The work

Three counties. Three very different kinds of homes.

A 1910 brick foursquare in Cañon City, a mid-century modern in the Springs, new construction in Fremont, acreage outside Pueblo. Every one of them got the same care and the same 9 a.m. delivery.

Pueblo County

Exterior of a Pueblo West home with landscaped rock garden and mountains behind — Pueblo West · exterior

Kitchen with a green marble island and copper farmhouse sink — Kitchen

Great room with a lit stone fireplace under a vaulted ceiling — Great room

Primary bedroom with doors opening onto the plains — Primary suite

Clawfoot tub framed by windows over open country — Primary bath

Aerial view of a Pueblo West home, deck and solar array — Aerial · FAA licensed

Living room with an original carved oak mantel and mirrored overmantel — Pueblo · original mantel

Yellow brick two-story with a bay window and covered porch in Pueblo — Historic Pueblo

Original oak staircase beside leaded glass French doors — Oak staircase

Entry hall with an oak door, sidelights and cast iron radiators — Entry

Corner bedroom wrapped in windows with original wood floors — Bedroom

Rear elevation and planted garden of a historic Pueblo home — Garden

Fremont County

Historic brick two-story with a columned front porch in Cañon City — Cañon City · 1910 brick foursquare

Entry hall with charcoal walls, a white staircase and built-in bench — Entry hall

Living room with deep green walls opening to the dining room — Living room

Kitchen with deep green cabinetry and brass hardware — Kitchen

Bedroom with green walls, a fireplace and a spiral staircase — Bedroom · spiral stair

Fenced back deck with sectional seating and string lights — Back deck

Open great room and kitchen with windows onto open country — New construction · great room

Front elevation of a new construction home in Fremont County — New construction

Kitchen with dark cabinetry, island seating and a dining area — Kitchen

Tiled walk-in shower with a pebble floor — Primary bath

Full bath with subway tile and a quartz vanity — Second bath

Open ground and ridgeline seen from the rear of the property — The view

El Paso County

Mid-century modern home in Colorado Springs with red beams, brick and a carport — Colorado Springs · mid-century

Great room with exposed red roof beams and a copper fireplace hood — Great room · copper hearth

Copper fireplace hood against a brick chimney breast — Hearth · second view

Kitchen with oak cabinetry, brick and exposed beams — Kitchen

Sitting room with green walls and exposed beams — Sitting room

Mid-century home framed by mature pines — Street view

Two-story suburban home in Colorado Springs with red siding — Colorado Springs · suburban

Brick rear elevation with a covered patio and deck above — Patio

Kitchen with maple cabinets and a breakfast bar — Kitchen

Primary bedroom with a canopy bed under a vaulted ceiling — Primary suite

Dining room beneath a two-story window wall — Dining

Rear elevation with pergolas, deck and a fenced back yard — Back yard

How I shoot

From the buyer's eyes, not the doorway.

What someone sees walking in the front door, and walking back out. Sitting on the couch. Getting up from the primary bed. Sitting on the back porch — I'll actually sit in the furniture and shoot from where they'd sit.

Light

Flambient

Flash and ambient blended, so colours are true and rooms aren't a wall of orange lamp light. I reshoot until the balance is right.

Honest

Wide, not distorted

Wide angle where it helps, but never so wide the room looks bigger than it is. No fake skies, no radioactive grass.

Sequence

Shot in order

Same order every time, so nothing gets missed. It's also why a prepped home shoots better and faster than one we're tidying as we go.