Prepare your Property for your Photo Session
- Make sure your home is cleaned, vacuumed, and straightened up so it shows at its best.
- Remove any personal photographs throughout the home.
- If you have children, make sure their names are not on the walls of their bedroom. Protect their privacy as well as your own.
- Make sure family pets are secured or located in an area that will not be photographed, so they don’t get in the way of the photographer or in the pictures.
- Straighten or adjust all furniture, window treatments, and artwork on the walls. The photographer may also do some slight rearranging.
- All beds should be made and covered. Make sure there is no clothing hanging in the bedrooms or on the floors.
- Remove extra appliances and clutter from the kitchen and bathroom counters.
- Remove all personal items from the kitchen and bathroom counters.
- Also remove all throw rugs or mats in hallways, kitchen, and baths. This makes the rooms look larger.
- Make sure desks, dresser tops, coffee tables, nightstands, and fireplace mantels are free of magazines, papers, and clutter.
- Make sure there are no cars or other types of vehicles in the driveway or parked in front of the house, if at all possible.
- Place trash cans and recycling bins out of sight of the main house.
- Make sure the outside of the house is manicured, clean, and free of debris. This includes having the lawn mowed, bushes trimmed, and children’s toys and bicycles stored away.