District of Columbia
Real estate photography · Washington, DC
In short
Real estate photography in Washington, DC starts at $295: 90 min on location with a photographer who works in Washington, DC, and 30 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 24 hours.
Why choose Real estate photography in Washington, DC?
Real estate photography in Washington, DC is a 90-minute listing shoot with 30 retouched photographs delivered within 24 hours, priced from $295. The District’s housing stock is mostly rowhouses and condos, which sets the brief: a narrow, deep rowhouse is photographed front to back so the rooms read as a sequence, and a condo listing leans on the building’s roof deck and the view. Aerial photographs, which sell a detached house elsewhere, are the one tool that is almost never available here, because the city sits inside the most restricted airspace in the country.
Worth knowing about Washington, DC
Washington, DC sits inside the FAA’s Special Flight Rules Area, and flying a drone within the 15-mile inner ring around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is prohibited without specific FAA authorization, which for a commercial pilot means a TSA/FAA waiver. That ring covers the whole District and close-in Arlington and Alexandria, so DC listing shoots are planned without aerial photographs.
What does the session in Washington, DC look like?
- Rowhouses in Capitol Hill, Shaw and Petworth
- Long, narrow plans where the shot list runs front parlour to rear kitchen to garden, and the façade is photographed in morning or afternoon light depending on which side of the street.
- Condo buildings in Navy Yard and the Wharf
- Roof decks with river or Capitol views, scheduled with the building management office before the unit is shot.
- The block itself
- A ground-level street frame with trees and neighboring porches, which in DC does the job a drone photograph does in a suburb.
What does real estate photography in Washington, DC 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 Washington, DC
Can drone photos be taken for a Washington, DC home listing?
Rarely. The Federal Aviation Administration prohibits unmanned aircraft within 15 miles of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport without specific authorization, which covers all of Washington, DC. A commercial drone pilot needs a TSA/FAA waiver requested through the FAA’s online access program, so DC listings use a high-angle street photograph or a roof-deck view instead of an aerial.
How is a Washington, DC rowhouse photographed for a listing?
A Washington, DC rowhouse listing is photographed as a walk-through from the front door to the back garden, floor by floor, with the stairs as a connecting frame and window-pull blending on the front and rear windows. Thirty photographs usually cover a three-level rowhouse with a basement unit, delivered within 24 hours.