213-WGAN-TV on Location | Scanning an $8 Million, Under Construction Listing with a Matterport Pro3 Camera

[Video version (Parts 1 and 2) here: WGAN-TV Podcast] Greater San Francisco Bay area-Hopscotch Interactive CEO & Chief Media Officer Emily Olman (@Hopscotch) scanned an $8 Million Listing (under construction) with a Matterport Pro3 Camera on Saturday (22 July 2023) in Atlanta while I interviewed Emily on video doing this. This WGAN-TV on Location show is for you if: 1. You are a real estate photographer thinking about adding a Matterport Pro3 Camera to your tool kit 2. You have a Matterport Pro3 Camera and want to learn best practices from a long-time Matterport Pro 3. You want to know why the Developer wants a Matterport tour before the construction is completed. 4. You want to see an $8 million 13,000 SQ FT listing - with three kitchens - on two acres in Atlanta. Here is the MLS Listing for: 1890 W Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327 (Emily's Matterport tour and DSLR shot images will be added to the listing by 15 August 2023.0) [During the show, Emily chats with the home's co-owner and co-developer Luke Denny.] Some of the Questions Emily Answers Unfinished Mansion ▶ Why create a Matterport tour (and photos) of the $8 million listing BEFORE it is complete? ▶ Why is this helpful to the developer, investors, real estate agent, homebuyer? Other? ▶ How do you approach creating digital assets of a space? ▶ If the renovations were done in CAD by the architect, how might these files be used? ▶ If the renovations were done not done in CAD and are only available on paper, how might you use this? ▶ Why do you shoot DSLR images before you shoot Matterport? In General ▶ What can go wrong? ▶ How did your bring your Matterport Pro3 Camera (and related gear) on your flight to Atlanta? ▶ Other use-cases for the Matterport As-Built of this house? Tripod Related ▶ When do you use an aluminum tripod and when do you use carbon fiber? ▶ Which tripod are you using (and why)? ▶ Matterport Pro3 Camera height? Bathrooms? Versus Zillow 3D Home? iPad Related ▶ Which iPad (and why)? ▶ Which iPad case (and why)? ▶ Do you use an Apple Pencil (and why) with your iPad? Scanning ▶ How far between Matterport scans?' ▶ Do you wait for the scan to finish on your iPad before moving the Matterport Pro3 Camera? ▶ Stairs: how do you position the tripod legs? ▶ Stairs: what is your tip for helping make sure the tripod does not tip over on the stairs? ▶ Stairs: how many stairs do you move between scans (and why)? ▶ Stairs: what else can you tell us about scanning stairs ▶ Inside: do you hide from the camera (or do you rotate behind the camera)? ▶ Outside: how do you hide from the camera (or do you rotate behind the camera)? ▶ Why open doors before you can see the door in the scan? ▶ How long does it take for the Matterport Pro3 Camera to rotate? ▶ Why are you checking the connection between the Matterport Pro3 Camera and tripod during your shoot? ▶ Where do you do your first Matterport scan? ▶ How do you level the Matterport Pro3 Camera? ▶ Differences between Matterport Pro3 Camera scanning versus the Matterport Pro3 Camera? ▶ How (and why) to clean the Matterport Pro3 Camera lens? ▶ Lens fog? How to transition from cold/inside environment to hot/humid outdoors? ▶ How long does it take to scan with a Matterport Pro3 Camera? ▶ Speed of using a Matterport Pro3 Camera versus using a Matterport Pro2 Camera? ▶ Aside from the Pro3 rotating faster, why can it be much faster to scan with a Matterport Pro3 Camera? ▶ What kind of problems/trouble can you have with a Matterport Pro3 Camera? Lights ▶ This space has lights (and lots of daylight). If not, what would you have done for lighting? Emily did stills with a Tilt-Shift lens. I included a short segment of her doing this in this show too.