Comments on: Bad MLS Photo of the Day #11 http://www.archcityhomes.com/2009/01/bad-mls-photo-11/ St. Louis Real Estate Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:49:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ashley Gieseking http://www.archcityhomes.com/2009/01/bad-mls-photo-11/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Ashley Gieseking Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:48:04 +0000 http://www.archcityhomes.com/?p=1211#comment-267 Thanks Karen! That's definitely my goal! Thanks Karen! That’s definitely my goal!

]]> By: Karen Goodman http://www.archcityhomes.com/2009/01/bad-mls-photo-11/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Karen Goodman Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:44:15 +0000 http://www.archcityhomes.com/?p=1211#comment-259 Ashley - You make some great points. I agree that the pictures evoke feelings. I've found that the home purchased by buyers is often a home that excited them simply from seeing the pictures online. They walk into the home prepared to love the house. In contrast, when they go to a home that has bad pictures, they walk in skeptical. It's like going on a blind date simply out of a sense of obligation...so you won't later regret not having explored every option...but knowing that you won't like your date. It's very hard to overcome low expectations in a date or in a house. I've seen your pictures, and I have no doubt that you could make any house look like a shining star. Ashley – You make some great points. I agree that the pictures evoke feelings. I’ve found that the home purchased by buyers is often a home that excited them simply from seeing the pictures online. They walk into the home prepared to love the house.

In contrast, when they go to a home that has bad pictures, they walk in skeptical. It’s like going on a blind date simply out of a sense of obligation…so you won’t later regret not having explored every option…but knowing that you won’t like your date. It’s very hard to overcome low expectations in a date or in a house.

I’ve seen your pictures, and I have no doubt that you could make any house look like a shining star.

]]> By: Ashley Gieseking http://www.archcityhomes.com/2009/01/bad-mls-photo-11/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Ashley Gieseking Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:45:39 +0000 http://www.archcityhomes.com/?p=1211#comment-256 Wow. This photo makes this house look straight out of a horror flick. Even if it is well-maintained, by shooting straight into the sun this image gives the buyer the wrong impression. I am an architectural photography and it is a BIG no no to photograph a building will the sun behind it-- you want the sun to light the front of the house, not your camera!! All photography invokes feelings, whether it's a fine art image or a real estate photo-- the viewer sees only what is in front of them. In this case, a bad image= a very bad impression of this house. I have no doubt that the delay in selling this house is a direct result of the photography. There is nothing about this picture that makes anyone want to go see the real thing. Wow. This photo makes this house look straight out of a horror flick. Even if it is well-maintained, by shooting straight into the sun this image gives the buyer the wrong impression. I am an architectural photography and it is a BIG no no to photograph a building will the sun behind it– you want the sun to light the front of the house, not your camera!!
All photography invokes feelings, whether it’s a fine art image or a real estate photo– the viewer sees only what is in front of them. In this case, a bad image= a very bad impression of this house. I have no doubt that the delay in selling this house is a direct result of the photography. There is nothing about this picture that makes anyone want to go see the real thing.

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