Re: Real Estate photography

Paul Bartram wrote:

>> Really? My experience in RE over many years says image quality means
>> plenty and quality gets noticed.
>
> Wish someone would tell rental managers that. Look through any online
> rental list and you'll see plenty of fuzzy camera-phone pictures of
> what could be an apartment block, or it might be a cardboard box...
> An owner doesn't get much service for the equivalent of one week's
> rent!

How true!  Sadly, this is the norm for this segment.

> However, if you pay $5,000 plus for a basic sales listing, I reckon
> you should get your own web site, with inter-active panoramic shots,
> not out-of-focus, sloping, point-and-shoot snapshots, but often
> that's all you do get.

Yep!  This is the typical scam that is so prevalent in that industry.  If 
they were given decent pics on the first tier of service these companies 
wouldn't be able to sell the more "exclusive" packages.





Rita