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A few basic questions come up when you’re looking for a house: where is it, what does it cost and most importantly: what’s it look like? When looks are so important, why are real estate photos often of such poor quality?

If you're trying to sell a house (or anything for that matter) you won't be quite as successful if you can't make it look its best. That's the problem with lousy listing pho ...

It’s got to look good when you’re trying to sell something (really, no matter what it is). You polish it up, dress it up and make it neat and tidy. Then you take some pictures of it – excellent photos of course, not of the mediocre kind.

Imagine two similar houses, one has good listing photos and the other has horrible listing photos. Which one of the two might attract the most attention?

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To grab your attention regarding a nice home for sale, it may work to show you excellent listing photos. This, as opposed to representing a house with bad photography. It’s the image that’ll make the first impression.

Yes, this is a nice home, probably quite spectacular. You can see that instantly even with this little photo. Yet, it's possible to mess up such an image with bad photography.

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How can you fall in love with an ugly home? Why would you even want to see an uninviting, dark house? Who wants a house with tiny, cramped rooms? Yet many real estate listings give just that poor a first impression.

True enough, ugly homes sometimes still sell; however we can all agree that people will tend to pay more for a nice house than an ugly one (everything else being the same).

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Some listing photos look good, others look really bland. Why the difference? It could be as simple as the difference between using an ultra wide angle lens or not.

It's hard to make an ugly house look good - but there is a way to make a spectacular home look even better. Ultra wide angle photography can be ideal for real estate photos.

To show off the benefits and features of a home, it wil ...

Just leafing through real estate listings in general, you’ve probably wondered at times why certain properties sport such atrocious listing photographs. When a property doesn’t show at its best, the buyer can’t really see it and the seller loses a marketing opportunity.

The do's and dont's of good real estate photography are basically quite simple. For sure, one doesn't need to go to photogr ...

How do you take a good photo series of a home to show off its benefits and features to all those that will be viewing the listing on the Internet? It takes a bit of extra effort to do this entirely right.

The days of the quick snap-shot of a property are over. It's now more important than ever to get a set of professional-quality photos when trying to sell your home.

It’s only ten or 20 yea ...

Everybody can take a photo these days, if not on a $69 camera, then on a nice digital SLR product. If all else fails, one could always snap a picture from one’s phone. All just a few steps short of professional photography, of course.

The wide-angle lens can take photos that'll make everything look out of proportion, this image being a perfect example of that. Real estate photography, howeve ...

We all agree that good photography will help sell properties because it instantly attracts potential buyers to a home and its features. A good image can set the mood quite nicely.

Ultra wide-angle photography has the power to open up viewing angles. As an example, in this particular image, you can see both the house and the scenery in one shot.

There is no doubt that a good wide-angle len ...

Traveling to and from the BC Sunshine Coast is a scenic experience in virtually all weather conditions. Most people take the ferry but there is one other way that deserves mention.

This is the approximate flight path of the floatplane from Sechelt to Vancouver Harbour (Downtown). The average flight time is 20 minutes.

The floatplane terminal at Sechelt Inlet provides flights to many destina ...