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How Not to Take Real Estate Photos

A common complaint among home sellers is that photos that are taken to market their home look less than stellar. I know how to take a good photo, but my brother knows how to take a GREAT photo. I know my limitations, and I leave the photo taking up to him.

I saw a wonderfully terrible photo in a listing recently, and it reminded me of just how many factors come into play when photographing real estate. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and this one says more than that. It's a perfect example of things to AVOID when marketing a home!

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Posted by Southern Maryland Real Estate~ Jonathan Benya on 05/07/2009 03:14 PM

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13 Comments on How Not to Take Real Estate Photos

MAY

sometimes it can be so hard to take pictures of rooms! This room for example it just looks like your trying to sell a couch ;)

I completely Agree! The Couch takes up way too much attention in this shot!

With all of the marketing done on-line with virtual tours etc. photos are the drawing and staying power of a potential buyer. It seems best to take the photos when the sun is at it's highest in a day. At least that takes care of one of photo issues. Sometimes shutting the blinds or turning lights and allowing the flash to work does a nice job also. Thanks for the post.

Marcia, What about the dogs humping in the background of the photo? That's what I was referring to....

Jonathan, I was looking at the photo and thought what is wrong with it? It's a little cluttered, then I looked at the window and saw the dog, oh wait two dogs! yikes! too funny.

I thought you were referring to all of the stuff in the space...I didn't even catch the dogs until I saw your comment. Now that's hilarious! I wonder how many people caught that one!

~Chanda (no 'r') :)

MAY

LOL!! I saw that photo several years ago and I thought it was a hoot!! I wonder how quickly that house sold?

Rick- I always get a kick out of this photo! How's business been for you, I haven't talked to you in ages!

MAY

LOL, I was thinking that I had seen many worse room shots than that untill you all mentioned the dogs! Now that is funny!!

Thanks for the laugh!

That's hilarious!!! Sadly enough, the dogs were the first thing I noticed. My eyes always pick up the brightest area of a pic first. Thanks for the chuckle.

Lissa Uder, Your Lebanon MO Real Estate Agent

MAY

Jonathan. I thought that was 2 dogs doing the nasty. Very funny and yes, something to avoid.

JUN

Too Funny. Most of the time the light outside the window is so bright it washes out most to all detail outside. Thanks for the laugh. I will surely keep this in mind when I'm doing photo shoots.

JUL

It's not just taking the photo, it's what happens to it in post-processing.

Here's a comparison of an out-of-a-high-resolution-camera (what the camera sees) image and a High Dynamic Range (what the eyes see) image of a room.

http://sandiegorealestatephotography.com/portfolio.aspx

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