Studies show that better photos lead to more enquiries and an increase in the perception of a property’s value. The job is to make properties stand out from the others in the beauty parade otherwise known as the portals.
- Outside photos – try to take them when the sun is actually shining on the elevation you’re photographing.
- If the elevation doesn’t get the sun at this time of the year because it faces due north, then best to take the photo when it’s overcast.
- Get the house looking tidy – here are our suggestions for that.
- Interiors – use a tripod if you have one. If not, see if there’s something else that you can rest the camera on, like a table.
- Try to take them low down – don’t stand up and point the camera down into the room. This way, your walls won’t lean so much.
- If you know how to control the ISO setting on your camera, choose a low number. If you don’t know how to control it, try YouTube for some tips or email John Durrant for guidance.
- For your interiors, if you have one, use a wide-angle lens. If you don’t then try standing slightly outside of the doorway into the room so that you can show as much of the room as possible.
- For your exteriors, if you have a zoom lens then try using that. Stand away from the building and zoom back towards it. This way the house will look a better shape.
- Estate agents: note that often a vendor’s photos are often squarer than the usual ‘letterboxy’ format used by the portals and on most of your websites. So, if you want us to crop them to the normal 3:2 ratio from the 4:3 ration that they have provided, then please add the instruction when you send the photo.
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