Episode 21: Grant Kennedy - How To Help in Your Photo Shoot

Real Estate Right host Grant Kennedy talks to us about how to help your photographer before you have your photo shoot.

 

Photographt is one of the first impressions a buyer has when you sell your home. And photography can make or break a sale. If the photos aren't good, you're not going to get the enquiry, it's as simple as that. So, how can you help to make your photo shoot seamless for the photographer? We will find out how, with resident host of Real Estate Rigiht, Grant Kennedy, also renowned for being a leading photographer throughout Melbourne, with his business, We Shoot Buildings.

1. What do you think is the percentage of properties that you still have to clean up, style with what's there or avoid touching?

2. What are some things that vendors, tenants and agents can do to prepare a home for a photo shoot?

3. Do you have to prepare every room for a photo shoot?

4. Sometimes owners forget the smaller things, that make a photo shoot, what are some things that would be really helpful before you arrive?

5. If we are running out of time, and you know your photographer is coming in the next half hour, what are some things you don't need to worry about getting ready?

6. If you're doing your own styling, what are some hot tips to make your photos look good?

7. If you haven't the money for styling and the house is vacant, what are some alternatives that a photographer can do to make the property look good?

8. What about the exterior? What can we do to help the exterior look good in the photos?

9.Different photographers do different things - some take dusk photos, some add dusk lighting in, some ask for lights on, some for lights off. Explain the difference.

10. What are other visual opportunities agents are using to market properties?