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630,251
Ajay Pandya
e-Merge Real Estate Unlimited - Columbus, OH
Realtor Ajay Pandya

I have a professional photographer for regular listings. (Not for HUD)

Feb 23, 2018 08:07 PM
Rainmaker
400,356
Jill Murty, Realtor - Orange County, CA
Movoto - Laguna Niguel, CA

I hire it out.  As a side note, holy cow Gabe Sanders!  Overachiever.  What a great excuse to get a Go-pro and a drone.  

Mar 02, 2015 07:15 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Depends on the property, we generally take very good photos

Nov 23, 2019 11:41 PM
Rainer
279,878
Dipti Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
On a team with Praful Thakkar

No. Professional does.

Jul 10, 2018 11:54 PM
Rainmaker
533,993
Robert Havana
Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking - Calgary, AB
Alberta Real Estate License Parking

just looking back over some old questions and answers, looks like you got some decent replies to this one.

Mar 05, 2016 02:07 AM
Rainer
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Mar 03, 2015 06:10 AM
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Ben DeHaven
Haven Realty & Investments - Lakeland, FL
Proudly serving Winter Haven & Lakeland, Florida

 I hire someone unless the place is  a dump. I also have a flying gopro like Gabe does. 

Mar 03, 2015 04:38 AM
Rainmaker
582,106
Eric Kodner
Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI
CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

For many reasons, I take my own photos and videos.  We are in a relatively remote recreational area where competent photography resources are either scarce or expensive.  

The problem with so many "professional" photographers is that they have no skin in the game.  They may consider themselves pros, but their specialty is wedding photography or glamour industry stuff, not real estate or architectural  photography.  These  well-meaning folks show up for a photo shoot and spend maybe an hour actually taking photos (because their time clock is running).  They hand you a jump drive with a couple dozen photos (un-edited and uncorrected for lens distortion) and they're gone.  If you complain, they are quick to tell you that their photos were "good enough" for the big franchise brokerages in town.

I use a Canon 5D Mark III with wide and ultrawide lenses.  Once in awhile I use a Canon Fisheye lens, with DxO software.

Mar 03, 2015 02:19 AM
Rainmaker
474,392
Bill Dandridge
MKB, Realtors - Roanoke, VA
GREEN, ABR, GRI, EcoBroker

I have a Nikon D-5000 that I purchase several years ago, and I take my own photos. I need to purchase a wide-angle lens, and hopefully that will come this year.

I do tell my clients that I will hire a professional photographer if they are unsatisfied with my photos, though.

Mar 02, 2015 11:24 PM
Rainmaker
938,407
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

John, we take our own photos and we purchased a Nikon D-5200 last summer and received a great deal from Best Buy.  It has been fairly painless to use and the results with lack of inside lighting or those sun drenched widows have now been overcome with very good pictures!

Mar 02, 2015 09:58 PM
Rainmaker
629,608
Tom Bailey
Margaret Rudd & Associates Inc. - Oak Island, NC

I take most of my own. In the old 35 MM days I was a very good amateur photogapher. I even got paid to take photos from time to time. 

Mar 02, 2015 09:27 PM
Rainmaker
1,712,676
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

I use a Nikon D-5000 with a 10-20mm Sigma lens instead of the stock lens. it is not only a wide anlge but also a superior lens and I also use a custom flash.

 

Mar 02, 2015 09:20 PM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

I am the world's worst phtographer and no matter what I'd do, I'd never be as good as a professional. All of my photos are done professionally and it's a big selling point on listing appointments.

Mar 02, 2015 08:11 PM
Rainmaker
1,026,854
Margaret Woda
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD
Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

In the case of staged homes that show well, I'll usually hire a real estate photographer. She's very affordable, about $150 for most homes, and she uploads the photos to MRIS for me as well as creating a photo slideshow with music. 'Saves me a lot of time!

No amount of photography can help a home that shows poorly, however, so I generally take those with my Canon point-and-shoot camera and enhance the lighting with a photo editor on my computer.

Mar 02, 2015 07:38 PM
Rainmaker
1,622,432
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

It depends. I do prefer to hire a professional photographer with serious editing skills, but if the property is not ''prepared'', it is just a waste of money.  In that case, I help sellers with a bit of staging and do my best with my Nikon D7000 with few nice wide lenses , basic editing. If I had patience to learn Lightroom post processing and Photoshop....

Mar 02, 2015 03:23 PM
Rainmaker
2,362,584
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

I hire out. For the cost of the photos to be done professionally - it is worth it to me to have good photos - I think the seller deserves as much.

Mar 02, 2015 12:35 PM
Rainmaker
1,683,912
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

I take my own with a panasonic video HD camera.  It shoots awesome 2D and 3D stills.  I don't use the 3D for Real Estate.

Mar 02, 2015 12:09 PM
Rainmaker
4,319,419
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

I work with a professional - who also takes some panorama pictures John Novak .

Mar 02, 2015 11:49 AM
Rainmaker
2,443,250
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

I hire it out.  They do a much better job and are pretty reasonable.

Mar 02, 2015 11:21 AM
Rainmaker
2,224,473
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

I take my own photos. I don't even know if we have a professional real estate photographer in my extremely rural area. I do a good job of taking pictures. I take a lot of them and experiment with different lighting and setting to get different results. At one house I took 128 pictures. 

Mar 02, 2015 11:09 AM
Rainmaker
1,239,801
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Nikon D7000, tripod, external flashes. 360 deg stitch software.

These cell, digital photos often come crooked and show how sloopy the realtors are in marketing. Their lens are made of plasitc which often take pool resolution images.

Mar 02, 2015 10:57 AM
Rainmaker
3,986,258
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I just added more camera equiptment.  I have over $5000 invested and take all my own, but I have also taken a few classes.  Yes, they may not be Professional, but very feew would be able to tell the difference.

Mar 02, 2015 08:43 AM
Rainmaker
5,772,575
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

We recommend using a professional.  How many hours do you have in a day to do that also?  Lighting is key if you are going to do it yourself. A

Mar 02, 2015 07:41 AM
Rainmaker
443,220
Cindy Davis
SD Home Source Realty - San Diego, CA

I hire a professional photographer for all my listings.

Mar 02, 2015 07:35 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,082
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Anything under $1million, I shoot myself.  Above that, I hire a professional.  I use a digitial wide angle Samsung Point and Shoot and process the color and shadow with Photoshop.  I also use a Drone with a go-pro camera.

Mar 02, 2015 07:10 AM
Rainmaker
4,434,127
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I use a digital camera. 

Mar 02, 2015 07:08 AM