PropertyPreviews-10 Tips to improve your photos in 10 posts: Tip #2
December 15, 2008 by Tom
Filed under Photography
Give your listing online curb appeal. The front photo of a listing is one of the most important photos in my opinion. If it captures interest, in will lead to the online shopper to go further down the rabbit hole to view and learn more about that listing.
This tip is mainly for listings where the garage is attached to the front of the house. A garage can take up a good majority of a front photo. Lets face it – a garage is a garage. There is nothing great about it, but you need to show it. Most people will take a front photo straight on giving the house and garage equal line of sight and making the garage appear large. What we want to achieve with this tip is a different line of sight, but still capturing the whole house and garage. If the garage is on the left of the house, you want to position yourself all the way to the right of the house. This way you are focusing on the house, and while the garage is still in your picture, it is not overpowering the house. This gives your listing online curb appeal. Thanks for reading and Happy Selling.
Below is an example. To be fair I used a standard point and shoot camera on this fine overcast day in the North Midwest.
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Cheers,
Tom
I agree with you Tom. Most want the best photo of the home on the main page to capture interest of the listing so to spur the user to click thru the rest of the homes details.
Your simple example really shows the best way to take a photo of a home with an attached garage. Without question it’s a better shot.
Thanks for the tip.
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