5 Tips For Taking Great Real Estate Photos
Are you selling your home and need some great-looking photos for the listing? If you are taking them yourself, here are a few tips that will ensure that the photos turn out great.
Turn Off Ceiling Fans
It is always a good idea to turn off ceiling fans in any room where you are taking pictures. The fan blades are going to look like a blurry mess, which can be a distraction in the photo. Though you also want the buyer to see what they are getting with the home. Turning the ceiling fans off will keep the blades steady and help the fixture photograph better.
Avoid Including Too Much Ceiling
However, you want to avoid having too much of the ceiling in the shot. Reframe shots so that the top of the photo captures the entire light fixture, and nothing really more than that. Avoid situations where you have any more of the ceiling featured than that.
Close The Blinds When Appropriate
If you need to take a photo of a room, but the view outside the window is not that great, use blinds to your advantage by closing them slightly to obscure the view out of the window. This can help prevent the focus of the photo from being put on a neighbor's home right outside the window, a busy street, or anything else that you don't want people to see. On the flip side, you should be opening blinds and showing the outside when it is appropriate. Sometimes a view of your backyard from a bedroom can be a selling point
Don't Shoot A Super Wide Exterior
You'll need a great photo of the front of your home to showcase the house and the landscaping. However, it is possible to get a shot that is too wide. If you are pulled so far back that you are getting the curb of the street into the shot, then you know that you've gone too far. If you can't get wide enough to capture the whole home, try using a wide-angle lens that will get more of the home in the shot and less of the street.
Open Doors In Rooms
You want to avoid shooting a room with the door closed when possible. Always leave the door open to help bring in more light and make the room feel bigger. Even an open front door when shooting a living room can help the space feel more open and inviting to others.
Struggling to take good photos? Reach out to a professional real estate photographer in your area.