Florida
Real estate photography · Miami
In short
Real estate photography in Miami starts at $295: 90 min on location with a photographer who works in Miami, and 30 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 24 hours.
Why choose Real estate photography in Miami?
Miami has two property photography markets that want opposite things from the same ninety minutes. A sale listing sells square footage and a view, which means wide, bright, corrected and blended so the water outside the window is actually visible. A short-term rental listing sells an evening — the balcony at dusk, the table laid, the bed made properly. Shooting one brief and delivering it for the other is the most common failure here, and it costs bookings rather than showings.
Worth knowing about Miami
Listing photographs for a Miami Beach vacation rental carry a rule that a sale listing does not: the City of Miami Beach requires its Business Tax Receipt number and Resort Tax certificate number to be displayed in every advertisement or listing of a short-term rental, under City Code Sec. 102-386. The same city prohibits short-term rentals in all single-family homes, so a Miami Beach house shot for Airbnb has to be confirmed as eligible before the gallery is planned around rental atmosphere.
What does the session in Miami look like?
- The main living space and the view
- Blended so both the room and what is outside the window are exposed, because in this market the view is the asset.
- Balcony and outdoor space at dusk
- Where a rental listing is actually won. Twenty minutes at blue hour.
- Building amenities
- Pool deck, gym and lobby. Frequently the strongest images in a condo set and the ones most often skipped.
What does real estate photography in Miami include?
- 30 retouched photographs
- Interiors, exteriors and key details
- Window-pull blending so the view outside is visible
- Vertical straightening and colour correction throughout
- MLS-sized and full-resolution files
- Delivery within 24 hours
- Commercial licence for the listing
FAQ — Real estate photography in Miami
Can any Miami Beach home be photographed for Airbnb or Vrbo?
The camera can photograph any home, but the City of Miami Beach prohibits short-term rentals in all single-family homes and in many multi-family buildings in certain zoning districts. Before a Miami Beach rental gallery is shot, the owner confirms the property is eligible and holds the Business Tax Receipt and Resort Tax account the listing must display.
Does a Miami condo shoot need the building’s permission?
In most Brickell, Edgewater and Miami Beach towers, yes: the management office schedules the photographer, issues a vendor pass and often wants a certificate of insurance before the date. Pool decks and rooftops are frequently on a separate sign-off, so the 90-minute real estate session is booked once the association has confirmed which floors are open.