real estate photography critic

Jul 2, 2022

Mom mentioned to me how she felt the online photos of the 80’s house for sale didn’t really look like the rooms do in “real life.” Primarily, her complaint centered around photos of the family room.

Upon seeing the listing, I thought the purple on the walls in that room looked really bright. I also thought some things looked a bit distorted. I didn’t notice how bad it was until I took another look after Mom’s comments.

Check out the lounge chair and the rocker in the listing photo:

listing photo of family room

Compare that to what the room really looks like:

what it really looks like in the family room

There’s not as much of the room visible in my photo, but it’s at least a natural shot without lens distortion and whatever brightening combination and flash were being used.

Here’s another example — the listing image of the office…

A random shot…

random office

I think I need to apply for a real estate photography job for Seymour RE-Max. 🙂