Estate agent photography: How not to do it

09 November 2010

Today I am prompted back onto the topic of estate agency photography by a thread over on the excellent 4Networking forum. Indeed, a thread I might have accidentally helped to hijack from an 'is now a good time to sell my house?' query to a 'those photos could definitely be improved' discussion..

Oops.

Good photography plays such an important part in property marketing, I'm amazed that a £1m house (well, it was two years ago) doesn't automatically deserve better photos. With such a beautiful sunny day (assuming VizziShots aren't involved), a bit more thought could have produced much better results.

Google managed it, just by driving past!
In that spirit, I bring you the LovelyListing blog - and my personal favourite, the umbrella stalker.
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What you said:

Richard Taylor
16 November 2010 15:33:45
those photos are terrible for such a nice house.

It just shows how bad they are when you can produce something better just by using google street view.


When will agents improve their game in this area?!
11 December 2010 13:03:44
I'm wondering how many houses we will still see advertised for sale in April/May with snow in the front garden :-)
13 December 2010 15:54:30
It's like fashions - those properties with photos that were taken back in January now look fresh again!

Martin