Tips For Shooting Better Real Estate Photography

Here are three tips to make a big room look smaller, courtesy of the RE Snapshot Blog.

1. Use the 3-Wall Rule. Try to capture three walls in your scene to show more dimension.
2. Try Shooting at a Slight Angle. When shooting at a slight angle to a room, the lines of the room help create visual depth to the room. This helps make the room look longer by adding perspective.
3. Use a Wide Angle Lens. To achieve some of these tips, a wide angle lens makes the job much easier.

There are some compelling examples of agent-shot photography and the same room reshot by professionals.  Here’s a sample before and after shot:

The top photo is a very nice kitchen, but due to limitations of the camera, the lighting is uneven (note the bright light coming into the window).  Also the focal length of the lens does not allow the entire kitchen to be displayed.   So, using the rules above, there are not three walls, and a wide angle lens was not used.  It does seem that an angle was used when shooting.

The second photo is the same scene as above, but you can clearly see the use of  the Three Wall rule and a wide angle lens.  This is a much more dramatic and complete representation of the kitchen, and visually much more appealing to a prospective buyer.

Sow whether you use professional photography or do it yourself, by employing these techniques you can present your listing in the best light and hopefully engage more prospective buyers to contact you for more information.

What do you think?  Let us know in the comments.