Photo: Andriy Blokhin (Shutterstock) Trickery has always been part of the process of finding a place to live. We all know the real estate shows on TV are lying to us on a constant basis, but even the professionals enlisted to sell or rent you a property are industriously lying to you—mostly through the property photos they use in the listing. In a way, we can blame those shows—they have normalized that we should expect every property to be “aspirational” and flawlessly designed, staged, and renovated, which puts pressure on folks trying to sell, you know, regular lived-in homes. Still, you can learn to fight back by knowing the many ways real estate photography tricks you. Wide-angle and stretched photos The most basic and well-known trick used by real estate listings is the good old-fashioned wide-angle lens. This trick is so common most people have come to expect it, […]
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