This poorly-composed nightmare fails to tell the buyer what room he or she is looking at. It could be anywhere in the home, and doesn’t show off anything about this property.
This was the only picture of the exterior of this property on the MLS. Always ask your clients to please move their vehicles out of the way for pictures. If this happens to be the REALTOR®’s vehicle, that’s even worse!
This would appear to be a dining room or breakfast nook, but we can’t be sure because we can’t see a table or chairs. Remember context when you’re displaying your clients’ most valuable asset to the world. All that’s needed to improve this picture is to stand back and/or use a wide-angle lens and to turn on that light.
Perhaps a little late for a New Year’s resolution, but it’s never too late to begin to change your lifestyle to achieve greater health and fitness.
Have you joined other fitness facilities with good intentions to keep up a regular workout, and then fallen off the wagon into a rut? Do you dread going to the gym, running on a treadmill and doing the same, boring routines every time you go? You’re not alone, and that’s why you should check out The Fresh Fitness Company, a gym in Sooke owned and operated by Kristen Lindal.
Fresh Fitness is different. There are no weight machines. There are very few free weights, even. No treadmills, no stair climbers, and no elliptical trainers. Fresh Fitness in Sooke is a class-based fitness facility, with qualified instructors leading groups in various forms of exercise, motivating and coaching along the way. Instead of paying your monthly fees and then off you go on your own, Kristen’s company takes a fresh approach in leading you to your fitness goals.
My fiancee joined Fresh Fitness over a year ago, and she still goes, five days a week. She’s the first one to admit that she’s failed to keep up the routine in the past with other gyms. The difference? Variety. Kristen and her professional instructors host many different types of fitness classes that appeal to a broad variety of people. Monday might be a spinning class, Tuesday might be a cardio dance class. On Wednesday, muscle tone is the focus in a body shaping class. The end result are that members of Fresh Fitness want to go back to do more classes, resulting in a full-body workout over the course of a week.
The Fresh Fitness Company also offers training and support for runners; Marg and I were a part of their Victoria 1/2 Marathon running group last year. They also train for the TC10K and the Run for the Cure.
Is The Fresh Fitness Company a ladies-only facility? No, they have quite a few men as members, and I have done classes there on a drop-in basis too.
From its humble beginnings in owner Kristen Lindal’s Whiffen Spit home, Fresh Fitness has a permanent home in Sooke’s Evergreen Centre (beside the BC Liquor Store). You can reach Fresh Fitness at 250-642-2377.
Here are a couple of videos of their classes (Click through if you’re reading this through a feed reader or e-mail):
This photo is particularly useless. It’s almost as if the REALTOR® was trying to swat away a fly with the camera and misfired it in the process. At least we know there is a smoke detector.
How about standing back, holding the camera straight, and showing us what the property looks like? This one is also so pixelated it’s nearly impossible to make out any detail.
Clutter, clutter, everywhere! Wow, what a mess. Everyone lives differently, and it’s not nice to judge, but this REALTOR® should have counseled his or her client on how to better prepare the home for sale before taking pictures! The TV should also be off. Anyone know – is that Frasier or Cheers on the TV?
This photo does nothing at all to show off this kitchen. It’s too dark, a little crooked, and very poorly composed. The clutter in the foreground is very distracting, and it makes this kitchen look tiny. Kitchens are usually big enough to be able to be photographed effectively without a wide-angle lens; just step back and try and compose the shot to make the room look bigger.
Maybe this is true art. Maybe the REALTOR® in question was using the bright sunlight and the dome light, juxtaposed on a background of a featureless white wall to make a social statement about the homogeneity of modern life; how sad it is that everything blends together with no real definition or contrast.
Maybe it’s just a horrible MLS photo. You be the judge.
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