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Use your own photos - time to SINK or SWIM

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Real Estate Agent with Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers HRE# 58089 - RS

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Use your own photos - time to SINK or SWIM.

Look at your blog and what do you see?  Do you use pictures and graphics to help make a point?  

Look at your listing pictures and what do you see?  Do your photos pop out and entice the buyer to see the home?

Look under your kitchen sink and what do you see?  Pretty boring stuff, right?  It doesn't have to be that way.

You can jazz up even the dullest pictures and make them interesting with some free photography apps available from the app store.

There's really no excuse for not using your own pictures to enhance your listings and blogs.

 

clean up time

 

Try out these free (or cheap) apps to tweak your pictures:

  • Hipstamatic
  • Instagram
  • Adobe Photoshop Express
  • Phototreats
  • Dash of Color Free

Use them alone, or combine them!

toilet tissue

 

 

 

 

See what I mean?  I tweaked a little bit with these apps to alter these pictures from incredibly boring to brilliant! ; )

Even pictures of junk under your sink can suddenly look good!

Imagine what you can do with your listing pictures now?

It's not that hard to learn and it sure is fun trying.

So what are you waiting for?  Download some free apps and start having fun with your photo skills.

 

under sink junk

 

 

 

 

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Comments (21)

Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

Georgina, thanks for the tips and information!  Great post!

Oct 17, 2010 11:38 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Thanks for checking this out and being so quick to comment!

Oct 17, 2010 11:53 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Georginia - You've applied some really nifty looking effects to those photos to provide bazazz to your posts.

Oct 17, 2010 02:37 PM
Liz Moras Migic
Chilliwack, BC
Chilliwack, British Columbia - Realtor

Absolutely and Amen to that!  Thats one of the most enjoyable parts of doing a post her on A/R - and I wish more people would take on the challenge of not just slapping up a photo - but cropping, enhancing or whatever to make it the best photo it can be to support your post :-)

Oct 17, 2010 02:58 PM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

... and straightening the horizon... that one really bugs me!

Thanks again!

Oct 17, 2010 03:34 PM
Juli Vosmik
Dominion Fine Properties - Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale/Cave Creek, AZ real estate 480-710-0739

Interesting - thanks for the tip.

Oct 17, 2010 06:05 PM
Dawn A Fabiszak
Private Label Realty ( Denver metro area, Colorado - Aurora, CO
The Dawn of a New Real Estate Experience!

Georgina ~ psychedelic pics....did I take something I shouldn't have?!  lol

Oct 18, 2010 10:13 AM
Dawn A Fabiszak
Private Label Realty ( Denver metro area, Colorado - Aurora, CO
The Dawn of a New Real Estate Experience!

Georgina ~ psychedelic pics....did I take something I shouldn't have?!  lol

Oct 18, 2010 10:13 AM
Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional
Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL
Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor

Georgina - AWESOME!!!! I love what you always manage to do with photos!!!!

Oct 18, 2010 10:57 AM
Robert Hammerstein
Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ
Bergen County NJ Real Estate

Georgina - Will have to look into this some more with my psychedelic glasses...

Oct 18, 2010 11:52 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Well it was eye catching wasn't it?  Thanks for your comments!

Oct 18, 2010 01:33 PM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Hi Georgina!  They surely ARE eye-catching!  I love how you tied in the challenge with the post as well.  AWESOME job!

Oct 18, 2010 01:58 PM
Don Wixom
RE/MAX Executives Nampa, ID - Nampa, ID
"Looking out for your next move..."tm

Georgina, those look like a lot of fun! Nicely done with the "under the sink" challenge!

Oct 18, 2010 02:21 PM
Diane M. Phillips Realtor 443-286-4365
Frankly Real Estate Inc. - Manchester, MD
Specializing in Carroll Co., MD

Georgina ~ Wow! Your "under the sink looks like no other" way to go!

Oct 18, 2010 05:09 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Hey Georgina, great tips and very true. You need to tap into those creative genes we all have. I really like the Toilet paper and the shampoo bottles :) Thanks for the great tips!

Oct 19, 2010 03:51 AM
Debra Davis
Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners - Snellville, GA
Realtor - Atlanta, Decatur, Snellville, Loganville

What a creative idea for your photos. I would not have thought of using photos this way. Thanks for sharing.

Oct 23, 2010 08:28 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

I had to do something to make "under the sink' look good.  Thanks for all the positive feedback.

Oct 23, 2010 01:50 PM
Sharon Paxson
Sharon Paxson, Realtor® EQTY Forbes Global Properties - Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach Real Estate

HI Georgina - good post and thanks for the information about the sites. I will check them out.

Oct 27, 2010 04:57 AM
Kathy Schowe
California Lifestyle Realty - La Quinta, CA
La Quinta, California 760-333-8886

Thanks for sharing some cool photo apps-- can't wait to try them out!  Kathy

Oct 27, 2010 06:43 PM
Emily Medvec
eXp Realty LLC - Santa Fe, NM
Broker | Realtor | Serving Santa Fe & Northern NM

Nothing like a little color, mixed with some imagination and some way cool photo apps to see real estate differently. Thanks for the push!

Oct 29, 2010 02:53 PM