{"id":2676,"date":"2008-02-28T23:13:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T06:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2008-02-28T23:13:25","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T06:13:25","slug":"pictures-are-worth-a-thousand-words-but-what-are-your-pictures-actually-saying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2676\/pictures-are-worth-a-thousand-words-but-what-are-your-pictures-actually-saying\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictures are Worth a Thousand Words, but what are your pictures actually saying?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pictures are worth a thousand words. Wouldn’t it be nice if all thousand of those words were actually in praise for the subject of the picture? Time and time again I see photos of homes in the MLS that make me NOT want to look at the house, it’s either too dark or washed out or it just doesn’t make the house look appealing. Or it’s pictures of inconsequential things, like the seller’s dog, or a squirrel in the lawn, or 5 photos of the staircase and no other interior pictures. I swear I’ve seen pictures that were made by a camera phone. <\/p>\n

What is the point of pictures in our line of work? It is to showcase the house. In this day and age when the vast majority of folks are going online to see everything they can about a house, the photos we have are your first impression. It can make a buyer drool and want to jump in the car to go see it right away, or it can make someone simply pass over it without a second thought. What kind of photos are you taking?<\/p>\n

The options are pretty simple. Take good pictures or pay someone that can take good pictures. I was very close to start paying a professional photographer until I learned how to make astonishing photos myself. This isn’t for everyone, but it might work for some! So let me show you some examples.<\/p>\n

Everett House<\/p>\n

This one is your ordinary every-day split-level house. The picture on the left was pulled from when the house was for sale 4 years ago. It has nothing wrong with it. It’s actually fairly well exposed in that you can see the house clearly. However it’s kinda plain and split-level homes here have a certain negative stigma. The photo on the right is of the same house that I am listing now. This house has a gorgeous front yard and the goal was to emphasize the overall property’s beauty and de-emphasize the split-levelness. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pictures are worth a thousand words. Wouldn’t it be nice if all thousand of those words were actually in praise for the subject of the picture? Time and time again I see photos of homes in the MLS that make me NOT want to look at the house, it’s either too dark or washed out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-photography","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2642,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2642\/photodropper-wordpress-plug-in-puts-zillions-of-creative-commons-licensed-flick-photos-just-a-click-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":2676,"position":0},"title":"PhotoDropper WordPress plug-in puts zillions of creative-commons-licensed Flickr photos just a click away","author":"Greg Swann","date":"February 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Tipped by ProBlogger Darren Rowse, I'm adding the PhotoDropper WordPress plug-in to four of our weblogs this morning. 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