Don’t miss the recent Redfin article we were featured in:

“Thinking About Selling Your House?

Here are 13 Essential Tips for Staging a Home”

Whether you’re selling your home in Chicago, IL or Vancouver, CA, staging

your home and getting professional real estate photos is now more important

than ever. After all, listing photos will be the first thing a potential buyer sees

of your home, and presenting a well-staged home gives the best possible first

impression. A home stager will emphasize the property’s strengths and

minimize its weak points. And, a photographer knows the correct lighting,

angles, and minor details that give a much better depiction of the home.

Redfin asked us to share why home staging is so important in order to capture

its selling points, stand out from the competition, and appeal to the majority of

buyers. Check out what we had to say!

Thinking About Selling Your House?

Here are 13 Essential Tips for Staging a Home

See the recent interior photos I took in New Hudson, Michigan

Interior - Real estate photography Novi Michigan

When you are selling a small house, is it worth to hire a professional real estate photographer? Of course! Small house means crowded space. A high-quality camera and a wide angle lens allows the photographer to capture more.

When agents or home owners taking their own photos, without professional equipment, they tend to make the rooms look really dark which leave a negative impression in the buyer’s mind.
Other simple things that make a big difference are leaving doors shut, preventing buyers from seeing how the space flows together, not turning lights on, not opening blinds or curtains to maximize natural light, and taking photos of unattractive areas of the house like a small, crowded laundry room or the garage.

Let's see a few photos of a small house I shot below. The house is 1,500sqft.








Photos by Yizi Yang. Real estate Photographer. Real estate photography service in Ann Arbor & Greater Detroit, MI ( Canton, Northville, Novi, Ann Arbor, Livonia, Wayne, Farmington Hills etc).

15 real estate photography facts you need to know.

Buyers spend 60% of their time looking at listing photos, and only 20% each on the listing description and agent description. (The Wall Street Journal.)

Homes with high-quality photos receive 47% higher asking price per square foot. (cbsnews.com)

83% of buyers cited pictures as very important. (investordetails.wordpress.com)

You have two seconds to grab the buyer’s attention without a photo, and 20 seconds with a photo. (marketleader.com)

Homes with professionally photographed pictures can sell for up to $19,000 more. (marketleader.com)

Agents who outsource photography earn twice as much commission as those who do not. Only 35% of agents use professional photographers. (inman.com)

Use a 10mm lens for wide angles of small rooms to make it look as spacious as possible, without distorting too much. (massrealestatenews.com)

Listings with professional photographs sell 32% faster, spending only 89 days on the market compared to 123 for other homes. (PR Newswire)

Only 15% of listings have high-quality photography, with half of over $1 million listings using low-quality photos. (The Wall Street Journal)

Beware. Listings below $300,000 don’t necessarily sell faster with better photos. (The Wall Street Journal)

Listings with professional photos receive 118% more online views. (IMOTO PHOTO)

Professional photography can help sell your listing 39% closer to the original listing price. (IMOTO PHOTO)

Homes with professional photos get 61% more views. (REDFIN)

Listings with high-quality photos can gain anywhere between $934 and $116,076 more on the market. (The Wall Street Journal)

Homes listed between $400,000 to $500,000 sell 18% better in the first six months with high-quality photography. (REDFIN)


Real estate photography service in Michigan - Serving area: Northville, Ann Arbor, Novi, Plymouth, Canton, Livonia

Professionally photographed homes sell faster and for more money than homes listed with point-and-shoot photos. A good photograph makes someone interested in seeing the property. A great photograph makes them feel like they've been there.

After getting the address of a property, I will look it up on Google Map to get an idea of how it's positioned and how the ambient light will affect the lighting conditions. A good photographer knows how to showcase the interiors while capturing the view outside the windows. Sometimes that means using natural sunlight or bringing in artificial studio lights.

Everybody is a shutterbug with smart phones. However, it will definitely pay you back when you hire a professional real estate photographer.

My recent real estate photo shoot in Canton, MI.







#Real estate photography service in Ann Arbor & Greater Detroit, MI ( Canton, Northville, Novi, Ann Arbor, Livonia, Wayne, Farmington Hills etc)

Regardless of when and what you are shooting photographs, good lighting is always a priority. Great architectural lighting helps to emphasize a space, a specific structure or atmosphere, and plays a big role in real estate photography.

Let's see some examples of my exterior photos.





To reshoot exterior photos due to weather, there is $50 additional charge. The agent doesn't need to be on-site.