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Photo Challenge: Elemental

Posted on August 9, 2017 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

How to portray the elements: earth, water, air, and fire? This week the wordPress community has been challenged by Erica V. to show the elements. Here are some examples from along the Northern California coast between Santa Cruz and San … Continue reading →

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Reflecting

Posted on May 10, 2017 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Taking a photo with a camera is all about reflections. We need light to reflect off an object or a place or a person to get those sensors buzzing. Here are a few reflections from the last few weeks that … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: New Horizon

Posted on December 9, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

You probably know the old saying, “Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees.” That well-turned phrase is a good metaphor for my life this past year. For 2017 I resolve to see the trees AND the forest. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Chaos

Posted on November 4, 2016 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Even in the midst of chaos an island of order may appear. See Ben Huberman’s Photo Challenge: Chaos here.

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Photo Challenge: Symmetry

Posted on February 13, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

This week we’ve been challenged to show an image with symmetry by Cheri Lucas Rowlands. Appropriate for Friday the 13th of February. 2+13=15. It appears Cheri likes balance in her life ;-). From a graphics standpoint… symmetry is about balance … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge: Serenity

Posted on January 16, 2015 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

This week we’ve been challenged by Cheri Lucas Rowlands of WordPress to provide our interpretation of serenity. An image that invokes calmness or tranquility. I find it most simple to be at ease when visual stimulus is minimized. Not voided, … Continue reading →

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Two Different Trends as 2014 Comes to Its Final Sunset

Posted on December 31, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Here are employment and housing price data for the Bay Area as of November 2014. Interesting to see that employment and labor force figures continue to trend upward but, outside of San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara (the high-tech … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Posted on March 21, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

What makes a powerful image? Content? Color? Tone? Composition? Graphic elements? Luck? I was working in Marin County one day in October of 2012. On my way home, in the late afternoon, I saw that the Sun was going to … Continue reading →

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Winter Sunset

Posted on January 22, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services
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Fall Sunset

Posted on November 18, 2013 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

While the setting sun painted the Pacific sky into a lovely picture last week the housing prices in the Bay Area were not as rosy. Median home prices squeaked out a small gain in October but sales volume remains low. … Continue reading →

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