Same house, 2 sets of photos, VERY different results..

[PeachDelany]

This just goes to show how much difference a skilled photographer can make. I looked at this house and thought 'how dour' but then estate agent no.2 makes the property look SO desirable by comparison.

First estate agent
Second estate agent

Some of it is angles and the owners have done some changes with the bedspreads/cars off the drive etc which make a difference but I think the fact one set was taken on a sunny day makes a big impact too. And the pictures being in the correct order, I absolutely hate it when you get another kitchen picture randomly amongst the photos of bedrooms or a garden picture next to the bathroom.

When I had photos done professionally the photographer placed natural light lamps strategically (and invisibly) in the rooms. It made such a difference. He also added blue skies to the outside pictures.
Compared with the photos taken by an estate agent on a phone, it looked like a different house.
Well worth getting the professional shots.

Wow. The photos in the second one are so much brighter and crisper!! They have all the house lights in and i think have edited and lightened the photos of the kitchen and sitting room?

And yet the second/‘better’ set of photos is the older listing (going by the rightmove date anyway) and shows a price reduction.

That was the first thing I noticed. Perhaps people viewing were disappointed and didn't want to buy as the reality was very different to the photos.

The "first" lot were done on a miserable grey day though. That always makes a difference.

I don’t think they were. If you look closely at the second set, the ground is wet. They’ve added the blue sky and clouds.

I didn't see a difference personally- I like the house full stop- other than increasing brightness and contrast in the second listing. If a person likes your house enough, they'll buy it.

I remember the estate agent saying he was going to turn the sky blue when he took photos! It’s pretty standard to edit the sky like that 😄

I agree the second set look better.

Wouldn't touch it. Right on a river. Flooding risk?

The kitchen looks like a different room! Lovely house either way though

I love that but not where it sits.

I really hate it when they stretch out the angles. For me it has the opposite effect and makes me think that the rooms must be small and pokey in reality.

I really wish they'd stop this practice. It's not just property, some 'influencers' also do it to make themselves look thinner and end up looking 10ft tall.

It's a balance, isn't it, though? Sometimes gorgeous pictures create unrealistic expectations. When our house sold (we were the tenants so saw the whole process of viewings, but from a very detached point of view if you see what I mean), they took pictures that made it look lovely, light and airy and bright. They'd lightened down the colours so the magnolia woodchip looked like white paint and the horrible brown carpets looked quite acceptably pale, and so many people came in and were clearly immediately disappointed.

Whilst we’re on the subject do estate agents normally charge for photos? 🤔

The fact all the lights are on in every room would make me reject it just for the interior gloominess.

I don’t think the second set are that much of an improvement. It still looks so dingy. Every light in the house is on.

Either way, in both set of photos the whole plot seems damp.

It's Wales, Wales is damp!

Our neighbour moved last year, the photos the agent took made the garden look huge, he must have used a wide angle lens as the actual garden is smaller than mine. Potential buyers commented on it when they came to view.