Real Estate Photography & Video in Highland Park, IL.
Photos, aerials, floor plan, video and 3D tour for your Highland Park listing, shot by one person in one visit, with photos back in your inbox in under 24 hours.
The lots here do half the selling.
Highland Park listings carry more than a house. Ravines, mature planting, slope and setback are a real part of what a buyer is paying for at $850,000 — and they are the part that a straight-on photo from the driveway completely fails to show.
That is what the drone is for here more than anywhere else on the North Shore. An aerial puts the lot, the tree line and the position back in the frame, which is the difference between “house on a street” and the property somebody actually walked.
The slope changes the ground work too. Split levels, walkouts and houses set below grade need the camera placed deliberately, or the elevation photographs as though it is sinking.
What that means for your listing
- The lot is the pitch. Ravine, planting and position do not appear in a photograph taken from the driveway.
- Drone is not a bonus here. On a sloped or wooded lot it is the frame that explains the property.
- Grade is a camera-height problem. Walkouts and split levels look wrong from standing height.
- Dusk earns its place. Lit windows against a treed lot is the strongest single frame this market has.
A typical Highland Park listing.
What 3,200 sq ft house listed at $850,000 actually costs, all three ways. Not a “starting at” number.
The fundamentals.
- Unlimited flambient + HDR photos
- Aerial drone photos
- Basic floor plan
- Photos by 11:30am next morning
Full coverage that competes.
- Everything in Essentials
- Enhanced floor plan
- Virtual twilight photo
- 3D virtual tour included
Every tool in the kit.
- Everything in Premium
- Cinematic listing video & drone video
- Enhanced + 3D floor plan
- True twilight, shot at dusk
Asked before every booking.
How much does real estate photography cost in Highland Park?
A 3,200 sq ft Highland Park home listed around $850,000 comes to $515 for Essentials, $835 for Premium and $1,945 for Estate. Price scales with list price and floor area, so a smaller listing costs less. The calculator gives an exact figure for your address in under a minute.
Can you photograph a house built into a ravine?
Yes, and it usually needs the drone. On a ravine lot the street elevation tells a buyer almost nothing — the rear, the walkout level and the drop are what sell it, and those read properly from the air or from the far side of the yard.
Is there a travel charge for Highland Park?
Only on the lowest-cost shoots. The packages and the pricing curve are the same everywhere; the North Shore is far enough out that a small travel amount raises the floor on the cheapest jobs, and it is shown before you book.
