My listings all get the benefit of having a great virtual tour company come in and take professional photos. My clients spend hours cleaning and de-cluttering their homes. They make sure that every chair is in place and every speck of dust is wiped clean. They organize an outing for all their pets and children for the day – just so we can get some really great promotional shots of their properties. Only then, it starts to rain. Not only does it rain, it usually POURS.
I live in a rainforest. No really, I do. The sun is sporadic, snow happens sometimes, but rain is an absolute given. On the upside – everything is usually really green around here!
British Columbia is known for it’s damp climate, but when that sun decides to come out it can be one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL places to live in the world.
So why wouldn’t we want that gorgeous sun to be in every outdoor listing photo that we take?
Is it wrong to change the sky from this:
To this:
Is it considered false advertising?
Photoshop is sometimes my only tool for making the dreary winter rain go away. (It’s also great if your clients have a lawn that’s spotty or currently being reseeded!)
I would think that because we DO get sun that I’m not really going “out of bounds” with this type of image modification.
But I could see this:
To This:
Being an issue.
lol
So what do you think? Where do you draw the line?
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