SPACES & REAL ESTATE · NEW YORK CITY

Rooms that look like somewhere you'd go.

Commercial real estate, restaurant and hospitality interiors, offices, retail and residential listings. Shot so the space sells itself, with windows you can actually see through. Listings back next business day.

Next-day listing delivery
Vertical lines, actually vertical
Floor plans & video available
PJ Clarke's dining room in New York City with exposed brick, a reclaimed wood ceiling and set tables
PJ CLARKE'S · DINING ROOM17:40
THE TELL

Look at the windows.

That's it. That's the whole difference between a $150 listing shoot and a real one. In the cheap version every window is a blown-out white rectangle. The view, the light, the reason someone would pay more for that unit, all gone.

The fix is technique, not gear. We shoot a bracketed ambient exposure for the view and flashed frames for the room, then blend them by hand so the interior is clean and the window still shows the street, the skyline, the terrace. Buyers and tenants make decisions on that window.

Second tell, same photo: vertical lines have to be vertical. Tilt the camera up to fit the ceiling in and every wall leans. It reads as amateur before anyone can say why. We shoot level, on a tripod, at a height that matches how the room feels when you walk in.

PJ Clarke's 34th Street bar with stained glass and mirrors, the street outside still visible through the window
34TH ST · WINDOWS HELD
WHAT WE SHOOT

Spaces we cover

01

Commercial real estate

Office floors, coworking, retail and storefronts, warehouses, medical and dental suites, gyms and studios. Shot for leasing decks, LoopNet and broker packages.

02

Restaurants & bars

Dining rooms, bars, private event spaces, patios and storefronts. Shot before service with the room reset and the lights up.

03

Hotels & hospitality

Guest rooms, lobbies, amenity floors, event and function spaces. Consistent across a whole property so the site does not look stitched together.

04

Offices & workspace

For leasing, recruiting pages and the about page. Works even better booked alongside a team headshot day.

05

Residential listings

Apartments, condos, co-ops, brownstones, townhouses and new development. Next-day delivery so the listing goes live before the weekend.

06

Rentals & short stay

Airbnb and short-term rental sets shot to the platform's crop, plus a hero frame built to win the search thumbnail.

07

Architecture & design

For architects, interior designers, contractors and fabricators. Portfolio and awards-submission quality, detail frames included.

08

Multifamily & amenities

Lobbies, roof decks, gyms, lounges and model units. The amenity photos are what actually lease the building.

09

Venues

Event spaces shot empty and dressed, so you can sell the room to the next client. Pairs naturally with our event coverage.

Curved blue bar with white stools and a sculpted ceiling at Otoro, photographed before service
OTORO · BEFORE SERVICE16:15
RESTAURANTS · A SPECIAL CASE

We shoot the room. Not the plate.

Restaurant interiors are their own discipline. The room has to look full of promise while being completely empty, the bar has to read as somewhere you'd sit, and the whole thing has to be done before staff need the floor back.

So we work a tight window: room reset, house lights on, starting about an hour before dusk so the windows and the interior balance without a fight. Wides for the site and Google, mid-shots for the bar and the banquettes, details for the design story, and a storefront frame for your Google Business Profile, which is the photo most people will actually see first.

The dishes themselves are a different job with different lighting, and that lives at our sister studio Foreign Kollective. Plenty of clients book both on the same day: we shoot the room in the afternoon, they shoot the menu at night.

DELIVERED

What lands in your drive

  • Next business day on listings, same-day rush available
  • Hand-blended windows, so the view survives the exposure
  • Corrected verticals and level horizons on every frame
  • Full-resolution plus web-sized, sized for MLS, StreetEasy, LoopNet and Zillow
  • A hero frame chosen and cropped to win the listing thumbnail
  • Portrait crops for Instagram, stories and vertical listing video
  • Full usage rights for marketing that property
  • Add-ons: floor plans, virtual staging, twilight exteriors, walkthrough video

A listing that goes live Thursday catches the weekend. The same listing live on Monday already lost its best three days. Turnaround is not a convenience, it is part of the price.

Why we deliver next day

Straight numbers

Photography projects start at $200 per hour. We quote your session around the number of people, locations, coverage time and final images you need.

Additional crew, retouching, rush delivery, travel and usage requirements are discussed before booking. Your written proposal confirms what is included and the total cost.

HOW IT RUNS

Address to listing, in about a day.

Send the address and square footage

Plus what it is: listing, lease, restaurant, office. We come back with a flat quote and the next available slot, usually the same day.

We send the prep checklist

Lights, blinds, clutter, cars, bins. Thirty minutes of prep does more for the final photos than any amount of editing, and it is the one thing we need from you.

We shoot the space level and lit

Tripod, corrected verticals, ambient bracketed for the windows and flash for the room. Restaurants and commercial start about an hour before dusk.

Next business day, it's in your inbox

Hand-blended, colour-corrected, sized for MLS, StreetEasy, LoopNet or your own site, with the hero frame already picked.

FAQ

Real estate & interiors questions

How is my final price confirmed?

General photography projects start at $200 per hour. Corporate event photography starts at $275 per hour. Wedding photography starts at $1,200 for four hours; six-hour photography and video starts at $2,350. Your proposal confirms coverage, crew, deliverables, travel and payment terms before booking.

How fast do we get listing photos back?

Next business day as standard, and same-day rush is available. This is the part most photographers get wrong: a listing that goes live Thursday catches the weekend showings. The same listing live on Monday has already lost its best three days.

Do you shoot commercial real estate as well as residential?

Yes, and it is a big part of what we do. Office floors, retail and storefronts, restaurants and bars, warehouses, medical and dental suites, gyms and studios, multifamily buildings and amenity spaces. Commercial shoots are quoted by square footage and how many spaces need covering.

Can you shoot our restaurant interior?

Yes. Restaurant, bar and hospitality interiors are a specialty here. We shoot before service with the house lights on and the room reset, usually starting an hour before dusk so the windows and the interior balance. Note that we shoot the room, the bar and the design. The plated food itself is our sister studio Foreign Kollective's work, and we will happily run both on the same day.

Do you fly a drone?

Almost all of New York City is controlled airspace, so honest answer: usually no, and any photographer promising you casual NYC drone shots is either getting authorization you are not being told about or breaking the rules. Where flying is legal, such as much of Long Island, Westchester and North Jersey, we arrange a licensed pilot. In the city we get elevation from rooftops, terraces and neighbouring buildings instead.

Do you offer floor plans, virtual staging or video?

Yes, all three as add-ons. Floor plans, virtual staging for empty units, vertical walkthrough video for social and listing sites, and twilight exteriors. Say which ones you want when you send the address.

How should we prep the space?

We send a prep checklist when you book. Short version: lights on and matching bulbs, blinds up, counters and fridge doors clear, toilet seats down, cars off the driveway, bins hidden, and personal photos put away. Thirty minutes of prep is worth more to the final photos than any amount of editing.

Who owns the photos, and can our brokerage use them?

You get full usage rights for marketing that property, across listing sites, print, social and email. For brokerages and commercial clients we can extend that to full commercial usage. If a listing changes hands, tell us and we will sort licensing rather than make it awkward.

NEXT STEP

Send the address. We'll send the number.

Square footage, what it is, and when it needs to be live. Flat quote back, usually the same day.