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Realiant Media Minute

Meet Jason May, Realiant's Operations Manager

Get to know Jason May: how he got into photography, what leading a student photo team taught him and why he makes time to talk on every shoot.

  • EpisodeMedia Minute
  • Published
  • Runtime21:17
  • HostScott Kemp, Owner of Realiant Photography
  • GuestJason May
Scott Kemp presenting a Realiant Media Minute about getting to know Jason May

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About This Episode

Jason May is Realiant Photography's Operations Manager and one of the photographers agents meet on shoot day. In this longer conversation, Scott Kemp asks him where he started and how he likes to work.

Your photographer walks through a seller's home, often without you there, and photographs closets and other private spaces. Scott explains why he hires for people skills as much as camera skills, and Jason talks about keeping the work consistent from one house to the next, whatever shape it is in.

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Watch the 21:17 conversation for the full story, including a few of the stranger houses the team has photographed.

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Key takeaways

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  • A decade behind the camera. Jason started on a hand-me-down Canon Rebel from his grandmother, then shot sports and led a photo team of about 24 students at Oregon State's Orange Media Network.

  • People skills come first. Scott will not hire a photographer who makes agents or homeowners uncomfortable, however talented, because the team often works in sellers' homes without the agent present.

  • Consistency is the hard part. Jason says the biggest challenge is giving an ordinary house, a neglected one and a mansion the same quality of work, sometimes on the same day.

  • A few minutes of conversation matter. Scott encourages photographers to take time to talk with agents and homeowners instead of rushing in and out.

  • Off the clock. Jason plays slow-pitch softball most of the summer, hikes and car camps around Oregon, and shares his home with two large orange cats.

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