Real estate photography is an important marketing tool that is usually not taken as seriously as it should be. This article will give you tips on preparing your property and tips on how to photograph photos that sell.
Unclutter the room
Uncluttering the room is the most important step to photographing photos that sells. Before photographing any interior, you need to remove all clutter and make the home or apartment presentable. If the property is empty, then that is great because starting from nothing makes it a lot easier. If furniture is included, make sure that the furniture matches the property instead of mixing different styles of the old furniture (well cover more about this in the next tip). Finally, remove any personal decorations such as photo frames, magnets on fridge, etc. that may make the home feel like it was design for the seller instead of the buyer. You can hide these in drawers and cabinets.
Stage the home
Whether the home or apartment is empty or not, you can present it better with home staging. Too many different materials in the rooms will make it look more cluttered than it is. Less is more and the less cluttered the home looks, the more you’ll earn.
If your home is empty, you can hire a home staging company to stage your home. Some property managers say that this is what separates your listings from others.
Finally, use a small amount of decorations such as a bowl of fruits, some plates, etc. Keep it clean, simple, and remember to remove the stickers from your fruits!
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Wide angle photography
Once the home is ready for photographing, the choice of equipment is important. Photographing a small room, we use wide angle lens, they make rooms look significantly larger than it really is.
We use full frame cameras, such as the Canon 5D Mark II with a rectilinear wide angle lens, such as the Canon EF 24-70.
Photograph in twilight
Photographing in the right time makes any home look better. Not only that, it makes your listing stand out from other listings. If you look on any realty website, most of the thumbnails are photos shot in the day time. The warm colors of the homes lighting mixed with the cool colors of a twilight sky makes any property look amazing.
