{"id":159,"date":"2008-01-12T13:46:45","date_gmt":"2008-01-12T21:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/159\/should-realtors-take-their-own-photos-not-if-you-see-these\/"},"modified":"2008-01-12T17:41:15","modified_gmt":"2008-01-13T01:41:15","slug":"should-realtors-take-their-own-photos-not-if-you-see-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/159\/should-realtors-take-their-own-photos-not-if-you-see-these\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Realtors Take Their Own Photos?  Not If You See These"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bad MLS Photo\" alt=\"Bad MLS Photo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog_images\/badPhoto.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am always amazed at how terrible the photography is for listings on the MLS.\u00c2\u00a0 With over 80% of buyers starting their search for a new home on the Internet, I cannot stress the importance of having great images.\u00c2\u00a0 Some are so bad, I would argue that the owner would be better served by not having any photos online.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I wrote in a previous blog post that near professional quality equipment\u00c2\u00a0is available to the average consumer at affordable prices.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, great equipment doesn&#8217;t necessarily translate to better content for the Internet.\u00c2\u00a0 The analogy that I like to use is &#8211; I own some great power tools but I wouldn&#8217;t attempt to renovate\u00c2\u00a0my clients\u00c2\u00a0kitchen in West Vancouver.\u00c2\u00a0 As Shakespeare once said, &#8220;A $1000 DSLR camera does not a photographer make.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Just because you are physically able to point and shoot a camera doesn&#8217;t mean you should &#8230; and I have some great examples.\u00c2\u00a0 I recently found an incredibly entertaining website that posts photos taken from\u00c2\u00a0the mls.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bad MLS Photo of the Day\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reagentinct.com\/category\/bad-mls-photo-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bad MLS Photo of the Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After seeing these photos, you should consider using Video Openhouse to photograph your next listing.\u00c2\u00a0 We are affordable, only $49 when you get a video tour produced.\u00c2\u00a0 A small price to pay to guarantee your home looks its best!\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, that photo at the top of this post, just tip your monitor to the right..<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am always amazed at how terrible the photography is for listings on the MLS.\u00c2\u00a0 With over 80% of buyers starting their search for a new home on the Internet, I cannot stress the importance of having great images.\u00c2\u00a0 Some are so bad, I would argue that the owner would be better served by not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vopenhouse.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}