Full Transcript for Jake Edwards Shows His Exact Photography Equipment

let's bring it all together. 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:52.560 Um a little over a year of thought and thinking, should I do it? 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:54.640 until I finally was just pulled the trigger and did it. 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:56.719 So that's kind of what started it off, man. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:57.120 Really? 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:57.359 Yeah. 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:58.319 That's awesome. 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.599 What did you do before you know you got in photography? 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.799 So I was a uh cook at Tamarack Marino. 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:05.040 Okay. 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:10.240 So worked there, did a little bit of kitchen management there, helped them out, Brad Michelle as much as I could. 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:11.759 Absolutely loved my time there. 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:12.400 So wow. 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:17.199 Yep, did that full time before you can do our photos and then you can go back in the back and cook something if nobody's there. 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:18.240 Hey, dang right, man. 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:18.639 Absolutely. 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:19.599 That's awesome. 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:20.800 That's killer. 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:21.680 That's killer. 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:22.159 All right. 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:29.919 So so you started uh, you know, if somebody's listening or watching that's uh interested in photography, do you guys take people on? 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.400 Is that is that a thing as far as that company? 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:33.280 Absolutely. 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:33.680 Okay. 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:43.680 Um now that I started flight school and doing that most of the time, I'm absolutely looking for a photographer, someone to kind of reduce the workload on my end, help me out. 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.199 So if anybody out there does photography work or interested to get started, let us know. 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:50.080 Awesome. 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:50.639 Okay. 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:51.120 All right. 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:57.680 So that's a plug uh that somebody could uh all right, let's ask this if somebody's really interested. 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:01.120 Uh experience needed or or not? 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:04.000 Uh experience preferred, but I didn't have any experience when I started. 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.319 So happy to train you from the ground up. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:07.199 Oh, okay. 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:07.599 Okay. 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:18.719 We're gonna throw some uh as we go through this, you know, little interview here to promote your business, we're gonna go through and put you know, put some of your work up, um, so to speak, that you've done for me at Misty and maybe some others that we get. 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:18.960 Yeah. 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:24.080 How long do you think it took you to get to the level, you know, where you're at as far as you know, the quality? 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:29.520 Um, probably six months roughly of just trial and error. 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:33.280 Uh took a lot of people on for free in the beginning, just to get experience. 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:37.280 Because there's no better way to get experience than to say, hey, listen, I'll do this for free. 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.759 All I ask is for honest feedback. 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:43.039 And if you feel as as if it deserves it, leave an awesome review. 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:44.080 So oh, that's good. 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:44.319 Yeah. 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:44.800 That's good. 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:50.159 How can they get a hold of you as far as uh and we'll put it at the end too, but how can they, what's the best way to get a hold of you? 00:03:50.400 --> 00:04:01.520 Uh shoot us a message on our Facebook, Lux Lens Media, personal Facebook, Jake Edwards, um, Instagram, as well as uh my phone number, which we'll put in the description or on the screen wherever. 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:02.159 Yeah. 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:02.719 Okay. 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:03.520 That's awesome. 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:04.319 That's awesome. 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:07.039 Um, I think it's always important to put that out there, you know, first. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:08.159 We'll put it on the screen too. 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:10.400 And where can they find you on social media, real quick? 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:12.879 Uh, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok. 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:14.479 We'll probably got a couple videos up there. 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:16.560 Is that how you found them? 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:16.959 Okay. 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:17.199 Okay. 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:18.480 I think we followed each other. 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:18.720 Yep. 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:20.399 And then I was like, I'm gonna use him. 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:22.399 And you're perfect pictures ever since. 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.160 I'm pretty sure you're uh you're you're uh you're the one that uh gave me his number. 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:26.720 Yeah, I believe. 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:27.279 Yeah, I did. 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:32.000 And I seen, yeah, I seen let me always, you know, I was like, let me try him out. 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:32.399 Let's see. 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:34.319 And I seen I seen pictures that Misty had. 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:35.600 I'm like, they're better than mine. 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:38.160 So I can't have that. 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:38.879 You know what I mean? 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:40.959 I can't have Misty's listings better than mine. 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:41.759 Hold on a minute. 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:42.639 Hold on a minute. 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:43.279 Let me call him. 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:44.800 Yeah, he does. 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:45.519 He does really good work. 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:54.560 Yeah, we wouldn't, we wouldn't have him on here if we didn't, you know, really, really think he's qualified for other other realtors and other uh people that need

photography, that's for sure. 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:59.199 Any um any weddings, any anything else besides real estate? 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:00.959 So just real estate on my end. 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:02.639 I don't do weddings or anything like that. 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:06.399 What kind of uh what kind of equipment did you start with and what kind of equipment do you got today? 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:07.120 Is it the same? 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:12.079 Or are you uh have you learned anything as far as equipment and uh what do you use? 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:17.920 Um so my camera, uh Sony Alpha 6700, used it from the very start. 00:05:18.079 --> 00:05:27.360 Um when it comes to gear, uh kind of jumped in the very beginning, purchased all my gear and was like didn't know what I was doing, so I needed to make it work, get some money back on that. 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.800 Um use uh DJI Mavic 3 Pro as the drone. 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:31.120 Okay. 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:32.079 Love that thing. 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:33.360 I absolutely love it. 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:35.680 Take that thing on vacations everywhere. 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:43.519 And um, yeah, so did you have to get a uh I think we talked about this the first day I met you probably, but uh drone license? 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.199 Yep, part 1070. 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:46.399 Loved it. 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:51.199 Why did they uh I asked everybody this, it's in the drone world, why do they call it Part 107? 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:52.959 Do you have any idea? 00:05:53.439 --> 00:06:01.360 Uh I believe it is in the uh federal aviation's regulations uh manual, and that's just the section of the book that it's in. 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:01.759 Yeah. 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:04.399 So um it's a very strange name, you know, for a license. 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:05.120 It is very strange. 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.319 So you had to get a state and a US, right? 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:14.399 I think that's what I've had to get back in the day, but it's like in a federal and a state still, or is it yeah, just uh just a federal license. 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:15.040 Federal license? 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:21.439 Federal Part 107 Um drone license, and currently working on my private pilot's license. 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:22.480 So tell us about that. 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:23.600 Yeah, tell us about that. 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:29.040 How how different if you've got that far on pilot license, like for an actual pilot license? 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:29.839 How much different? 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:30.639 How much more? 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:34.720 I mean, I know the the test on the uh unmanned was pretty quick. 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:39.040 I mean, it wasn't I'm not saying it was easy, but at the same time, it didn't have a whole lot of information. 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:43.519 Strangely enough, they have a lot of stuff about the airport, which you can't fly there anyway on the drone. 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:46.079 But what how tell us about the pilot license deal? 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:48.319 Um surprisingly for the private. 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:51.040 Uh last week passed my private pilot written exam. 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:53.199 So that's uh what I think I got under my nose now. 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:58.399 Umprisingly um very similar. 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:04.639 So 60% of what I was asked on that test was about the same as the drone license when it comes to the written exam. 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:04.879 Yeah. 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:09.360 Well, I wondered when I took it, you know, you got to update the drone deal every two years, I think, still. 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:12.879 Um, you know, I would I thought this is a lot of pilot stuff. 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:13.920 And I was like, surely not. 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:14.959 So it is similar. 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:16.000 Uh very similar. 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.480 Though for the private pilot exam, it was similar. 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:21.360 I was in and out of there uh about a half an hour. 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:21.839 Really? 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:26.160 65 questions, and I was like, this felt felt like my drone exam. 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:26.639 Wow. 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:27.279 Mostly, yeah. 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:28.480 That that surprises me. 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:28.720 Yeah. 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:30.160 Yeah, that really surprises me. 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:34.639 What um what are your plans with that private, you know, the license? 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:36.160 Um, I want to go all the way. 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:40.879 So after I finish my private pilots, I want to go right into my instrument and then get my commercial after that. 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:41.439 Really? 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:41.759 Yep. 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:43.839 Hopefully end up as a cargo pilot one day. 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:44.160 Okay. 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.079 Either FedEx, UPS. 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:46.879 That's awesome. 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:49.920 It's kind of the more route I want to go rather than flying people around. 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:51.680 So that's awesome. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:52.240 Okay. 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:52.720 Okay. 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:56.160 So how long do we have to use you as a photographer? 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:57.279 I'm just joking. 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:57.759 I love it. 00:07:57.839 --> 00:07:58.399 No, I'm gonna keep it. 00:07:58.720 --> 00:07:59.279 You're gonna keep doing it? 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:01.040 Okay, I'm gonna keep doing it as long as I can. 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.199 Yeah, if we put you out there and you're like, oh, I'm a pilot now. 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:03.920 So y'all. 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:04.319 No. 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:06.800 Yeah, I'm gonna continue to do it because I love it, right? 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:08.800 This is what's uh got me here, so I gotta keep going. 00:08:08.959 -->

00:08:09.279 That's awesome. 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:10.800 Yeah, we don't want to lose them, that's for sure. 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:12.079 No, no, that's for sure. 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:18.000 Yeah, we might have to we might have to call the FAA if you uh if you quit doing our photography, you might be like, hey, he did this. 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:19.439 I'm just joking. 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:20.560 Totally joking. 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:22.240 I would not do that, I promise. 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:23.519 That is cool. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:28.879 So you got your equipment, you got your drone, you got your license for the drone unmanned 107. 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:33.440 Um tell us about electronics, you know, for for the nerds like me. 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:38.799 Like you you pull it off the camera, like I've actually got alphas in here that we're shooting on alphas today. 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:41.440 They're a little bit different, they're a little dumbed down from what you use. 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:47.360 They're probably 6400 alphas, but they are Sony Alphas, what you're watching this video on. 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.320 Um so he's got a little better camera than I got. 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.320 I'm a little jealous of that, but that's okay. 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:53.039 That's okay. 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:54.080 Uh, what do you do? 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:58.720 You shoot you shoot somebody's, you know, uh property and you're pulling it off. 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:00.960 SD card, wired. 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:02.399 Uh SD card, yep. 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:03.039 SD card. 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:05.440 So you do the SD card into what kind of machine? 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:08.000 What kind of um editing and stuff do you use? 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:10.240 So actually uh Or is that a secret? 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:10.799 Nobody knew. 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.039 No, no, I'm I'm happy to let you know. 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.879 Uh we got an editor overseas, so he does a lot of our editing work. 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:18.960 See, kind of while I'm asleep at night. 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:19.360 Awesome. 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:27.840 And then the next morning I'll get everything sent over and uh I kind of review it, put it in Adobe Lightroom if I need to do some touching up on some lights and stuff like that. 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:31.600 Um for those that don't that don't know, Adobe is no joke. 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.399 Like you have to have a pretty much a college education to get through Adobe. 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:35.360 More than that. 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.440 It's for somebody that hasn't had it. 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:40.720 Yeah, if you don't have it, Adobe's like, what? 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:41.759 Where do you go? 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:43.440 You'll sit there for one picture forever. 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:44.000 Oh, right? 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:45.279 It's like a NASA command center. 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:46.159 It is it is bad. 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:46.799 Crazy. 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:47.519 Yeah, it is bad. 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.440 It took me forever to figure out how to do it. 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:53.039 I'm like, I'm gonna stick in the light room here because I get into Photoshop and it's too much. 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:53.840 Yeah. 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:54.720 All right. 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:58.399 So you've got an editor, he sends it back, you send it to the client. 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.279 And I like that you've got, uh, we'll try to put this on there too. 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:06.639 I I like that you've got like a site for that customer, for that property. 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:09.279 It's not just, oh, I'm gonna email you a bunch of photos. 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:10.960 It's tell us about that. 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.600 Tell us about that end product, so I won't get it wrong. 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.879 Tell us about what you're giving somebody as a realtor, you know, realtor. 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:19.840 Let's just say I call you up today, which actually I do have one for you to do. 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:20.960 I can speak on this. 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:21.279 Yeah. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:25.840 He does marketing, like there's marketing brochures that you can put the photos in. 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:27.200 That's a website. 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:27.360 Yeah. 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:28.799 Tell us about that. 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:35.600 Tell us, tell us a little bit more about the end result as a realtor that calls you and says, Hey, I want you to do this property. 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:36.799 What do they get? 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.519 So we offer everything. 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.879 Um uh you get a floor plan that comes with it. 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:45.440 Um, everything's organized though on the back end. 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:49.600 So when the agent gets their pictures, they're not gonna be jumbled up and everything like that. 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.600 It's already rearranged. 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:56.399 You do get the property website with every single shoot, no matter what, the marketing materials. 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:04.559 If you just like some plug and play type stuff for your social medias, um just trying to make everything as efficient as possible for the agent. 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:06.399 That's that's what I see too. 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:11.120 Because I was actually we've used photos, you know, photo people before here and there sporadically. 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:17.600 But when I seen your, you know, your end product, I was like, man, this guy's got floor plans, he's got a website. 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:21.039 What did you think the first time that you you know seen his product? 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:21.759 What did you think? 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:22.879 I was like, this is cool. 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:24.639 It's a lot more than just photos.

00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:25.519 Oh yeah. 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:30.159 It's I'm sorry, it's super organized too, and you know, it is it's hard not to follow it. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:31.679 Like you can't get lost on it, you know. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:32.320 That's right. 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:33.840 You can just click here and there it is. 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:41.039 He's got a basically a site, you know, for you know, you can share that and it's got all the photos and that kind of thing. 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:42.799 You've done video for me before too. 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:44.320 Um tell us about that a little bit. 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:52.399 Like how many, how many customers, realtors, if you will, on uh property, how many choose to do the video, a little bit of short video and stuff? 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:57.279 Uh when it comes to video, um over the last year I would say it picked up a lot. 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:01.919 So now we're looking at about sixty percent of our clients are getting video as well. 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:02.399 Yeah. 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:04.720 Um, which I highly recommend. 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:05.039 Video. 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:06.000 Video is great. 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:06.320 Yeah. 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:08.960 Uh especially getting you out there as an agent and stuff like that. 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:09.600 I agree. 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:14.480 Um, highly recommend videos uh for the agents and their own personal marketing. 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:15.039 Yeah. 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:21.919 I mean, you're the only ph photographer that I know uh that's got this gonna be getting a uh real pilot license, not just the drone license. 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:22.720 That's cool. 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:28.399 Um and then you're not going to uh stop photography to uh pilot a plane. 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:29.759 We've got your commitment on that. 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:31.279 You got my commitment on that. 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:33.200 Not gonna stop with the photography. 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.440 In two years gonna be like, where is Jake? 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:36.159 Where is Jake? 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:37.039 No, it's Jack. 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.679 Um tell us about your future, like um future family plans. 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:43.519 We'll get we'll get as personal as you want to go. 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.000 Like, what it what is what's going on in your personal life? 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:48.399 Uh so I have a fiance, her name's Aubrey. 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:48.799 Okay. 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:51.200 Um see, he plugged her, he did the right thing there. 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:51.919 Yep. 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:56.559 Uh don't want to uh not gonna be getting married till after flight school. 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:05.360 So that's kind of the plan, and that's kind of the thing that we had talked about is you know, flight school, let's get that behind us, and then we can do the uh fancy wedding like she wants. 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:05.919 Awesome. 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:06.879 That's sweet. 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:12.320 Now the question is is who is gonna do Jake's photos for his wedding? 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:13.440 See, I don't know. 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:20.960 That's a good question because you're gonna be the biggest, not the biggest you know, critic, but at the same time, you're gonna know like this is bad, this is good. 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:22.799 Like who's gonna take that on? 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.759 I'm gonna have to do a lot of research, that's for sure. 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:27.440 A lot of research. 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:30.399 Because one, they can be extremely pricey. 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:34.639 And uh depending on who you get, you know, I want somebody with experience. 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.279 Yeah. 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.559 Yeah, for sure. 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:37.679 For sure, for sure. 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:46.559 I mean, you've got yeah, you've got enough knowledge, you know, on the camera world and all that to really, to really be, you know, a critic as far as what you're gonna get, you know, in the long run. 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:52.240 And plus two, you know, your future wife is gonna want a certain quality and a certain this and a certain that. 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:52.960 I promise you that. 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:55.600 It's not promise you it's not just gonna be your decision. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:56.879 Thousand percent. 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:57.759 Absolutely. 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:01.360 I do not want to see how mad she would get if she got some bad pictures back from her way. 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:02.639 No, no, no. 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:04.320 No, not absolutely not. 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:05.840 Where are you from, actually? 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.679 From Southmont, North Carolina. 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:09.679 So Lexington, High Rock Lake area. 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:11.039 Okay, so always been here? 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:12.399 Always been here, yes, sir. 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.679 Always been here, local. 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:14.159 Okay. 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.840 Your fiance's local as well. 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.799 So again, we're gonna we're gonna make him commit not to move away, too. 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.679 We got another thing. 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:20.799 You're not gonna move away. 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:21.759 Not moving away. 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.240 Okay. 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:24.639 Hopefully be based out of Charlotte one day at Charlotte Airport. 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:25.840 Okay, oh yeah, yeah. 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.320 For the podcast. 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.519 That's the goal, but we'll see. 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:30.080 You know, obviously things never go as planned in aviation. 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.039 Right, that's true. 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:32.000 That's true. 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:33.279

What's your good email? 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:36.080 Just so we can have it verbal for the podcast, the audio deal. 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:41.120 What's a good email for you that they can email you if they if they uh need a request there? 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:44.960 Email super simple, Jake at luxlensmedia.com. 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:46.799 So about as easy as it gets. 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.519 It is good. 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:48.000 Okay. 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:56.159 And if they I noticed that I don't do a good enough job on this, but they can also put it on the website as far as a request, right? 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:57.840 You can actually schedule, I believe. 00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:58.240 Yes. 00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.039 You can, yep. 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:00.720 And you'll get an email directly. 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.120 Yep. 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.720 He probably wishes I used that. 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:05.840 I used that the first or maybe the second time, and then I was just texting. 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.480 Yeah. 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:08.879 I do text and say, Hey, are you busy on this day? 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:10.000 And and then I'll put it in. 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:10.720 Put it in. 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:10.960 Yeah. 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:12.159 I I need to do better. 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.080 What is your goal on the photos? 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:17.440 Like, you know, are you trying to build it uh to a certain level? 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:19.519 Are you pretty comfortable where it's at now? 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:21.200 Uh pretty comfortable. 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:27.039 Um not trying to take on too many, too many people as a solo operator right now. 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:30.080 Um again, always looking for a photographer. 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:35.039 So if anybody has any experience or just interested, I'm happy to give you a shot. 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.720 Um that's awesome. 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.039 Yeah. 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:42.000 But when it comes to that, right now my focus is photography and flying airplanes. 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:42.799 So I love it. 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.600 That's killer. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.399 That's killer. 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:48.480 So he's also, you know, we're advertising him and he's also throwing out a job possibility. 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:52.720 So if anybody uh out there is interested in a he's pretty good though. 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:54.879 So don't don't feel like you're gonna have to be at his quality. 00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:56.960 He can train you, I'm sure, but he's pretty good. 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.600 He's pretty good. 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:58.480 So he is. 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:02.559 Yeah, don't don't come in and think uh you're gonna call him or you're gonna be just as good the next day. 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.600 How far do you go out? 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.639 Like as far as photos. 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:08.480 Like if if we have because we've got Raleigh and Charlotte and all this, we got commercial MLS. 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:12.159 If somebody sees in our reach, how far is too far? 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:14.720 Um I don't want to answer that. 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:16.240 Well, put him on the spot. 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.919 I've I've been all the way to the beach. 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.320 Okay. 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:19.679 So that's about three and a half hours. 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.399 But that's pretty far. 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:23.919 I don't I don't ever put a travel fee on anything less than an hour drive. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.759 So I try to stay within an hour. 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.000 Anything more, be a slight fee on that. 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:30.720 But besides that, try to help out as best as I can. 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.519 That's awesome. 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:32.320 That's awesome. 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:37.440 So I think um realtors around in the triad can definitely hit him up. 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.960 Um, he's got he's got HIPAA Realty seal of approval over here. 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:43.279 So we appreciate you coming in today. 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:45.679 Um Yeah, we're gonna plug you. 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:47.679 I'd like to have you again, obviously. 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:53.200 Uh maybe after the wedding, we'll see how the wedding went and see if uh your your wife liked the photographer that you picked. 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.799 No pressure. 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.440 No pressure. 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:55.919 Yeah. 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.960 Right on. 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:02.320 If anybody needs photography at all in the real estate world, definitely, definitely give him a call. 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.519 Thank you guys.