Real Estate Photography Constructive Criticism Wanted

I am not a photography expert, and I know nothing about real estate photography, but I will share my thoughts trying to look at it from the perspective of a potential buyer, and from that of a hobbyist photographer.

My first thought was, do you have an external flash unit? I imagine it would be hard to count on always having good light when doing real estate photography. And the first photo, and the one of the bedroom, seem a bit dark to me. You probably want as much light in the rooms as possible. Also, you wouldn't have to depend on such a low shutter speed and risk potential blurriness.

The exterior shot, if it was myself looking for a home, I would probably prefer to see from a different angle, one that featured the front door of the home, rather than the garage. Even though it looks like a very nice garage. It is important to include the garage, but for me, I would be more drawn to a shot that featured more of the living area, and especially that showed the front door. My first reaction is that the place looks more commercial than residential, and it wouldn't make me feel 'I want to live there!' Of course, my dh, who would love a nice big garage, would probably say the exact opposite, lol.

The kitchen and bathroom shots look nice to my eye, bright, and I like the angles. And the exterior shot of the back of the house doesn't stand out to me as having any negatives. And the windows being overexposed don't bother me at all. I don't find them too distracting or feel they take away from the rooms. I've never photographed towards a window with a flash unit before, so I have no idea whether that might help with that, if you/others are bothered by the brightness of the windows.

Best of luck with your new venture.

For the interior shots it is generally better to shoot them in the evenings or on very overcast days so the windows don't get "blown out".
Use a tripod and trigger. Set the iso to 100, the aperture to 11 or smaller (bigger number) and take long exposures.. 10, 20, 30 seconds. By using a tripod and trigger you can take long exposures and not get camera shake (unless an earthquake happens)

Also, I'd shoot them in raw and learn to reset the white balance. Your exposures aren't too bad really but I can tell the white balance is off and that alters the color of paint ect. Viewers can't always get past that.

Your outside shots are very nice. But try to also get some long exposures there too.. jut barely past sunset with the interior and exterior lights on. A long exposure even when the sky looks "black" in the early night can render some wonderful jewel tones on a long exposure. And the lights can bring up a warm "welcome home after a long day" feel.

You may also want to work with one or two off camera flashes hidden around a corner or behind furniture.. adding those takes a whole LOT of practice and learning how light travels but it can really enhance your look and it lets you light the inside up so windows don't get overexposed during day shots.

Cleaning and de-cluttering should not be the photographer's issue.  Say there is a hand towel laying in a vanity and you move it out of the way. Then the home owner later tells you some expensive earrings were hidden in that towel... and you lost them. Or the little paper dixie cup you dumped down the drain and threw away had an expensive set of contact lenses in it.

How much time are you willing to wait for a home owner to declutter if they hadn't done it before you arrived?

While I agree wholeheartedly a house should be clean and uncluttered, as a photographer, I would not be willing to take on the task of doing the cleaning.  I'm a photographer. Not a house keeper.  I don't want to be charged for damaging something by cleaning it. Or losing something by moving it (or moving something else) 

I'm not the op, but I do recognize the big black box as a "gun safe"  It is designed to keep guns from being stolen, or played with. And in the event of a house fire it helps prevent ammo from literally "shooting off" uncontrolled.