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This is the old way of taking photos of a room. The missing element here is that the old method suggested that you needed to 'adjust' the furniture. For example, it would have been recommended that the closest corner of the bed be raised up somehow to make the scene look more natural. Anyway, that is what they taught us in photography in the 1960's!
This is the old way of taking photos of a room. The missing element here is that the old method suggested that you needed to 'adjust' the furniture. For example, it would have been recommended that the closest corner of the bed be raised up somehow to make the scene look more natural. Anyway, that is what they taught us in photography in the 1960's!
Interesting! I had no idea this was once a commonly accepted method. Clearly he did it wrong because it definitely doesn't look natural.
This is someone using a super wide angle lens who doesn't know what they're doing.
Agreed, they are not horrific.
Around here, they are good enough for this market, although there are too few, and too pedestrian.
I see much worse abuse of wide angle, like when the fridge looks like a chest freezer..
It looks like bad photography is here to stay. It really bugs me when someone takes on a new listing and puts on such lousy shots. My pet peeve are photos of the bathroom with the seat up.
How about the million dollar listing that has like 5 photos?
I have been noticing a new trend of sprucing up images in photoshop to the point that the colours take on the aura of a fantasy cartoon world.
It is not that hard to tidy up the house and snap a few decent photos.
The trouble is the seller usually has no clue that his agent has no clue and the house sells!
This is someone using a super wide angle lens who doesn't know what they're doing.
Super wide angle photos are more accessible to agents these days with the availability of cell phone lens adapters.
They don't need to spend $$$ for a dslr and wide lens.
Agents don't care about photo composition, they only care about showing as much as possible in one photo.
It's still a big improvement over the severely cropped photos shown in most listings.... where you only see a sofa and part of one wall.
Check out this spacious bedroom....
However, I think there should be a warning on wide angle photos like your passenger mirror.
"Objects are closer than they appear"
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It looks like bad photography is here to stay. It really bugs me when someone takes on a new listing and puts on such lousy shots. My pet peeve are photos of the bathroom with the seat up.
How about the million dollar listing that has like 5 photos?
I have been noticing a new trend of sprucing up images in photoshop to the point that the colours take on the aura of a fantasy cartoon world.
It is not that hard to tidy up the house and snap a few decent photos.
The trouble is the seller usually has no clue that his agent has no clue and the house sells!
It seems everyone is running out and getting a super wide angle lens or tweaking their photos in some sort of photo editing software. The problem is . . . 95% of the people doing it have no idea what they're doing and the results are pretty bad. I see neon green grass all the time or tilted walls (like in the link I shared). There's a definite lack of willingness to do a good job amongst many of our peers.
This is someone using a super wide angle lens who doesn't know what they're doing.
I've seen much worse. But the bad part IMO is that potential buyers are going to go for a showing and be disappointed when the rooms, and esp. the deck and porch, are much smaller in person than they think. But then again, even in Needham, 700K+ is probably not a first time buyer so hopefully they will be savvy enough to know what the are getting ahead of time.
I've seen much worse. But the bad part IMO is that potential buyers are going to go for a showing and be disappointed when the rooms, and esp. the deck and porch, are much smaller in person than they think. But then again, even in Needham, 700K+ is probably not a first time buyer so hopefully they will be savvy enough to know what the are getting ahead of time.
I would say it's incredibly likely that this house will sell to a first time house buyer. They may have owned a condo before or they may have come from a rental but it's likely the buyer will be purchasing their first single family home.
The use of wide angle lenses has become so common that after seeing a couple of houses in person I would imagine most buyers make the adjustment when looking at photos. The distortion of depth perception is an unfortunate side affect of such lenses. When I use one, I make efforts to correct it in post processing.
I would say it's incredibly likely that this house will sell to a first time house buyer. They may have owned a condo before or they may have come from a rental but it's likely the buyer will be purchasing their first single family home.
The use of wide angle lenses has become so common that after seeing a couple of houses in person I would imagine most buyers make the adjustment when looking at photos. The distortion of depth perception is an unfortunate side affect of such lenses. When I use one, I make efforts to correct it in post processing.
I agree. The use of wide angles has become something of an expectation. I shoot from just outside doorways, and crop out crooked jambs on the edge of shots.
I was in a stinkin' Gorgeous house the other day. Agent shot it with her cell phone and killed the kitchen. I would have caught the whole room in one shot so people saw that it was larger than she showed, and would have seen the layout.
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