Dear Home Seller, Please Demand The Best Photos Of Your Listing!

Too often I see lousy listing photos taken by either an agent or the seller. I've even considered making a coffee table flip book for terrible home photos, we laugh but it's really not funny. As the seller client, you should demand to approve the photos before they are officially listed online.  The main idea here is to capture as much of a room as possible and showcase the functionality of the home, that means including some of the ceiling and floor, this helps to show depth in a room.  Toilet, shower curtain, and bed close-ups don't do a room justice,  If you aren't using a wide angle lens then don't include that photo.  If you have captured the true essence of the home in the other photos it's ok to leave something to the imagination.  I'm not a big fan of wide angle lenses because they make the room look like it's being viewed through a peep hole.  Many times I've taken a buyer to a home and they say "the pictures online made the home look much bigger then it is".  I prefer to picture the home exactly as it is so buyers feel the pictures are truly representative of what they are seeing in person.   

Take a minute to look through the camera lens before taking the photo, and remove anything that doesn't need to be in the photo, such as that bottle of glass cleaner on the coffee table or breakfast dishes in the sink, or dirty laundry on the bed.

The last thing I'd like to discuss is dark photos, my number one pet peeve.  I look at some photos and cannot believe that the agent looked through and felt they were ok to include online.  There are so many programs you can use to brighten up and enhance photos.  Two things to keep in mind, photos are representative of our efforts and home buyers DO judge by what they see online.


Christopher Pagli - www.WestchesterCountyRealEstateMarket.com
Real Estate Associate Broker
Accredited Buyer Representative
William Raveis Legends Realty Group
914.332.6300 office
914.406.9023 cell

Chris@LegendsRealtyGroup.net
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