Bright blue skies and fluffy clouds in property photos! Ha!

LiveOnce

Er, it's Britain, I find it quite amusing the estate agents use this in their property photos

kilby_007

LiveOnce wrote: »

Er, it's Britain, I find it quite amusing the estate agents use this in their property photos

Makes me laugh when they try and pad out the listing by adding 30 odd photos, including the same photo in 3 or 4 times and they include the unedited shots too.

trevormax

It's quite telling when there are 10 photo's and 8 of them are of the exterior/surrounding scenic views while 2 photo's then barely show the interior.

Davesnave

LiveOnce wrote: »

Er, it's Britain, I find it quite amusing the estate agents use this in their property photos

From this post I'd guess you must live 'up north.'

Hard luck, old chap.

In your quiet moments, like when you're trudging past those dark satanic mills in the rain on your way to work, perhaps you could also reflect on why the makers of TV adverts don't use fat old bints in onesies to advertise perfume, or why Stephen Hawking has never been the 'star in a reasonably-priced car.'

Tricky, isn't it?

amateur_house

Davesnave wrote: »

From this post I'd guess you must live 'up north.'

Hard luck, old chap.

In your quiet moments, like when you're trudging past those dark satanic mills in the rain on your way to work, perhaps you could also reflect on why the makers of TV adverts don't use fat old bints in onesies to advertise perfume, or why Stephen Hawking has never been the 'star in a reasonably-priced car.'

Tricky, isn't it?

Yes, that's amusing too, all down to marketing. Do they really expect anyone to fall for it in this day and age. Even the news is false.

usefulmale

Davesnave wrote: »

From this post I'd guess you must live 'up north.'

Hard luck, old chap.

In your quiet moments, like when you're trudging past those dark satanic mills in the rain on your way to work, perhaps you could also reflect on why the makers of TV adverts don't use fat old bints in onesies to advertise perfume, or why Stephen Hawking has never been the 'star in a reasonably-priced car.'

Tricky, isn't it?

I suppose it's the fact that if they are willing to fake the photos to such an obvious extent, do you really trust them not to fake or misrepresent anything else?

csgohan4

I don't trust the EA photos, they use fish eye lenses to make rooms bigger which p155 me off and I learnt the hard way when I wasted an evening viewing a property.


I try and imagine the dimensions from the floor plan but really best to view

Davesnave

usefulmale wrote: »

I suppose it's the fact that if they are willing to fake the photos to such an obvious extent, do you really trust them not to fake or misrepresent anything else?

I'd rather have an EA that knew how to Photoshop. than one who didn't have a clue about photography, like many who ply their customer's wares on Rightmove every day.

I had to Photoshop the first picture for the EA when I last sold, as his effort just didn't cut it, but that was in 2008.

Two years before that, the office girl they sent to photograph a bungalow I had for sale, fell into a flower bed and broke the camera. When I saw who they'd sent, I did the pictures for them.

When I'm selling, I want the EA to be aware of the entire advertising process, and when I'm buying I'd expect the EA to put a positive spin on everything. That's not necessarily misrepresentation, although I've been on the receiving end of some arrant nonsense in my time.

It's all a game.

Ithaca

csgohan4 wrote: »

I don't trust the EA photos, they use fish eye lenses to make rooms bigger which p155 me off and I learnt the hard way when I wasted an evening viewing a property.

Ah, the good old fish-eye lens.

Here's the pic of our patio from the listing URL="http://i.imgur.com/giMlPOh.jpg"]link[/URL and here's the "actual" size URL="http://i.imgur.com/cB6TUlB.jpg"]link[/URL.

You can see how distorted the estate agent pic is... makes the patio look twice the size!

neilio

It's even more amusing when the photographer comes to take the photos and all your belongings and possessions are moved around and hidden behind beds and sofas to make the property look emptier. A fun time, it is not.

david1951

To be fair, a fish-eye lens does allow you to see more of the room or space in question. Most estate agents now use specialist software that removes the "fishiness" of the fish-eye - see e.g. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/adaptive-wide-angle-filter.html

As far as I can tell this software is used by most estate agents/photographers now. You can notice it, for example, if the alcoves either side of a chimney breast (which are usually the same size) appear to be quite different in the photo.

All in all, I think the benefit of having more information in the photo outweighs the risk of a buyer being misled.