Ultra wide angle photographs

[iheartdebt]

Is anyone else also getting sick of seeing "professional" ultra wide angle, with perspective corrected, staged photographs of homes?  When you actually walk through a property, you already know it will be nothing like the photos, so what is the point?

In a similar vein, I've met with several real estate agents recently, and in person, they never look as good as the photos on their websites.  Total match.com material!  8)

I think it is a violation. In practice..they don't seem to fix it even if you tell them. mike dunn listed this as 3600 sq fthttp://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/9-Glenhaven-Ln-92620/home/4790102

on his own website, the floorplan shows it as 3317, with garage conversionhttp://northwoodpointeirvine.com/Floorplans/Mayfield/Mayfield_3.asp

Mike Dunn is the biggest abuser of "inflating" both building and lot square footage...I really wish MLS/Realtor Association would put their foot down on this sort of thing.

 

[shokunin]

I saw these yesterday on this listing:

http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/36-Grassland-92620/home/5958298

These are not even wide angle, but stitched panaromas!  It's pathetic if I can see all 4 walls in an enclosed room in a 2D picture.  Stitched panaroma in the backyard and even a fisheye or badly distorted super-wide in the living room.  There so much distortion in the living room and dining room pictures, the photographer should be fired from taking architectural photos. 

Half the walls in these pictures aren't even straight, you can see the curved distortion where the wall meets the ceiling.

 

[ucla bruin]

Yes I felt victim to this as well, or maybe I was more of a optimist and must see every home even though a lot of them you can tell is shot with a wide angle because of distortion and exaggerated lines. Some listings even use HDR photos, which are fine but looks more surreal than representation of real life.

 

[iheartdebt]

You mean those aren't actually trapezoidal rooms?  :'(

I saw these yesterday on this listing:

http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/36-Grassland-92620/home/5958298

These are not even wide angle, but stitched panaromas!  It's pathetic if I can see all 4 walls in an enclosed room in a 2D picture.  Stitched panaroma in the backyard and even a fisheye or badly distorted super-wide in the living room.  There so much distortion in the living room and dining room pictures, the photographer should be fired from taking architectural photos. 

Half the walls in these pictures aren't even straight, you can see the curved distortion where the wall meets the ceiling.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

I would rather have "doctored" pictures than no pictures at all.

I hate it when a listing has 1 picture of the front and that's it.

 

[sgip]

Some Realtors used CirclePic's to sell homes. The camera was placed in the center of the room, rotated, and allowed you to pan, zoom, and other tricks to see the house in context. My guess is that with the advent of YouTube and the expense of hosting a site capable to handle CP's end product, everyone went on the cheap and did not pursue this method of displaying their listings.

Note to self. Start a business that takes an IPad 2 on a steadycam mount through a home, narrated by the Agent as you walk through each room...

Soylent Green Is People.

 

[irvinerealtor]

Some Realtors used CirclePic's to sell homes. The camera was placed in the center of the room, rotated, and allowed you to pan, zoom, and other tricks to see the house in context. My guess is that with the advent of YouTube and the expense of hosting a site capable to handle CP's end product, everyone went on the cheap and did not pursue this method of displaying their listings.

Note to self. Start a business that takes an IPad 2 on a steadycam mount through a home, narrated by the Agent as you walk through each room...

Soylent Green Is People.

I am no threat to Cameron or Spielberg, but I already do this for some of my partners as needed.
Here is yesterday's walkthrough:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCHryOQFhw[/youtube]

-IR2

 

[sgip]

Nicely done. Great not to hear "spacious" when "small" is correctly describing the space. Not a whiff of "gourmet kitchen", "lite and bright" or other nonsense, although I don't know what "oompa-loompa" granite is. 

Do you have to record the narrative at the same time you shoot, or can you add it later?

My .02c

Soylent Green Is People.

 

[irvinerealtor]

I'm sure it is possible.  It is beyond my current skill set, however.  Would love to edit out all of my "umms" and "uhhs".

I will stick to my other strengths, but am slowly trying to build better, more usable tools that clients want.

For instance, the newly-enabled QR codes...