My First Virtual Tour

Well, well, well, I surely was feeling a little green, all nervous and not really knowing what I was getting into, and why on earth did I say “YES, absolutely, I am ready!” when a real estate agent asked me if I could come over and shoot a virtual tour?

Anyway, here I am, driving to my first virtual tour in Lawrence, KS and boy oh boy was I feeling the pressure. The real estate agent had previously used another virtual tour company called Visual Tour and he just wanted to compare the quality and feature sets with those of my product. Did I mention it’s my first virtual tour?

Still nervous, but ringing the doorbell, the show must go on. I get started and after 35 minutes I had taken the living room, dining room and kitchen area in all possible angles. At that point my camera tells me: No memory card. Luckily, at that moment, the real estate agent is chatting, as he would have probably called 911 seeing the color of my face draining out. I shook my camera a little bit, just to remove the bad spell, but no, the message is still there. So, I decided to turn off the camera, praying with all I got that it turns back on and miraculously, that this nasty message goes away. NO instead I get the wretched error message yet again “Memory card MAY BE defective”

Another silent moment goes by. Then I hear some steps: “ Is everything all right Kate?” Another long silence goes by. “No” (At that point, he probably didn’t hear my answer). Bravely, I decided to remove the card, not really knowing what will happen, (Eh, everything could disappear), I put it back into the camera but I still can’t get access to any pictures taken earlier and it won't let me take any more photos either. My mind is racing as I try to think of where the the closest Best Buy/Target/Walmart or ANY store that would have a memory card.

I am thinking it will take at least 30 min back and forth … I am dead… just bury me now. Forget, I exist. But I didn’t have to do anything. My angel real estate agent turns to me, and says: “Why don’t you try my palm pilot memory card?”… It worked.

I went home, with sweating palms, praying (again), that my first 30 min of pictures are ok, and yes they were. I am missing one 120 pano, and of course the 12th picture of the kitchen-dining panorama… but not too bad. Could have been way way worse.

So bottom line, YES A MEMORY CARD can fail on your first tour. And yes, I will always have two cards with me from now on. I still had a very good time, and I am looking forward to doing many more virtual tours.

Check my first tour on my web site (under example): www.lawrenceVirtualTour.com



PS: I know, my pictures are not the best (yet), a little bit over-exposed… But the house was very dark! What can I say? I know it will only get easier and easier with every virtual tour.

Kate Huchet
Lawrence Virtual Tour Company
www.lawrenceVirtualTour.com
Order a Virtual Tour - 785-764-2552

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