How Much Does Real Estate Photography Cost in Buffalo, NY?

What you're paying for

A listing shoot is more than the hour on site. Each room is photographed as several bracketed exposures, then blended and corrected by hand so windows hold their view, verticals are straight and the colour matches the walls. On a typical house the editing takes longer than the shoot.

Prices in Western New York are usually set per listing rather than per hour, by how many edited photos you get and how fast they come back. That makes it easy to compare: look at photo count, turnaround and what's included before you look at the number.

Current Stutz Media packages

These are the live prices from the booking system, so they are always current.

What changes the price

Four things move a quote up or down.

• Size of the property. More rooms means more photos and more editing. A one-bedroom condo and a five-bedroom house with a finished basement are different jobs.
• Turnaround. 24-hour delivery comes with the bigger packages; a 12-hour rush costs extra because it moves other work.
• Add-ons. Aerial drone photos, twilight exteriors and extra photos are priced separately so you only pay for what the listing needs.
• Distance. Shoots within 30 miles of Buffalo include travel. Further out, mileage is quoted up front.

Are drone photos worth it?

For a house on a normal city lot, often not: the street view says enough. For anything with land, water, a big yard, a pool, a view, or a location that is itself a selling point — near a park, the lake or a village centre — an aerial set is the one photo that shows it. In the Southtowns and Niagara County, where lots are bigger, it's usually the first add-on worth considering.

Are twilight photos worth it?

A twilight exterior, shot in the short window after sunset with every light in the house on, tends to be the photo people stop scrolling for. It works best on houses with good exterior lighting and big front windows. It's a small add-on and makes a strong lead photo.