Real estate photography, explained by the people shooting it
Practical guidance on photographing, filming and marketing listings across Metro Vancouver — written from behind the camera, not from a keyword list.
Do Single-Property Websites Still Help Sell a Tsawwassen Listing?
Tsawwassen draws a lot of out-of-town and out-of-province buyers thanks to the ferry terminal. Here's when a dedicated single-property website earns its keep versus when MLS photos and a floor plan are enough.
Do Video Tours Make Sense for a Ladner Heritage Home?
Video tours are usually pitched as a condo tool, but Ladner's heritage character homes have a different problem: layouts that grew in stages over decades. Here's when video actually helps explain a heritage home, and when photos and floor plans do the job better.
Photographing Kitsilano Laneway Houses: Why Small Footprints Need a Different Approach
Kitsilano laneway houses have tight footprints, single-direction light, and no room to back up for a wide shot. Here's how lighting, lens choice, floor plans, and staging need to adapt for these compact secondary dwellings.
Do Video Tours Actually Help Sell Yaletown Condos?
Video tours can make a real difference for Yaletown condos with unusual layouts or remote buyers — but not every listing needs one. Here's how to decide, and what a shoot actually looks like.
Why Floor Plans Matter More in a Richmond Condo Tower Than You'd Think
Richmond's condo towers photograph almost identically, and buyers can't tell units apart from stills alone. Here's why an accurate floor plan does more selling work in Richmond than in most Metro Van markets, and where it matters for detached homes too.
Drone Photography for Burnaby Homes: When Aerials Actually Sell the Property
Where drone photography earns its keep on a Burnaby listing — Capitol Hill view lots, Burnaby Heights character homes, and Deer Lake-adjacent properties — plus what to know about airspace and timing.
Virtual Staging for Vacant Coquitlam Condos: When It Works and When to Skip It
Coquitlam's investor-owned towers mean a lot of resale condos list vacant. Here's when virtual staging actually helps sell them, and when it does more harm than good.
Why 3D Tours Matter More in a Surrey Townhome Complex Than Almost Anywhere Else
Surrey's fast-growing townhome complexes often repeat the same handful of floor plans dozens of times over. A Matterport 3D tour is what lets buyers tell one unit apart from the next.
Photographing a Bowen Island Listing: What the Ferry Actually Changes
Bowen Island shoots run on ferry timing, not just light. Here's how sailing schedules, tree cover, and waterfront lots change the photography plan.
Twilight Photography in Anmore and Belcarra: Why Tree Cover Changes the Timing
Tree canopy and lakefront light change how twilight photography works in Anmore and Belcarra. Here's how we plan the shot list and timing for these forested, waterfront properties.
Why Drone Photography Does the Heavy Lifting on a Pitt Meadows Equestrian Listing
On Pitt Meadows equestrian and acreage listings, the land sells the property more than the house does. Here's how drone photography and floor plans should be sequenced to show it properly.
Why a Delta Listing Needs Three Different Approaches to Photography
Tsawwassen, Ladner and North Delta share one city boundary but sell on three different things — view, light and character. Here's how the shot list should change for each.
Do Basement Suites Change How You Should Photograph a Port Coquitlam Home?
In Port Coquitlam's split-level and basement-entry housing stock, the floor plan often sells a secondary suite better than photos alone. Here's how we shoot and document suite listings.
Why Drone Photography Matters for West Vancouver View Homes
West Vancouver listings sell on view and terrain, not just square footage. Ground-level photos can't show a steep lot's shape or how a house sits relative to the water - here's when and how drone coverage actually earns its cost on a British Properties, Cypress, or Ambleside listing.
Do 3D Tours Help Sell Langley Acreage and Hobby Farm Listings?
On a 2-acre Langley hobby farm, a Matterport tour has to do a different job than it does on a condo - it has to explain distance, not just decor. Here's when a 3D tour actually earns its cost on rural Langley listings, and when ground photos and drone coverage carry more weight.
How to Photograph a Queen's Park Heritage Home in New Westminster
Queen's Park's heritage homes need directional light and restrained editing, not the flat, bright treatment built for new construction. Here's how the photography, floor plans, and exterior angles change for New Westminster's character housing stock.
Why White Rock Waterfront Listings Need a Different Shot List
White Rock sells on its view. Here's how light direction, elevation, and drone angles shape the photography for waterfront and hillside listings along Marine Drive, East Beach, and Uptown.
Photographing a Port Moody Townhouse: Three Levels, One Story
A big share of what sells in Port Moody is a three-level townhouse in Klahanie, Suter Brook or Moody Centre. Stacked layouts and narrow rooms need a different shot list than a detached home. Here's ours.
Photographing a North Vancouver Hillside Home: What the Slope Changes
Most North Vancouver homes sit on a grade, under a canopy, with the view on the far side. Here's what that changes about the shoot - and what agents can do before the photographer arrives.
Do Video Tours Actually Help Sell Richmond Condos?
Richmond condos photograph almost identically to each other. Here's the specific job a video tour does that stills can't, which Richmond neighbourhoods it pays off in, and how it differs from a 3D tour.
Is Twilight Photography Worth It for a Surrey Listing?
Twilight photos make a strong MLS cover image - but only on the right house. Here's when a Surrey listing earns one, and how to prep so the shoot actually works.
Why Vancouver Character Homes Need a Floor Plan More Than Any Other Listing
Vancouver's pre-war houses photograph beautifully in fragments and make no sense as a whole. Here's why a measured floor plan does more for a character home listing than another five photos - and how we capture one.
What Drone Photography Actually Shows on a Maple Ridge Acreage
On acreage, the buyer is mostly buying land - and ground-level photos can't show land. Here's the aerial set that actually sells a Maple Ridge acreage listing, when to fly it, and the airspace rules that decide whether the shoot happens at all.
Photographing a Coquitlam Listing: What Actually Changes Season to Season
Every season in Coquitlam gives you something different to work with - and takes something away. Here's how the calendar actually affects listing photography here, and why the month you list matters less than most people assume.
Do 3D Tours Actually Help Sell Burnaby Condos?
A 3D tour is not automatically worth it on every Burnaby condo. Here's where it genuinely earns its place in a listing package, where it's redundant, and what separates a tour buyers actually walk through from one they close after five seconds.
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