Real Estate Solutions

Big Huge Labs for Real Estate

Big Huge Labs is one of my favorite places to visit when I’m feeling creative. As their website shouts out, “Helping you do cool stuff with your digital photos since 2005.

At Big Huge Labs you will find online photo toys which give you the ability to make calendars, cubes, badges, slide shows and magazine covers from your own digital photos. One of my favorites is the Motivator toy which lets you create a poster with a humorous or inspirational message. I created my twitter background, seen below,  using Big Huge Lab’s Mosaic Maker.

There are plenty of useful real estate applications at BigHugeLabs. Just use your imagination!

PhotoJoJo

I would guess anyone reading this blog owns a digital camera. And like the Photojojo website says “you’ve probably taken a bajillion photos with it.” PhotoJoJo offers creative ideas for your photos many of which you can adapt to real estate. (Ok, maybe not the idea of putting your face on a cupcake.) Photojojo’s twice a week newsletter is a quick read and full of cool tips, projects and even unusual photo “stuff” to buy. While their newsletters are fun and entertaining, they cover serious stuff like how to take family portraits or photos at night.

Get creative with your real estate photography.

There are many choices when editing photos, including Photoshop Elements, a popular choice among amateur photographers. While Picnik may not be able to do everything that PE can do, you’ll find a much shorter learning curve, giving you the ability to easily edit your photos online. Besides the typical tools like fixing red eye, Picnik has some fun stuff like creating borders, drop shadows, and a cool Polaroid feature. Picnik’s basic tools will always be free. Picnik Premium, featuring advanced editing tools, more effects, and more fonts and shapes, is $24.95 per year.  The collage below is just one example of cool things you can do on Picnik!