With so many people now looking online for their next home, you really need to make sure that you stand out from your competition. One of the best ways to garner interest and attract potential residents is with great listing photography. Here are five easy tips on how to make sure you take beautiful pictures that will grab the attention of potential residents.

1. Take Enough Pictures

You don’t want to take 100 pictures, because no one wants to take the time look through all of those. Instead make sure that you take enough pictures of your property that potential residents see all your great features. Typically, you want to have around 10-15 photos that include the available rental space, common areas, and some feature amenities.

2. Focus On Features

Take a minute to look at competitive listings and figure out what makes your property stand out against them. Then when you take pictures of your property focus on your most unique and exciting features.

3. Consider Lighting

The best time to take pictures is in the middle of the day when natural light is the brightest. Dark photos not only make it hard to see all your great features clearly, but they make spaces look unappealing.

4. Shoot A Good Angle

You want to take a picture from an angle that makes the spaces look large and open. One of the best things about digital cameras is you can take hundreds of pictures. So when taking photos experiment a bit with different angles. Try photos from different eye levels and from different areas of the room. Then when you go through your pictures, you can pick out the best ones.

5. Don’t Be Afraid To Edit Your Photos

You don’t want to saturate your pictures with filters so they end up looking completely doctored, but you can tweak them a little to highlight the features. Play with brightness, color, and even cropping to make sure that you are presenting the best possible photo of the space. 
 
All of these tips will help you take photos that attract potential residents. Also, make sure once you have a great set of photos that you load them onto the listing site with the full file size. If you take great photos and end up listing them with small file size, you’ll lose the picture quality you worked so hard to obtain.