Taking pictures of your FSBO home.
OUTDOOR:
Take your outdoor for sale by owner home photos on a bright, sunny day if possible. Taking shots before 10am and after 3:00 pm usually produces the best photo results in the summer. In the winter months, you may have to experiment a bit. Generally speaking, photos taken around high noon will not produce good effects, especially if you have a lot of snow on the ground.
INDOOR / OUTDOOR:
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Fill the frame of your camera with your subject. You want to show as much of the house/room as possible.
Take photos of your home from different angles so potential buyers have a way to judge the size of the home and property.
It is usually best to use a flash when taking indoor photos but beware: when using a flash, objects in the foreground will out shine anything in the middle and backgrounds.
Be sure that any vehicles, toys and other unwanted objects are removed from your property before the photo's are taken.
Scanned Images Submitted
Scanning Resolution: When getting ready to scan an image, always render for SCREEN RESOLUTION. This means 72dpi is your targeted final output, NOT 300 dpi. Dpi mean Dots Per Inch.
Color Photos: When scanning color photos, scan them at 16 million colors (true colors). Color photos compress better and also render better quality as JPEG images at 16 million colors rather than GIF images at 256 colors.
Resizing the Image: Once you have the scanned image open in your graphic program, resize the image. You should be able to find an "image resize" option in your menu. This should open up a "resize options" box. Click on custom size, and enter the new size in the text boxes. Make sure the maintain aspect ratio checkbox is checked. The recommended size for images used on the
Private Sale Realty web site is no larger than 260 X 195 pixels in width. The resulting files should be under 20k in size. No one appreciates using a slower modem to load a huge image and this will, consequently, discourage people from viewing your photos.
Saving your photo: Save the image as a JPG with compression set to "good" or "medium"
depending on the program you are using. File size is crucial because many of our viewers are using slower modems. Smaller is better. Always try for less than 20k when the file is compressed. When you name the image, be sure to
name each as it is. For Example: LivingRoom1.jpg
Kitchen1.jpg Etc...
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