Carol Grape to Offer Her Wisdom on Real Estate Photography #REBCDEN

Carol Grape is came highly recommended to me several years ago when I was looking for speakers for REALTOR Rally.  Carol volunteered to help and has been a steady supporter always willing to pitch in when needed.  Carol’s photography talent is well placed in real estate and she is very popular due to her willingness to share.

Personally I’m a tad jealous of her, not only because she gets to take pictures all day, but because she is named after my favorite color and gets to wear it all the time!  It’s just not fair!

Let’s welcome Carol to the REBC Blog, please tell us about yourself…

I am really a sculptor who makes a living as a real estate photographer.  I grew up in the Maine, went to grad school in Ohio, lived in NYC for 6 years, then moved to Northern KY with my husband for 15 years. We have been in Colorado (in Ken Caryl) for 6 years this summer and love it. We try to ski 10-15 times a year.

How long have you been in the real estate industry?  What did you do before?

I have owned my business, grape imaging since February of 2005. Before that and moving here to Colorado I was an adjunct instructor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and Thomas More College. Just before leaving KY, I was the Chair for the Master of Arts in Art Education program at the Art Academy, as well as the Gallery Coordinator. I was also working actively on exhibiting my sculpture.

Tell us about your company.  How long have you been working there?  What services does your company offer in the real estate industry?

In my company, grape imaging, ltd I do photography and virtual tours for real estate, custom design flyers, postcards and brochures and design PowerPoint Presentations and Listing Proposals. www.grapeimaging.com

Are you involved in social media?

I am involved in social media a bit. I stay active on Facebook and have a blog, on which I am not as active as I should.

How do you use social media to leverage your business?

I use Facebook not only to show my personal side but to also promote tours that I do for my clients.

I use my blog http://grapeimaging.wordpress.com to primarily give good tips to those Realtors and offices that are doing their own real estate photography. I feel that doing the blog shows off my expertise as a real estate photographer.

How can your product/service benefit those in the real estate industry?

My goal is to promote an excellent visual presence on all real estate websites. I would love to see those fuzzy, dark, dismal photos that show up on mls sites across the country disappear and replaced with well lit, well framed, crisp images for the consumer to view.

Are you coming to REBC Denver and would you like to present a topic? Which topic?

I will be at REBC and would love to offer any information to participants on real estate photography and virtual tours.

How can we contact you?

cgrape@comcast.net or 720.981.3943