Marston Drive Home

Contemporary Remodel on Marston Drive

Home for Sale by Cody Keim,  RE/MAX Dynamic Properties

Twilight Shoot for 2304 Marston Drive

The Home

As soon as I pulled up to our photo shoot appointment, I knew that I would want to come back late at night to get a twilight shot of this home.  Unfortunately for us living in Alaska, twilight doesn't happen until 1 am this time of year.  Luckily my client was willing to stay up late otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get the shot that I had envisioned.  The design and layout of the home is unique to Anchorage, Alaska and I knew that it really would help set this home apart.

The original home was built in 1960 and is still a part of the existing structure as seen from this angle.  The homeowners simply added on the new addition in 2013, both upstairs and downstairs, giving it a new contemporary look and feel.

The Interior

Keeping with the modern exterior design, the interior of the home is furnished with an array of IKEA furniture and Jenn-Air Appliances.  The sun was sitting high in the sky by the time of our appointment and was barely coming through the big beautiful dining room windows, so we decided to bring in some of our own sun, like we have done on so many other homes.  We really wanted to people to see the benefit to those windows.

Main Living Area

Kitchen

Kitchen

The design of the kitchen is refreshing to see, especially here in Anchorage where the majority of homes we photograph are very traditional.

I decided to shoot this a little more like a commercial shoot than a Real Estate shoot due to the design and layout.  There were just too many photographs popping into my mind as I composed each shot.  I ended up filling an entire memory card on just this one home, which is something I rarely due.

I always seem to take my favorite images towards the end of a shoot and this home was no exception.  This image was one of the last I took, and so far is one of my favorites of the entire space.

Kitchen Range

Master Bathroom

Master Bathroom

Master Bathroom

Laundry

Staircase

Living Room

Living Room

We really enjoyed photographing this amazing home!  If you want more information please contact the listing agent Cody Keim at RE/MAX Dynamic Properties in Anchorage Alaska.

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Available to view on Alaska MLS

Alaska's Best Kitchens Magazine Summer 2014

Spring/Summer Edition of Alaska's Best Kitchens Magazine

Recent Work:

Alaska's Best Kitchens Magazine

Over the past 6 years now I have the opportunity to shoot for this magazine and have seen some incredible kitchens along the way.  Alaska has put out some pretty amazing designs over the last few years.

This cover shot had the most unique countertop I have seen to date.  It was a tree from the Red Wood Forest.  I have no idea how they were able to get it out of there, but it was pretty neat seeing it in person.

This kitchen was particularly fun to photograph because of the large windows that would allow all this beautiful sunlight to shine in, if we had sunlight up here.

Two page spread of the Grand Prize Kitchen

Due to scheduling we had to shoot this home in the evening and so we didn't get any sunlight, so we improvised and created our own.  I was really happy with the result and so was the designer.

Modern Remodel

The next kitchen was a duplex in downtown Anchorage that had been renovated.  The homeowners wanted to update their kitchen but also keep the family friendly environment.  K&W Interiors did a great job on pulling this all together and within a pretty tight budget I believe.  One of my favorite things about this kitchen is it's size.  I would say this is a pretty common size for most people's kitchens.  You don't have to have a huge space to create your dream kitchen.

Kenai River Kitchen

The Kenai Kitchen was a lot of fun for us for several reasons;  we were celebrating our 10 year Anniversary, the homeowner is a good friend of ours and we also know the cabinet builder!  There is a lot of history in these cabinets.  Check out the full article for the details on where this came from, it's pretty impressive.  You can pick up a copy of the magazine at Allen & Petersen or on the App Store, if you have an iOS device of course.

We were lucky enough to photograph all of the kitchens featured in this edition of the magazine, so if you want to see more...pick up a copy of the magazine.

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Behind the Scenes

 My lovely bride playing her part as the "Sun"

I always have so much fun when I get to have my wife Trina on set with me.  She is a great help and brings a different perspective on things.  She always seems to come up with a great shot!

This is the same technique I used on the cover shot above to get that nice light coming in from the windows.  

Final image with our "Sunlight" coming through the windows