Marketing properties in this climate

[IHS88]

Googler loves to stick the boot in but he's right!

In these credit crunching times people want a bog standad service that gets the the job done.

Lets be frank. When selling a house, all you need is half a dozen photos of the front, back and a few of the inside.

Granted, this is a great idea for a 7 bed country pile on 5 acres, with a paddock, pool and tennis court.

For average joe public in his 3 bed semi, this is just a unnecessary gimmic.

A friend of mine is a wedding photorapher. His bookings are down.

Not because people aren't getting married, its because they're asking freinds / family to take the pics for them and save a few quid.

Sorry to be a party pooper

[spencerwood]

My tip during these hard times is to save some money by taking the property photos yourself and then paying someone like Retouch Genie Ltd to do some photo retouching, editing and enhancement.

Any distracting household clutter can be removed, unsightly flash reflections in windows or mirrors can be reduced and the images can be made to look vibrant and eye-catching. We've been particularly impressed when getting sets of 6 or so images of the same property done, they have been able to ensure there is consistency between the images; getting the blue of the sky in two exterior shots to match for example - little touches like that all help to produce a decent group of images.

[googler]

Oh, dear.....

Move the household clutter, then take the photograph. Don't edit it out with software later.

If there's a flash reflection in the mirror or window, then move the camera, move the mirror or open the window. Don't edit it with software later.

"Edit in the camera" was (I think) a renowned photographer's phrase.... can't recall who. Maybe later.

[johnherbst]

Where can we see an example of these photos? It sounds interesting, but in the current market, you don't want to be in property!