The Number

Some other photographers I know are annoyed when an agent they work with suddenly doesn’t use them for some small house they’re listing.

I explain it this way….

Every real estate agent has a number in mind.  That number is the price for which they will or will not get professional photos.  Under $X, they’ll use their cell phone.

For some that number is $0 — I’ve got a customer who calls me for one-bedroom condos that list for $70,000.

For some that number is, evidently, $10,000,000 — there’s a home for sale in my town for $1,700,000 that has cell phone pictures attached to it.   Go figure.

Either way, the agent has that number in mind and that’s what they’re comfortable with.  Move on.