When I was a newspaper reporter the photographers used to refer to them as "drive-by shootings". They were the photo assignments that one cared so little about that one did not even get out of the car to snap the image.
Call me crazy, but if you are a real estate broker the very least you can do for your client is get out of the car when you take the exterior photo of the building. That goes double if the extterior photo is the only one you're going to post with the listing. Pffft!
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Friday, May 13, 2016
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Hail Blogger Well Met!
Someone on Tumblr loves bad real estate photography almost as much as me.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
When a Picture is Worth 1,000 Words. 'Yikes!' Being One of Them.
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What it looks like when Satan gets into cocooning. |
Now that many real estate brokers are using smartphones equipped with quite good cameras it is easier than ever to get half decent photos. The new iPhone camera is basically idiot proof, with a high-definition setting that lets you sharpen the focus of any photo, not to mention correct the colour or add effects after the fact. I'm pretty sure that's what went wrong with the photo to the left. The room can't possibly be that red, unless Satan doth dwell there, right?
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You have permission to pee in the bath tub. |
It is a serious enough problem that the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board sends out a steady stream of press releases, tip sheets and video features offering brokers ideas on how to improve the quality of their photos, because bad photos are a disservice to clients.
Recently the board mandated a private company to examine the photos on the MLS for quality-control purposes. (My dues at work!) The result, 20 per cent of photos on the MLS are blurry, poorly framed or most likely, too dark. They didn't get into the fact that sometimes the pictures are INSANE, (see above) but I digress.
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Crisp lines and even light. A total absence of clutter doesn't hurt. |
Sometimes when I'm in a hurry I grab my pictures for listing purposes. Mostly, however, I rely on a professional photographer to do the job right. Sharon Wilson takes great pictures. That's her work just beneath. Notice how she frames the shot to show the flow of one room into another. She gets the right angles, the right lighting and the right framing. Plus, she's reliable, good-humored and delivers her pix on time. For me, it is among the smartest money I spend to promote a property.
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A Sharon Wilson photo. Nice! |
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