Ugly House Photos

There have to be photography classes that sellers can take.  Or common sense classes that teach you to take another photo.

Is it necessary to have the date stamp in the middle of the photo let alone at all?

This photo reminds me to shake the mustard bottle before using it.

Really?

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How do we keep people out of real estate photos?

Now you see him…

Now you don’t.  Kinda.

Watching The View.

Entering the photo from stage left.

Entering the photo from stage right.  I see leaves and a rake and person who doesn’t see the leaves and the rake.  That cabinet’s about toast.

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How about we turn off the TV before taking real estate photos?  Please.

What is that cat tower thing?  Looks like a birdhouse.  Does the cat lure in birds and then eat them?

They spent money on the big TV instead of replacing the dark green carpet.

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One distracting item can ruin a real estate photo.  Buyers’ eyes focus on the wrong thing.

Diver down!

Someone’s purse!

Any idea what those four things are?  Plaster gnome heads?  Lion heads in Christmas trees?

FlexFit baseball cap.

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Basic photography suggestions come to play here.

1. Don’t show your reflection in the glass.

2. Focus please.

3.  We said focus please.

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That’s a steep hill.  The house looks bowed.  Knoxville, Tennessee.

Whoa!!

Weird.  It looks like the house is supported by plywood and an air conditioner.

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You could land airplanes with that light.

Must be fun to dust the shelves.

Matching bedspread and drapes. Do you like the mirrored headboard?

Despite the prison yard lighting, you’re sure to have fun on the back patio.  Have a smoke, eat some chicken, and drink some Pepsi.

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Evidently the bottom half of this real estate photo is so offensive/awful/upsetting that the seller blocked it out to protect viewers.  We can only imagine what’s behind the gray area.

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The seller of this Phoenix home wants buyers to imagine what the rooms look like.  He/she has only given us a glimpse of each room.

The dining room.

The family room.

A bonus room.

We’re allowed to see floor to ceiling in this bedroom.

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When photographing your home for sale, take lots of photos and then edit, edit, edit.  Only the best should make the cut.  Will buyers want to see these four photos?

Bad digital processing for a Boca Raton, Florida kitchen photo.

Dark & shaky in Waterbury, Connecticut.  Do they have a ghost in the attic?

Out of focus in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Drive-by shooting in Huntsville, Alabama.  It was raining, you know.

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