8 Signs You Need to Get a New Real Estate Photographer
Signs You Need to get a New Real Estate Photographer
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In the real estate world, real estate photography is the jewel in the crown of a good sale. You can have the best realtor on your team getting interested in properties in their area, but if the photography is lax, you’re not going to get one single bite.
Photography for real estate agents has to be real, and it has to be impeccable. Undoubtedly, there are things that you should be watching out for with your real estate photographer, and the following list will make you find ten signs that you need to get a new one due to the real estate photographer's finished photos!
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1. Photos Lacking Sunlight
Real estate agents do their best to sell a property by drawing people to it. There has to be something that captures the eyes. If the photos that you have are dark and dingy, no one is going to want to come and view the property for sale. Sunlight transforms space, making small and closed rooms airy and vast.
2. Houses Full Of Clutter
Toys, laundry piles, and crowded furniture have the power to ruin a photograph. If your photographer is taking photos while people still live in the property, they need to ensure that they are getting the best angles of the space. Clutter is an enemy in real estate photography, so ensuring your clients free the area is imperative.
3. A Lack Of Tripod
Have you ever watched your photographer take photos of the properties you sell? Hopefully, you would have noticed that they use a tripod to take pictures. Quality photography is the cornerstone of the real estate photography world, and for quality, you need no blurry photos representing your homes.
4. Crowded Houses
Pets and babies are cute, but they have no place in the advertised properties you sell. Photography should take place in a house without any sight of guests—both human and furry—especially the ones that make such a mess!
5. Overdoing the Photoshop
Most real estate agents expect a little retouching in the photos for advertising properties. However, your photos shouldn’t be retouched so much that you don’t recognize the house. Ensure that your photographs are edited realistically. Hence, enhance and retouch without making the photos unrecognizable.
6. Crooked Lines
Photography may not be completely perfect every single time, but your photographer should be professional enough to keep vertical lines vertical, not bent. The same goes for horizontal lines. A tripod sat at five inches in height is the perfect tool for aligned pictures, so make sure your real estate photographer uses this.
7. Photo-bombed
Silhouettes are cool, but not with real estate photography, especially when trying to get the right angle of the shot. Have your photographer play the aspects of the room and stand where a reflection cannot be seen.
8. Bad Exterior Shots
Your photographer should present external shots that are favorable to the property. Thus, he should not be taking face-on photos of the house. Use the proper time with good light and adequate angle with the tripod without showing too much of the broader world with the shot.
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