6 Tips for Photographing Your Home
The key to reaching a quick deal is good pictures. We'll give you some tips for photography – how to achieve this without hiring a professional photographer.
Tidy up your home
This is the A and O of photography. We've all seen photos where the kitchen sink is hidden under a pile of dishes and where the bathroom cabinet shelves are completely obscured by various products. If you want to find a nice new owner or cool tenants, know that they also have good taste and good pictures really help a lot in finding them.
Photograph wide overview shots
The way a bedside lamp lights the room and how the curtains fall may be nice to look at, but in reality it doesn't provide the information needed to make a deal. However, overview shots show the layout of the rooms, where the door is located, which room is a thoroughfare and how large the windows are. This kind of information is very important for a first impression and this way you avoid clients who come just to take a quick look at the place. For such pictures, it's good to use a camera with a wider shooting angle.
Sharpness
Try to make sure that your pictures remain sharp. For this purpose, don't use wide apertures like 1.8 and 2.8, but try to capture the shots with a minimum aperture of 5.6. The smaller the aperture number, the smaller the sharp area in your photos.
Light
Try to shoot in white and always prefer natural light over artificial light. However, if the rooms don't have enough natural light, then open up the curtains and if necessary use a tripod. With a tripod, you can use a longer shutter speed and this allows you to still make maximum use of natural light.
Add life
Sometimes you need that little something extra for a good picture. A good way to add this is to use living nature. Bring out your vases and put flowers in them. Suddenly your photos will shine and convey a pleasant sense of home to your viewers.
Photograph all rooms
Yes, even those that you think aren't worth it. Whether it's because they've seen better days or for some other reason. Believe me, when people come to view a property, they will notice problem areas anyway.
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