I will do sky replacement and lawn enhancement for property listings

I will replace dull, blown-out, or grey skies with natural-looking blue or sunset skies and revive tired lawns so your property listings stop scrollers and pull more clicks.

What you get

When a listing photo is hurt by flat overcast weather or a patchy, sun-scorched lawn, buyers feel it before they read a single line of the description. I retouch your exterior real estate photos so the home looks its best on any day it was shot, while keeping everything believable enough to pass a careful buyer's eye.

• Sky replacement on each delivered exterior image: I cut a clean mask around rooflines, chimneys, trees, railings, and power lines, then drop in a new sky that matches the light direction and time of day of your shot.
• Color and light matching so the new sky doesn't look pasted on. I adjust the building's highlights, reflections in windows, and overall white balance so the scene reads as one coherent photo.
• Lawn and grass enhancement: I even out brown, bare, or patchy turf, reduce dead spots, calm harsh mowing lines, and restore a healthy green that still looks like real grass, not a golf course painted over your yard.
• Light landscaping cleanup included with the lawn work: greening up dull shrubs and hedges next to the lawn, and tidying small distractions where it makes the green areas read cleaner.
• A matched sky for each photo in a set, so a 12-image gallery looks like it was shot on the same afternoon instead of twelve different weather days.
• Full-resolution JPEGs delivered at the original pixel dimensions, web-ready and print-ready, named to match your source files so they drop straight into your MLS upload or listing flow.
• A free re-edit if the sky tone or grass green isn't what you pictured, within the revision rounds for your plan.

I work to a simple standard: a buyer scrolling the listing should never stop and think "that sky is fake." The goal is a clean, sellable, honest photo, not a fantasy postcard.

Plans

Feature	Basic	Standard	Premium
Sky replacement	1 image	up to 5 images	up to 15 images
Lawn / grass enhancement	Add-on	Included	Included
Light landscaping cleanup	—	Included	Included
Matched sky across the set	—	Yes	Yes
Window-reflection adjustment	Basic	Yes	Yes
Revision rounds	1	2	3
Delivery target	48 hours	48 hours	72 hours
Source-named, full-res output	Yes	Yes	Yes

Need a different volume, a rush turnaround, or a recurring agent package? Send me the count and deadline and I'll tailor the scope before you order.

How it works

1. You send the photos. Upload your exterior shots as the highest-quality JPEG or as RAW if you have it. RAW gives me more room to recover blown-out sky areas and shadow detail.
2. You tell me the look. Pick a mood for the sky: clear blue, soft blue with light clouds, warm golden-hour, or dramatic sunset. Tell me how green you want the lawn and flag anything you do NOT want touched.
3. I mask and replace. I isolate the sky from every edge and fine detail, place the chosen sky, and balance the building's light to the new conditions.
4. I work the lawn. I green and even the turf, soften dead patches and mowing lines, and clean nearby greenery so the yard supports the home instead of distracting from it.
5. I review and deliver. I check each image at full zoom for halos, fringing, and mismatched light, then send you the finished set for approval.
6. You request tweaks. Use your revision rounds to nudge the sky tone, cloud amount, or grass shade until it's right.

Why choose this

I focus on exterior real estate retouching specifically, so I know the traps: the blue halo around a roofline, the sky color bleeding into white siding, the over-saturated grass that screams "edited." I keep masks tight, match light realistically, and keep skies and lawns inside the range a real day would produce. You get listings that look professionally shot, delivered fast, with file names and resolution that fit straight into your workflow.

Who it's for / use cases

• Real estate agents who shot a property on a grey day and can't reschedule before listing.
• Listing photographers outsourcing post-production to keep turnaround tight during a busy season.
• Property managers and short-term rental hosts refreshing exterior shots for booking pages.
• Home stagers and developers preparing marketing galleries and brochures where curb appeal carries the sale.
• Builders showcasing new construction where the landscaping isn't fully grown in yet.

FAQ

Q: Will the edited sky and lawn look fake? No, that's the whole point. I match the new sky to the existing light and keep grass within a believable green so the photo holds up to a buyer looking closely.

Q: Do you disclose that images are edited? That's your call and depends on your local listing rules. Many regions require noting enhanced or virtually edited photos, so check your MLS and disclosure guidelines before publishing.

Q: What files should I send? Full-resolution JPEG works. RAW is better when the original sky is fully blown out or the lawn is in deep shadow, because there's more detail for me to recover.

Q: Can you only do the sky, or only the lawn? Yes. Order Basic for a single sky replacement and add lawn enhancement if needed, or tell me you only want the grass worked and I'll scope it that way.

Q: How fast is delivery? Basic and Standard target 48 hours, Premium targets 72 hours given the larger set. If you have a hard listing deadline, message me first and I'll confirm I can meet it.

Q: What if I don't like the result? Each plan includes revision rounds. Send me notes on the sky tone, cloud level, or grass shade and I'll re-edit until it matches what you had in mind.

Q: Can you keep a consistent look across a whole gallery? Yes. Standard and Premium include matched skies across the set so every exterior image looks shot on the same day.

Q: Do you edit interiors or remove objects? This service is exterior sky and lawn work. For interior retouching or object removal, message me and we can discuss a separate scope.