Here is how to make your MLS pictures better in Portsmouth, Va.  This is a lovely little vacant home in the Prentis Park area of Portsmouth, Va.  The listing agent has done a good job of staging the home.  I really wasn't taking this for the MLS picture but thought I could show what you can do with about 5 minutes worth of work in Photoshop Elements 7 and a little thinking a head. 

I took the first picture to show what the room looks like without any adjustments.  The walls and plant are pretty well exposed but as typical the windows are blown out.  Not wanting to go back out to the house I took a second picture.  This time I exposed for the window and turned on the flash.  If you have a point and shoot camera, turn your flash to be on all the time or forced, then aim your camera right at the window and push the shutter halfway down, now compose your shot and take the picture.  It should come out something like the second picture here.  The windows come out great but the sofa a little dark.  That is what photo shop is for.

I took the second picture into Photo Shop Elements and went to enhance.  I enhanced the Shadows by 25% (this works on a lot of dark pictures).  The next thing I did was clone out the light that was shining onto the carpet and the wall.  It took about five minutes.  Of course there were probably a few more things I could have done like compose better but this was really a picture just for me.  The results are in the third picture.  At least it is pretty good for a MLS picture.

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