For the last several years I’ve been ranting about various aspects of what makes an effective real estate photography tour. A few months ago I had the opportunity to partner with two experienced tour developers (Michael and Alfie LaPeter) to create tours that are designed for use by independent real estate photographers (PFREtour.com).  We are still in development but want to evolve this product with the input of real estate photographers. Here is an example of what PFRE tours currently look like.

Here is our current list of feature goals:

1. Extra large photos presented in a clean design that emphasizes photography
2. Tours run automatically if the viewer does nothing
3. Viewers can take control of the tours if they choose
4. Optional Ken Burns panning
5. Visible on ALL platforms with NO downloads required
6. Visible on the iPhone, Blackberry and Android mobile devices
7. Simple clean design with maps, listing info and agent info that stay out of the way
8. Inexpensive with price breaks for volume
9. Photos uploadable from from Lightroom
10. Photos can also be uploaded without Lightroom
11. Branded and unbranded versions
12. Syndication to major real estate sites

How is this product different than other real estate tours?
There are the features that make PFREtour’s different that other tours:

1. PFREtours use Flash (Slideshow Pro) but will degrade to a javascript only tour for iPhones. With this technique you get all the benefits of Flash tours on browsers that are capable of Flash yet the tours still work for those viewers on an iPhone or other mobile device not capable of Flash.

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By Larry

Source: Photography For Real Estate