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December 1st, 2008
There’s just no excuse for this!
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-Tim Ayres - Sooke Real Estate Professional
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Tagged: bad | god-awful | horrible | laundry room | mess | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor
November 30th, 2008
Wow! If there was ever a violation of my bathroom rule (don’t shoot one without a wide angle lens) this would be it! Not only is it cluttered and blurry (possibly jpeg artifacts due to compression), but it looks like the REALTOR® also forgot to turn on some lights.
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-Tim Ayres - Sooke Real Estate Professional
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Tagged: Ayres Directive #1 | bad | bathroom | horrible | lighting | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor
November 29th, 2008
Nothing says"home" quite like a dumpster out front
This was the only photo on the listing. You don’t have to be Ansel Adams to realize that this shot could have been improved by simply excluding the big green bin from the foreground. The property looks like it needs a bit of cleaning up, but without the bin this listing would increase its saleability tenfold.
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-Tim Ayres - Sooke Real Estate Professional
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Tagged: bad | bin | exterior | garbage | horrible | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor
November 28th, 2008
It’s probably not that dark in this room, but the bright light coming in the window and the white blinds have thrown off the camera’s light meter, causing the camera to think the room is brighter than it actually is, and thereby underexposing it. The same thing fooled the camera into not firing a flash to illuminate the room a little more. This can be avoided by setting the camera to fire the flash with every shot, instead of automatically. Now, the same can’t be said for the REALTOR®, who should have first of all turned the lights on, and second, realized that this was a bad shot after reviewing it on the camera’s LCD screen.
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Tagged: bad | dark | dining room | horrible | lighting | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor | tips
Thanks for those that participated in the Horrible MLS Photo Of The Day contest on yesterday’s post. See the comments section of that post for the three winners’ answers. Stay tuned, I’ll be doing more contests in the future!
Your Driftwood Santa Christmas Ornament will be put in the mail soon!
-Tim Ayres - Sooke Real Estate Professional
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Tagged: answers | bad | contest | horrible | MLS | photo | terrible | winners
November 27th, 2008
Hallway To Hell
Today, something different. A contest to see if you’ve all been paying attention for the last 268 days. Can anyone out there in Internet-land tell me what’s wrong with this photo, and three ways this photo could be improved? Answers in the comments, please!
I will send the first person three people to answer correctly one of my lovely fiancee’s hand-painted Driftwood Santa Christmas ornaments. Make sure you fill in a correct e-mail address in the comment form (only I can see them, they don’t get posted on the blog). Comments are being held in moderation for this contest until later today; you won’t see them appear until I release them.
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Tagged: bad | comment | contest | hallway | horrible | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor | tips
November 26th, 2008
Seriously?
I was trying to think of something witty and then something useful to say about this one. But sometimes, all a guy can do is shake his head and hope for a brighter future.
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-Tim Ayres - Sooke Real Estate Professional
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Tagged: bad | bedroom | god-awful | horrible | junk | messy | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor
November 25th, 2008
Laundry rooms never look good. Ever. This one is worse because it’s all fuzzy and out of focus, and too much door frame is in the picture.
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-Tim Ayres - Sooke Real Estate Professional
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Tagged: bad | focus | fuzzy | horrible | laundry room | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor
November 24th, 2008
I can see what the REALTOR® is trying to do here - display the cabinets with the pull-out drawers for storage. It’s a neat idea, but I think it just looks messy. I think most buyers would prefer a different shot from the same spot in the room, a little higher, with the doors closed, which would take in most of the kitchen.
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Tagged: bad | horrible | kitchen | messy | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor
November 23rd, 2008
Remember that you want to show your potential buyer what the place looks like, so don’t focus on single elements like this fireplace - step back and take in the entire room if possible. Oh, and help your client move the junk out of the room before you start.
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Tagged: bad | context | fireplace | horrible | living room | MLS | photo | photography | Real Estate | realtor
