Kathi Presutti’s advice

Kathi Presutti visited Preview Properties.com on Thursday to share some tips on taking better MLS photos. She suggested we “consider our photos our first showings.” Here are a few more tips she provided:

• Make sure you put captions on vacant room photos (EX: “living room”, “2nd bedroom”).
• Remove family photos and other clutter.
• No seasonal decor.
• Switch out several small art pieces with one large piece.
• Turn off the TV.
• Take magnets, etc. off the refrigerator.
• Remove dishes from the sink and any rags, towels on the counters.
• Put the toilet seat down.
• Remove toothbrushes from the bathroom countertops.
• Make sure the blinds are level with each other if multiple windows show in photo.
• Watch the weather report. Sometimes sunny days aren’t the best for interior photos.
• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. generally a good time to take photos, but so is dawn and dusk (“golden hour”)
• Take photos from corners of rooms so viewer can see two walls in photo.
• Try taking photos from low angles (or high angles).
• Use a wide angle lense, not a fisheye lense.