There really is only one goal for real estate photography-provide quality pictures of homes that will attract buyers to want to see it in person. It is important to show buyers the best features of the home. For me, this means shooting each room to show it off in its best light. This could mean one picture or three or four. It all depends on the size of the room and its layout. Not all angles are created equal. Some angles of a room don't provide very good lighting, lighting that cannot be tweaked in Photoshop without making it look unnatural. Some angles are bad because of the layout of the room and/or furniture. Some angles are bad because they don't add anything new that other pictures didn't already cover.
Wide angle lens are wonderful for capturing a lot of area but they can distort things depending on where they fall into the frame. I'd rather have two quality shots of a room that shows a buyer what the room looks like than three if the third has a couch, table, counter top...that is elongated and draws the buyer's attention over what they should be focused on or gives them a skewed idea of the size of the room.
More does not mean better. Having a half dozen shots of the front of a house (or any other space) doesn't add to the buyer's experience. Neither does sixty or seventy pictures of a normal-sized house. Buyers are looking at a lot of homes. They don't want to scan through redundant pictures. I liken it to online dating sites-post one picture in casual wear, one dressed up, and one with a pet (if you have one.) Two dozen pictures of you and your friends at the bar isn't going to make the difference between someone being interested or not. No one hits the twentieth picture of you and your dog and says, “I was going to pass but NOW I need to know more about this person.” The same applies to homes.
Larger homes usually need more pictures but that isn't always the case. The layout and features of a home are what dictate how many pictures I take. I'd rather take twenty to thirty good shots of a home that really highlights its features than fifty or sixty that do the exact same thing or worse, have some mediocre shots that take away from the good ones.
Putting homes in their best light isn't just a slogan, it is my philosophy.
