Home Staging Advice - Try Different Exterior Home Shots

Hi Beth,

 I think aerial shots can be a great way to set listings apart.  I also think most agents are NOT very good photographers.  Just little things like taking the picture from the opposite side of the driveway would help alot.  Perhaps we should write a basic "How to photograph houses" for all my colleagues!

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Aerials are really smart around Austin when listing farm and ranch properties.  As for other residential property, there is a guy I met last summer who had an interesting alternative to taking pictures from a plane.  His business is Periscope Photography.  This guy has a telescoping pole on the back of his pick-up with a camera mounted on it.  Check it out -

Arial Photo's. Virtual Tours anything to make your property stand apart from the competition. So take a lot of pictures and if you can do all of the above.

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Thanks for the info about Periscope Photography, Sam!  I have them bookmarked. 

The following photo is on my 131 acre listing - it was actually taken by the owner as a birthday gift for her husband one year.   It's very useful in giving an idea of the layout of the place. 

I'm own a 360 virtual tour company servicing the greater Nashville TN metro-area. 

Great observations by all, and a few comments of my own

(1) the majority of realtors take very poor photos.  No tonal-correction, color-correction, brightness/darkness correction, and they rarely "sharpen" the photo (digital cameras are notorious for taking soft images).

The need to have images (that my firm didn't take) corrected was so vast that I'm now offering anciliary services for doing these image corrections myself for a small fee - as little as $0.50 per photo - and the response I've had has been huge.   I wouldn't post a used-car ad onine with some of the sorry photos that realtors use to post homes worth over $200,000!    (see the results for yourself at my website - www.nashtp.com - under the "pricing tab" - scroll down towards the bottom to the "PicFix" solution and click on the "see examples" link.

(2) taking pictures from different views is vital.  I've had countless home-owners and realtors comment on how subtle changes the angle of view alters their perception of the property and makes the initial image UNIQUE - people click and view anything unique.

(3) Aerial satellite views are taking off somewhat in my area.  They are hot in some markets and cool in others.  As one user suggested, I would recommend Google Aerials.  Of course, a friend with an airplane and a camera work too!

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Getting a different angle can add so much information.  I take aerial shots from a radio controlled airplane and can get a much different perspective than you can get from street level.

Neighborhood shot: 

 This rear view would be difficult or impossible since it is on a hillside.

 Another interesting angle:

Brian,

Try my correct website address - www.nashvtp.com instead :)