Estate Agents' Photographs

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Sort of a photography thread this, but I was wondering if any other you had ever submitted your own photos of your house when selling?

Strikes me that many members could do a better job than your average estate agent / agent's contractor and I was wondering what stance agents typically take on this.

Take your average bedroom for example - clever lenses and high quality gear can surely make a room look 100% nicer than most photos you see on RightMove.

I don't know if agents typically walk round with their Canon compact or actually put any thought into their photos, because if they did the latter I'm sure they would increase their viewings two fold.
 
Yes you can, just tell them you want to use your own/a n others photos. It's no skin off their back, you're the client at the end of the day.
 
It's not about taking amazing photos. You want to give the buyer a little but leave them wanting more and potentially coming to view the property.
 
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I disagree. Of course it's about taking amazing photos.
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I'm certainly put off by bad or limited photos. If the photos are poor then i can't get a good feel for the place so wont both making a visit.

The photos don't have to be amazing but a photo of the house on a sunny day, and take the inside photos on a tripod and get them nice and bright, highlighting the best features.
 
loltim said:
It's not about taking amazing photos. You want to give the buyer a little but leave them wanting more and potentially coming to view the property.
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Well in a sense it is, because a poor photo can leave rooms looking small and dark, whilst someone who knows what they're doing could make that same room look much lighter and larger.
 
I've been shocked and appalled by the quality of estate agents photography. I really can't understand how they get away with it in this era. People look at property online first and I'm 100% sure that potential buyers are missed out on because the property looks dark and miserable in the photos.
As with all advertising, the photos should be encouraging and a call to action. How they expect to inspire anybody to book a viewing with some of those photos is beyond me.

But I suppose I am very biased being a photographer..
 
The photos on my renovation thread are from the estate agent. Not sure what improvement my D810 and 14-24 would have made to be honest.
I was ready to step in though had they been terrible
 
Nothing worse than those fish eye lenses that some use to make the room look bigger. Yes you get more in to the **** but it's very misleading.
 
maccapacca said:
Plus there's an 'estate agents special lens' that isn't available to normal people.
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Which lens would that be? An UWA lens does the job no problem. I took photos for parents of a guy i went to school with cos they were looking for the wide angled stuff they'd seen at another solicitors but my lens wasn't wide enough at 24 mm :( Did the job though ;)
 
Estate agents do a good job of portraying a property at it's best - I spent 4 months and hundreds of miles looking at properties that had factories - sports fields - gypo camps and all sorts of carp next to them - They wasted my time and theirs just by giving me the details -

What a buyer needs is a overall shot of the area which means if there is a dog bleeder next door it should be shown. - yes I do mean bleeder.

Everything must be shown as not every purchaser is prepared to live near some of the poo other people live next to.

I finally found a dump in the right place - a dump you can do up but you can't change the area no matter how good the picture is.

Dave
 
I took my own photos when we sold our house, because the photos the agent took were totally rubbish. They stood in the middle of the room with the camera at arms length. I mean seriously !?!?!

I've also done my sisters and some friends houses. Every house I did sold within 3 weeks so I was doing something right to get people interested.

I've since sold my ultra wide angle lens, Sigma 8-16mm, but still have a Canon 17-40L for general use.
 
mattyg said:
There is one round our way that uses HDR..AAARRRGH

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39601106.html

HDR
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Those photos are too over processed, the key with HDR pocessing is to keep the effect invisible to the viewer.

Like this

My lounge

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I thought there was some rules regarding estate agent photos and what can be and can't be shown? As mentioned, a nice 14mm would make the place look massive but estate agents can't use wide angle lenses anymore as they are not representative of a true likeness of the property.
 
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