Comments on: Unbelievably Bad Real Estate Photos Hall of Fame

By: Toni C

Toni C — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:39:53 +0000

Wow,

I thought my photos were bad back in the day….

This is like saying… “please don’t even come look at this house much less buy it.”

It really made me feel better about my old attempts at taking photos of my listings.

I love the one where you see the photographer in the bathroom mirror.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:34:15 +0000

That’s pretty funny, especially the comments.
Reminds me of a real estate tv show I once saw where the video of each room was shot without benefit of a wide angle lens. So every room was panned in a square: upper left corner, pan across top third of room to upper right corner, tilt down to floor, pan left to lower left corner of room. Add bad lighting and shakey camera work. Awful!

By: Vince DeStefano

Vince DeStefano — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:32:07 +0000

that is gold! I love it! made my day

By: Cherie Irwin

Cherie Irwin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:48:06 +0000

I think your tour is sooooooo funny, and such a great idea for a Real Estate agent. I’ve recently been searching for a house, and despite the help that the Internet offers to weed out properties, I feel like we are probably still overlooking some properties that we might otherwise view due to bad photos. It is really hard to get a feel for a house with bad images. I don’t want to open up a picture of a Dining Room and only see the table or a Master Bedroom and only see a crooked King size bed. Or better yet, a photo of a doorway portraying a “spacious bedroom”. No wonder buyers are so slow to make decisions in this market…with photos like those displayed in Norm’s tour all over the MLS, it is really hard to find a house worthy of even getting into the car to go see.

By: MVUS

MVUS — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:10:53 +0000

That was really funny. Thanks for posting the link

By: Marc Lacoste

Marc Lacoste — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:15:15 +0000

This is great, counter-examples are always welcome to show benefits of good work.

And thanks for the laugh.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:39:15 +0000

LOL!
That is a fine collection of… rubbish.
I love the “Sleeping Man” image.
Great commentary too, my sense of humour.

Thanks for giving me a laugh today.

By: eric

eric — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:30:02 +0000

Those are amateur. But I’ve seen worse, unfortunately they’ve been replaced on the MLS here, so I can’t point to them.

But the kitchen pictures each had 2 bags of garbage on the floor, to go with the odd framing, bad lighting, and general ‘this house has been in an earthquake’ clutter.

By: Norm Fisher

Norm Fisher — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:57:50 +0000

Larry, thanks for covering my tour. I have a great respect for photographers as I know how difficult it is to capture good images. I am a long way from producing professional quality images but I have picked up some decent equipment and spend some time attempting to learn. Your blog has been one of my favorite resources for a long time. Thanks for all that you so willingly share.