind of shot for really making a home stand out. While many people tend to think of these kinds of shots in terms of high-end homes, more mainstream homes can benefit as well. However, not all homes benefit to the same degree. It really depends upon the setting and the design of the home. In this case, the home had very large picture windows and nice landscaping, which made it an obvious candidate for this kind of treatment.

Strictly speaking, this was shot at dusk rather than twilight, dusk being the period between sunset and twilight, and twilight being the few minutes between dusk (or dawn) and night. At twilight the light often becomes very blue or even purplish, which has lead people to refer to it as the blue hour (really just a matter of 5 or 10 minutes).

Generally speaking, twilight photos tend to be more dramatic than dusk photos, since there is often more contrast and the colors will be more intense. However, sometimes a more subtle effect is more appealing with some subjects. Sometimes the interior and exterior lighting doesn't balance out as well at twilight, although sometimes supplementary lighting can be added to account for that; however, with supplementary lighting for twilight photos, the result may not always be completely natural looking. Usually the difficulty in this regard is with adding light to the exterior rather than the interior. Even with dusk photos, supplementary lighting can be useful, however. In the case of this photo, I added some light inside the house, to better balance out the light from the windows.

12031 Hilltop Drive, Los Altos

15950 Blackberry Hill Rd., Los Gatos-Twilights

Several twilight photos from a recent real estate marketing shoot for Matt Zampella  (RE/MAX).

Entrance/Wrought Iron Door

Balcony

Pool

Balcony/View

Spectacular Views from Russian Hill

Here are some photos I shot of the marketing of penthouse co-op apartment in the Russian Hill section of San Francisco. 1750 Taylor Street, 24th Floor. You know you are pretty high up when you can look down on Coit Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid.

Recent Work-Interiors

Several interiors photos from a recent high-end real estate job. I had the opportunity to shoot these overall several days, which enabled me to do quite a few twilight interiors (in addition to several twilight exteriors), as well as to shoot the home with a variety of different kinds of daylight.

Living Room

Hall/Staircase

Dining Room

Kitchen

Residential Entrance-Twilight

A twilight photo of the entrance of a newly constructed home in Atherton, CA.

Residential Twilight

Twilight photo of the rear elevation of a newly constructed custom home in Atherton, CA.

14790 Manuella Road, Los Altos Hills, CA

Here is the cover of a brochure for a real estate listing that I shot recently, of large high-end home in Silicon Valley. This is a co-listing by Hanna Shacham, Coldwell Banker, and Ken DeLeon, DeLeon Realty.

956 Addison Avenue Brochure Cover

Here is the cover of the brochure for a home in Palo Alto, CA that I photographed recently.

Palo Alto Twilight

Here is another twilight exterior of a Spanish Colonial style home in Palo Alto that I shot a couple of days ago. Spring is a great time for shooting homes.

Twilight-Palo Alto Victorian

 Here is a a shot I did recently of a Victorian house in downtown Palo Alto. One of my clients uses this for their offices.

  

16490 Lucky Road, Los Gatos

Here are some photos from another recent shoot for a real estate listing, by Carol Jeans of the Sereno Group. Another fun shoot of a really nicely remodeled and decorated home with terrific views.

Woodside Contemporary Home at Twilight

Here is a shot from a job from early last year, of a contemporary home in the hills of Woodside, CA.

I really like the indoor/outdoor feel provided by a very large sliding glass door that opens up from the great room onto a deck looking out on the landscape below.