Property photography - why get professional photos done?

If you are selling your house, there are more and more ways to do it, either through a traditional estate agent, or an online agent websites.  However, people will always want to to see what the house looks like first, so they need something to  grab their attention and encourage them to look further.

Whichever way you market your property, you will want good images that are clear, bright and professional.  Buying a house is usually the most expensive purchase someone will ever make, so we need to make people keep from scrolling past.  Even the most beautiful of houses can be passed by if they have drab images, and vertigo-inducing "artistic" angles (usually pointing at the floor to "get everything in") make it look like the camera was just thrown into the room.  Have a look through Rightmove or Zoopla and you will see what I mean.  Time is very important to people, and quite often the quickest solution for people is to "put it on Auto" or even using a smartphone to take the photos. Modern smartphones are getting better all the time, but very often they can't cope with the contrasty lighting that an interior throws at it.

If you have a house to sell, insist on quality images.  Having your own images means you can shop around and use them where you want, be it with several agents, and you can have them done, and only having to prepare the house once!

If you are an agent and usually take them yourself, save some time and energy and I can do them for you, as well as floorplans and virtual tours if needed.  

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Here are some examples of properties I've recently done, with some photos of neighbouring houses that I found online as comparison.

That all-important front shot - looks nice and inviting.  Let's take a look!

This one has the wrong white balance set, so it looks cold, and is too dark. 

Image: Rightmove

Hallway - spacious and clean.

Stumbled into this one.

Image: Rightmove

Lounge. Straight walls, bright and airy.

While is has a nice warm feel, overall it's too dark and needs some fill flash, plus the standard wonkiness.

Image: Rightmove

Lovely bright kitchen.  You can see everything, and you can imagine spending time there.

Feels enclosed and dark

Image: Rightmove

Nice-sized, clean and bright bathroom

Although this is obviously a challenging smaller room, the giant towel does no favours

Image: Rightmove

Bedroom, nice, tidy and bright.

Way too dark and enclosed.

Image: Rightmove

A lovely bright bedroom, nicely-presented and shown off accordingly

Too dark and too much going on.

Image: Rightmove

Hopefully you can see the benefit of professional photos.  If you are selling your own home, it gives impact.  If you are an estate agent, you don't have the time to get the images the property deserves, so why not let someone else do a good job and you can get on with the other stuff?

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