I don’t know about you guys… But my iPhone simply wasn’t cutting it anymore. I could never get photographs of rooms to look right. I was always holding my phone over my head and down at an angle trying to capture the size/layout. I’m not the only one right?
Okay, so why do you need a real camera? If you’re wholesaling, leasing, or selling homes 90% of folks are looking online. As a Broker I don’t even typically host open houses any more. If someone likes how it looks their agent will schedule a showing. The same is even more so with wholesale deals. I get anywhere from 5-10 emails a week from investors trying to sell properties. Often these emails contain more than one property. After you’ve done this for a few years you’ll get into the (bad) habit of really only glancing at these emails. After you shuffle through enough bad deals it gets exhausting trying to run #’s on every single “lead” that hits my inbox.
So… You NEED to stand out. Your presentation and photos need to catch peoples eyes. I’m not talking about retouching in Photoshop, or your crappy Instagram filters. You need just a solid camera with a wide lens that can accurately portray your properties. Below I have some photos taken with my Iphone vs my camera. You guys tell me what looks better!
iphone vs. Camera
iPhone vs. Camera
iPhone vs. Camera
You guys tell me what you think. I know for me I can much more easily capture rooms. For some reason the iphone turned the colors in the bathroom really white when it’s not that color at all.
Hi Ryan,
Looks good. I was a real estate photographer for 4 years. Some tips:
1. If you can afford it get a flash. It will brighten up the room big time and allows you to control the light.
2. Use photo software. Be sure to remove shadows by slightly lighting up the photo. some photo software has a button that does it automatically. Brighten up colors. – Do both of these just slightly. A little goes a long way.
3. Take pics of rooms from the corners, never straight on. It makes the rooms look narrow and small. When standing in the corner and looking through the lens place one corner just out of the view of the lens if you have to slightly zoom in to do so that is fine. You do not want to have part of the wall you are standing by and the far corner in the shot. It will distort the photo and make the room look odd and small. Galley kitchens – Take the pics from an angle it will give the impression of length and depth.
4. Take the front photo of the house from an angle. It gives it length and depth. Brighten up and darken the front photo. It will make the sky look really blue and make the grass bright green along with any flowers.
5. Remove as much clutter as possible.
6. When taking a photo of a room. Stand in the corner and slightly bend your knees but keep the camera level. Do not angle the camera down. By slightly bending your knees it lowers the camera angle and by keeping it level it will not distort the pic. This is very important. Small bathrooms are different. Angling the camera down is the only way to take the pic. But with large rooms you want to keep the camera as level as possible.
Hope that helps.
Great tips John. I appreciate you taking the time to write that post. That will help myself as well as other investors greatly.