My Editor vs AI vs ME — Who Edits Real Estate Photos Better?

Same photo. Three edits.
One by me. One by my editor. One by AI.
Can you guess which is which?

In this video, I put Fotello’s AI photo editor up against both my human editor and myself using my real estate presets. I wanted to see who could edit the same HDR brackets better — faster, more realistic, and more consistent.

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After 9 years of shooting thousands of homes and running a six-figure real estate photography business, I’ve learned that speed matters… but so does the soul in your photos. So what happens when AI starts competing with artists?

This experiment honestly changed how I look at editing — and how I might deliver photos in the future.

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