Brier CreekBrand new home...can't get a good photo....weather won't cooperate...this isn't for the MLS...I just wanted to give my clients a nice change of address card for their new home.

The weather will drive me crazy...I can be a perfectionist at times and can't stand to have a photo without a blue sky.  Buyers don't like gloomy grey skies or poor photo quality.  They want those photos to zing out at them.

pleasantgrand champ What do you think?                     It makes the homes more inviting and more interesting.  I've had buyers ask me for the photos and I willingly forward them to the selling/buyer agent so they can sent them on to their clients.

I care about the images, the photos, the people.  Many folks hire professional photographers in my area.  I have seen their work and am not impressed.  I'll wait for my blue skies.  Do they sell the listings...can't say that anyone has told me that they bought because of the photo.  But I do think buyers make their decisions on what homes to see because of the photo.

First impressions are lasting ones.  If a buyer thinks it is cute...it will be cute.

Important Tip:Don't make the home look better in the picture than it is in person....buyers will be disappointed...and not want to buy the home.  A true picture...in it's best light....gets the best results.

 

7 Comments on Nothing but Blue Skies...

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02
2007
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Yvette:

I wonder how many times the picture in MLS looked better than the subject.

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Many times Bill...there are some people who really know how to use photo shop in this area...they make power lines disappear; create lush landscaping; even fix color issues...LOL
9:25am • #2
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I have photoshop.  I should live so long as to figure out how to or take the time to . . . .

Get that photo, dark day or not.  Just get it.  Folks are buying home, not photos.

All homes look good in photos, except perhaps for the one above surrounded by trees.

9:46am • #3
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I also take the pictures from different angles and crop power wires etc. if possible. I take pictures with both a standard lens and a wide angle.  Even after all of that, I too come back for more if the weather wasn't good.
10:00am • #4
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Yvette,

I have done this too.  I take some photos and get them in the MLS as quick as I can but if I didn't get that blue sky in the background I go back and take more pictures. 

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I think this is why God invented Photoshop, althoughI must admit that it's easier for me to wait for blue skies than to figure out how to do it!
4:53pm • #6
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2007
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I take all my own pictures.  I prefer blue skies but when the weather isn't cooperating...I just take what I can get and go back for more later!  GOOD POST!  Don't photo shop your listing pictures or you're doing the buyers and sellers a disservice!
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