Johan
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01:17:43 pm on February 21, 2008 | # |
This is the photo before it’s fixed with the magic clone tool. You can see many things wrong with it.
This is the photo after it’s fixed.
Here you can watch the video on how I use the free software to fix bad real estate photos.
By the way: The free software I use rivals Adobe Photoshop and it will save you more than $500 (R4000).
- Remove all clutter before you take a photo.
- Go the location on the best time of the day.
- Use freely available software like Picasa to enhance and crop your photos.
- Cropping is critical as you only want to add the greatest part.
- Decide what you want to show before your take the photo.
- If a photo doesn’t add any value don’t use it.
- Ensure that you have enough light.
- Use a tripod.
- If all else fails then pay a professional to take photos of an expensive home.
Regards
Johan Horak
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Jaco Viljoen 3:11 pm on February 21, 2008 | #
HI Johan
Great article and a really good point about moving these thins before taking the picture in the first place.
I myself am guilty of taking a picture with some things in the way.
I read on another blog the other day :
“a bad picture is better than no picture”
And this is also so true.
Keep up the good work.
Johan 3:22 pm on February 21, 2008 | #
Hi Jaco
Thanks for sharing the point.
Please note that the free software is great and you’ll never need anything else like the expensive Adobe Photoshop…ever. But it’s a tuff learning curve to get used to it. You may want to try only the simple functions and then get brick by brick used to it.
Regards
Johan
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House Values 12:23 am on February 22, 2008 | #
I totally agree with Jaco, if you don’t/can’t see a picture than you might assume the worst. Even a bad photo is better than nothing, I usually skip over properties that dont have a photo.
On the other hand, looking at properties on the Internet people are shopping with their eyes…so agents need to appeal to that and have decent photos. I have seen some really really bad photos and wonder how those agents ever sell homes. This is a great tutorial on making good photos for your properties. Thanks for sharing (more agents need to read stuff like this).
Johan 7:51 am on February 22, 2008 | #
Hi These kind of comments are really encouraging. Thank you for making the time to tell me you liked it
Johan