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Eileen Landau, Licensed Real Estate Broker,  Naperville-Downers Grove,  IL

Date: February 18

...many agents remove all but one photo just prior to the expiration so if they don't get the listing extension another agent has to take her/his own photos. says Bev.

Our MLS changed their regulations last year and if you took another agent's listing and
cloned the pictures you would be fined. They also added a violation flag. So, I don't think that's the reason. I've also noticed when listings are reduced that they very rarely have more than one picture.

Cordially,
Eileen Landau, BA, MA, OTD, e-Pro Internet Certified, REBA, RERA, SRES
Over 800 Homes Sold!
Realty Executives, Pro/Team
Serving Naperville, Downers Grove
and Woodridge
630-961-2600 Direct
630-515-9500 Office

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Ronny Geenen Licensed Real Estate Agent,  Glendora,  CA

Date: February 18

I, too, am always amazed that agents don't take the time to put toilet seats down before taking bathroom photos.
Gene Carey, Broker/GRI/JIM
 
 
 
What about the germs?
 
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Jerry Bridges

Date: February 19

RG wrote: I know that Jerry. I save my original high resolution pictures and when I need it for something I first make a copy and then work with the copy.
Well that's not quite true RG. When you take an image in JPEG the camera compresses the image so you never have a truly high resolution image!
Jerry R. Bridges
Realtor
Licensed in SC, NC
cell 864-915-0779
fax 864-990-1940
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Malcolm Waring Information Technology,  Stroudsburg,  PA

Date: February 19

I have a routine that I have to follow when I shoot a house. I walk through every room and turn each light on, open the curtains and straighten things out. This is when I make sure the toilet lids are down (using my foot if I need to, heh heh).

If I try to do this room by room, I will miss it because by that time I am thinking about the shot and setting up lights in the bigger rooms.

Remember, I spend way too much time on photographs, but it's my thing.

Malcolm Waring, Realtor, e-PRO
Pocono Real Estate

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Jerry Bridges

Date: February 19

Suzanne wrote: This is not correct. When you compress a JPEG, the image file size is
reduced and the image quality is reduced (as JPEG artifacts are
introduced). However, the resolution stays the same. If, for example,
you start with a 300 px x 400 px, 72ppi resolution image, after JPEG
compression, it will still be 300 px x 400 px, 72 ppi resolution.
 
While you may be technically correct, most people refer to resolution as quality. Lets just say every time you save a JPEG you loose quality.
Resolution as defined in "WordWeb": (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture

 
 
Jerry R. Bridges
Realtor
 
Licensed in SC, NC
cell 864-915-0779
fax 864-990-1940
jbridges@kw.com
www.Jbridgeshomes.com
www.realty360tours.com
 
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Eileen Landau, Licensed Real Estate Broker,  Naperville-Downers Grove,  IL

Date: February 19

Why are we even taking pictures of toilets? or bathrooms?

The bathroom that I'd consider taking a picture of...would have marble floors, a fireplace,
french doors that opened to a balcony that overlooked the mountains and/or the sea.
A castle, perhaps?

Cordially,
Eileen Landau, BA, MA, OTD, e-Pro Internet Certified, REBA, RERA, SRES
Over 800 Homes Sold!
Realty Executives, Pro/Team
Serving Naperville, Downers Grove
and Woodridge
630-961-2600 Direct
630-515-9500 Office

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John Cleek Licensed Real Estate Agent,  Louisburg,  KS

Date: February 19

Judging by the embarrassing quality (or absence of quality) displayed in the majority of mls listings, agents who spend too much time on their pictures are a rare breed. I normally pass on listings without pictures or with low grade pictures. When I send a link to a listing to one of my buyers I became connected to that listing in the mind of my buyer.


So, if you want me to show your listings, spend enough time and take enough pictures, and compose them in the right format to reflect well on an mls listing. Otherwise, you're wasting your time as far as I am concerned.

As I have noted in a previous post, I am not expecting (and I don't want) you to photoshop your pictures to the point that a sow's ear looks like a silk purse. I want a quality representation of the home you are marketing. And I don't want 10 pictures of the seller's furniture or furnishings. I want enough pictures of the architecture and layout of the home that my buyer can make a preliminary judgment as to whether they want to see your listing.

John

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I have a routine that I have to follow when I shoot a house. I walk through every room and turn each light on, open the curtains and straighten things out. This is when I make sure the toilet lids are down (using my foot if I need to, heh heh).

If I try to do this room by room, I will miss it because by that time I am thinking about the shot and setting up lights in the bigger rooms.

Remember, I spend way too much time on photographs, but it's my thing.

Malcolm Waring, Realtor, e-PRO
Pocono Real Estate

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Suzanne Hathcock stephens Vendor,  Battle Ground,  WA

Date: February 19

Jerry Bridges wrote:
Suzanne wrote: This is not correct. When you compress a JPEG, the image
file size is
reduced and the image quality is reduced (as JPEG artifacts are
introduced). However, the resolution stays the same. If, for example,
you start with a 300 px x 400 px, 72ppi resolution image, after JPEG
compression, it will still be 300 px x 400 px, 72 ppi resolution.

While you may be technically correct, most people refer to resolution as
quality. Lets just say every time you save a JPEG you loose quality.
Resolution as defined in "WordWeb": (computer science) the number of
pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the
resolution, the better the picture.
____________________________

Jerry, then "most people" are very confused. Digital print and web
designers and computer science people such as the developers at Adobe
who create most of the software used by our industry DO know the
critical differences between degree of JPEG compression and image
resolution.

Suzanne

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Point2Agent Qualified Web Site Designer
http://www.SuzStephens.com
360-666-0881

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Ronny Geenen Licensed Real Estate Agent,  Glendora,  CA

Date: February 19

Remember, I spend way too much time on photographs, but it's my thing.

Malcolm Waring



I do not know, what is too much time, but not so long ago I nearly spend 2 hours taking pictures of a single story 4600 sq ft 3 bedrooms and 4 baths bungalow at a golf course. I took from each room at least 3 pictures each time with a different exposure and no flash.

I am considering to buy the software Photomatix to use the merge procedure.


 

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Ruth Gabbard Licensed Real Estate Broker,  Honolulu,  HI

Date: February 19

2/19/2009 @ 10:13 AM HST

>>

Eileen Landau (snip):

Why are we even taking pictures of toilets? or bathrooms?

>>

In my market place, which includes Japanese nationalists, the "furo" (larger, deeper bathtubs) are very important , so a photo of the bathroom could be the feature that sells the property.

And for the record, I never post a photo with the "seat up". Plus it contradicts the principles of Feng Shui.


With Warmest Aloha,

Ruth A. Gabbard (R), CRB, CRS, SRES, PB
Gabbard Hawaii Properties | Honolulu, Hawaii
808-534-1850 | 877-ALOHA HI (256-4244) Toll Free
Listserv E-mail: realtalk@hawaii-properties.info

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