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January 17th, 2009

Shower of Power Returns!

What could be the highlight of this bathroom has become a stretched-out, poorly composed nightmare! My guess is that the MLS that this photo came from does not allow vertically oriented shots, and simply stretched it to fit the horizontally oriented spot that they had. It’s all about context – show the viewers what the rest of the bathroom looks like in the same shot.

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-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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January 2nd, 2009

Nice bathroom tilework, but what does the rest of the bathroom look like. Stand back and turn the camera vertically so that we can see! A wide angle lens would help, too.

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-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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December 25th, 2008 – MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Every time you shoot a bathroom without a wide angle lens, somewhere a kitten is killed. Please, think of the kittens! It’s Christmas!

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-Tim Ayres – Sooke Real Estate Professional

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December 24th, 2008

This beautiful looking shower and bathroom is another victim of a point-and-shoot camera that just can’t capture this kind of room properly. Always use a wide angle lens for bathrooms!

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December 19th, 2008

This awkward shot violates one of my main no-nos in real estate photography, and that is to never shoot a bathroom without a wide angle lens. They’re just not big enough to capture anything useful with a regular lens.  Here the REALTOR® has tried to use the mirror to capture more of the room, but in trying to keep him or herself out of the picture (bonus points for that!) it ends up looking really awkward.

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November 30th, 2008

Wow! If there was ever a violation of my bathroom rule (don’t shoot one without a wide angle lens) this would be it! Not only is it cluttered and blurry (possibly jpeg artifacts due to compression), but it looks like the REALTOR® also forgot to turn on some lights.

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November 14th, 2008

3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath-cave

What, was the power out when they shot these photos? Not only does this photo violate my cardinal rule of shooting bathrooms sans wide-angle lens, but you can hardly see anything!

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October 10th, 2008

Take Time To Reflect This Thanksgiving

Just another violation of Ayres Directive #1, involving a bathroom and a non-wide angle lens. Also, makes a star of the REALTOR® for shameless self-promotion by way of mirror reflections. Good one. Happy thanksgiving everyone! (Well, all us Canadians anyway.) Don’t worry, USA, yours will come soon enough.

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September 21st, 2008

Another Day, another violation of Ayres Directive #1. The REALTOR® managed to capture most of the bathroom by standing back, but with a wide-angle lens, he or she would be able to do that without including the walls and doorway in the frame.

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September 6th, 2008

Are Those Beer Bottles?!

Well first of all we have a direct violation of Ayres Directive #1 – A bathroom shot with a non-wide-angle lens. Anyone can see that there’s just no room in the frame to cram in an entire bathroom. Also, are those beer bottles on the tub?!

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