Shine the Light
On days like this one, while NY is awaiting yet another Nor'easter to pass through our fine city, gray, blustery and wet is all you can expect to see outside.
Perhaps, you have an appointment to take home photos. If rescheduling is an option, that's definitely the way to go because natural light is always best. But, if for one reason or another, your appointment can't be changed or there are rooms with less desirable sunlight exposure or just spaces that have no windows at all, what can an agent do?
Professional photographers know that time of day, camera direction and weather are super important in capturing that special shot. However, if there isn't the flexibility of time and/or money to accomplish that, from a consumer perspective, do photos taken in artificial light work well enough to showcase a room and all it has to offer?
In other words, is that yellow glow a major distraction to the buyer or does it serve the intended purpose?
While natural light ranks very high on many of our must-haves, we've all been to homes where the blinds appear to be perpetually closed and homeowners have to be cajoled into opening them up and airing things out a bit.
In all liklihood, probably not every home buyer cares. As long as you're not staring at room pics taken in near total darkness (we've all seen them) and you don't have to guess at its contents and finishes, artificial light is adequate.
Professionals may have tips and tricks and I'm open to anything that will move a property faster. But as far as I'm concerned, only fuzzy, shaky, distant or upside down images could ever be a deterrent.
Photos taken in artificial light could never keep me from a home that might otherwise be perfect in every way.
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