Ted Wight's St. Louis Style

Bad Realtor Photography

Realtor's remember the following rules: take your pictures after the fog lifts.....clean your lens....don't shoot in soft focus or through gauze!

Bad Realtor Photography- Twlight- The House

This poor mid-century home languished on the market for almost a year. It is no surprise....this was the only photograph for the house in the listing.

Finally.....Another Installment of Bad Realtor Photography!

The pictures of this home in St. Louis County is a combination of bad photography highlighting a distressed home.  Still there is no excuse that the agent could have shown a better side of this home!

A healthy crop of algae on vinyl siding

The sweeping staircase

Please put down the toilet seat

 I think they have moles in that carpeting

Green Acres!

Bad Realtor Photography

A friend asked me the other day where my latest installment of Bad Realtor Photography was on my blog.  I just have not seen many good ones....I guess Realtors are getting better!  Here is one that was either shot through gauze or there was a fire in the oven before this was taken.

Bad Realtor Photography- stuck on portrait setting

This poor Realtor must have had their camera stuck on some vertical setting. I have a feeling their horizontal photographs of this Ladue house would not have been much better.

 

Get a House & a Car!

Here is a deal on a Richmond Height's house. A creative way to sell a house!

I am trying to sell my son's Mitsubishi Montero Sport with 145,000 miles on it....maybe I should try this approach!

"Unique opportunity to purchase a well priced home in a great area AND get a new 2011 Kia Soul as an additional bonus! This 3 BR, 2 1/2 bath home has all of the updates including kitchen, baths, electric panel, plumbing, refinished hardwood floors, gas fireplace and much more! All appliances including washer / dryer are included. Large fenced in back yard, close to schools and just blocks from Clayton / Wash. U. and Forest Park. Owner is listing broker." $199,900

Bad Realtor Photography

This may be a seen out of the Poseidon Adventure.....and my biggest pet peeve in bathroom shots is toilet seats left up!

It has been a while for a latest installment...though here is some Bad Realtor Photography

He is an inventive Realtor who has infused the spirit of the recent holiday into her photos. A St. Charles home.

 

Olivette- Bad Realtor Photography

It has been a while since my latest installment of Bad Realtor Photography, though a new listing has emerged. Giggle as-you-may.....this is real!

A science project of three plants in various stages of death. It must be from the music played on the piano next to them....or I bet those vertical blinds have not been opened in a while!

I love this Living Room set....I hope I see it on Craigslist soon and can nab it! I like it when a remote and tissue box are used to stage a home.

Cozy Master Bedroom!

 

Ducks on the Ceiling

When I was first married we bought a charming dutch colonial house in Glendale.  I was still infatuated by ducks....which must have been leftover from the preppy 80's. I have to fess up, I did have ducks on my ceiling of our den.  I don't know where they are now.  I must have lost them in the divorce.  Picture seen on this BLOG.

More Bad Realtor Photography

Here is a Ladue home that really needs some better pics.

What a fabulous corner!

Somebody needs a herd of sheep.

The leaning tower of pillows in the corner.

 

I don't know what the intention was of this picture.

 

I don't think I could turn around in this room.

 

A cozy master suite!

Bad Realtor Photography- the blue phase

This house is cute, though has the blues...was it shot through a blue filter?

 

Bad Realtor Photography

Here is a another series of questionable photos that realtors use to sell property.

A smoke-filled basement.

This Webster home looks like they have a log flute right onto a concrete pad....though I know it is a pool cover.

Same home....I can not figure out what is going on in this room...are their card board boxes laid out flat near the bed?  A poly chintz bedspread coupled with modern chairs. What is on the right side of the picture...weight equipment?

Here is a condo development in Clayton- this picture highlights the courtyard...is it me or is this just unattractive?

Reader Wendy sent me this picture this morning!  Oversized furniture in a small room...and is it just me or do you think it is hard getting in the front door and around that massive couch?

Bad Realtor Photography....Olivette

First of all....when some people think of mid-century homes, they think of homes like this.  It is from 1972, which in wine terms is a "bad vintage".  I don't think new construction turned out anything good until the 90's....though with McMansions and everything else, can be debated. Back to bad photography...some of this is just a bad subject, though there is lots of bad photography here also!

I don't know if this house has a tennis court or a large pet enclosure.

For you garden enthusiasts...here is a planter waiting for you to fill it!

Doors...Doors...who wants a room with Doors! I know it is to highlight the great closets.....though also great for a Price is Right fan!

Maybe this rug should have been shampooed....though I love the vacuum lines!

Do you think Spider Man was the photographer?

I think the photographer wanted to stress the hardwood floors in this shot.

I am hungry for some guacamole!

Bad Realtor Photography- CWE

Ok...this is one of the finest homes on a top-notch street.  Can you believe that the agent used these pictures!

(There are so many things wrong with the pic below....it is of course on its side, though a pic of a toilet?)

This shot must have been taken through gauze.

More gauze or taken after a flash from a nuclear explosion.

I can not tell if this is a garage with a couch in it or not.

Is this a ring-toss game?  Oops...no it is a wine rack, though the picture is not straight!

Bad Realtor Photography- Ladue

This home was recently listed in Ladue.  You really wonder what people were thinking when they took the photographs.  It would take about 5 minutes to straighten up these rooms to make them presentable.  Thank you reader Will for bringing this to my attention!

I love the toilet paper roll on the dinner tray table next to the chair. The poor owner probably has a cold.

 

The folding chair makes this room sing!  He also needs to do laundry....check out the hamper. Oh wait....I just noticed that the bed is on the floor and the headboard and footboard are leaning up against the wall.   He must have lost the screws to put it together when he moved in.

 

Bad Realtor Photography

Here is a realtor shot for a house they are trying to sell.  I think it was taken during the brush fires going on during the summer...or the fog coming in from the bay....oh...we are not in California are we?

More Bad Realtor Photography

I think that this listing takes the cake for having bad photography.

What a charming master bedroom!

Is this a post Katrina photo?

What is this photo featuring?

I think the realtor had to be laying down to take this shot.

Bad Realtor Photography

Once in a while I come across pictures of property in the MLS that make me wonder what the realtor was thinking. How about his bedroom shot.

How Not to Prepare Your Condo For Sale

Do you believe that these pictures below were used to market this CWE Condo? 

The messy office...where is the flat screen monitor?

I love the unmade bed.....this is what really gave me a chuckle.  Though what is in the lower right side of the pic....I think it may be a walker....now I am feeling bad that this person is handicapped and I am poking fun.  Don't you think the the realtor could have helped out and at least fluffed and spread out the duvet?

What is up with the ladder?