Newdigs Rochester proudly presents:
Sunny Sunday: Apartment Gardening Tips!
Every Sunday we will post a new gardening tip to help budding apartment gardeners! You can garden in a small space, and we can prove it!
If you have gardening questions, send them our way! We’ll work on finding you the answers.
You’ve heard the old phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words,” but in landlord terms, that picture often translates to cold hard cash. For many landlords, a one month vacancy can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Including pictures in your apartment listings will dramatically increase the number of renters interested in your apartment. You’ll also only receive calls from tenants who are truly interested in your apartment’s unique set of features, rather from all the rest who only want to see more detail than the listing provided. The more renters you manage to interest in your apartment, the sooner the rent checks will start rolling in.
Try these tips to get some extra nice apartment photos:
Plan for Natural Light
Put some thought into when the apartment will get the most sunlight. The more sunlight available to you when you photograph the space, the less you’ll rely on your flash. A camera flash can often make your photos look either washed out or give them a yellowish hue common of artificial lighting. Natural light will make your apartment look light, airy, and well, natural.
This room would photograph much differently in the evening, without the natural light.
Clean up!
Nothing turns off a renter like a photo of a cluttered or dirty space.
This kitchen is too cluttered to make a good impression on an apartment hunter.
Try Exciting Angles
When you’re looking through the view-finder on your camera, experiment with standing high on a chair, or squatting low to the floor, to achieve a view of the room with more of its features included in the shot. Alternatively, if you’ve got the budget, invest in a wide-angle lens. A wide-angle lens will help bring all the details of a room into one shot, and will result in beautiful, professional-looking photos that are sure to wow apartment seekers.
A wide angle lens allowed for the entirety of this living room to fit into one photo.
Highlight unique details!
Is there something about your apartment that makes it stand out from the rest? Nice landscaping, a fireplace, a spiral staircase, stainless steel appliances, or any number of other features can really bring life to your advertisement when included in the photos. Don’t limit your photos to just the bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. If there’s a big closet, snap a photo to add more visual interest to your advertisement. Just remember not to go overboard! You want to make sure that there’s a good variety of images, but you don’t need more than 2 or 3 photos of each room at a maximum.
The exposed brick in this loft apartment makes a striking visual impact
Highlight Fixtures and Fireplaces with Night Photography
Light fixtures and fireplaces can look especially stunning at night. If your unit happens to have either beautiful light fixtures, or a fireplace, you can highlight these features by turning them on and taking their photo at night. You can even try capturing the glow of your fixtures from the street, looking in, to create the sense that the apartment is a cozy place to come inside to on one of Rochester’s many cold nights.
Photograph unique light fixtures in the evening when they can really shine
In Rochester, NY and the surrounding Metro area, there are several places that allow photos with apartment listing:
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