Chicago real estate photography that helps listings sell for more.
Photography, video, drone and 3D tours for residential and commercial listings in Chicagoland — every price published.
Need the drone or a 3D tour too? We’ll do it while we’re there.
Photography →Unlimited · every package
Listing Video →Walkthrough to cinematic
Aerials & Drone →The lot, the block, the view
3D Tours →Walk it from anywhere
Twilight →The cover photo
Floor Plans →2D · 3D · CAD
Airbnb & vacation rentals →Galleries that book
Commercial & Architecture →Buildings, builds, brands
What are we shooting?
A $650K · 2,400 sq ft house: Essentials · Premium · Estate — your exact number →
Booked at 9pm. Shoot day: 90 minutes. Photos in the inbox by next morning.
4232 W 109th Street, Oak Lawn — a gut renovation that needed to be on the market fast. Here is the whole job.
Tuesday · 9:04 pm
Booked from the couch.
The agent set the list price and the square footage, saw the exact total, and picked Wednesday morning. Under a minute, no phone call, no quote form.
Wednesday · 10:00 am
Ninety minutes, whole house.
Interiors, exteriors and the aerials in one visit. A renovation is all white on white, so the work is keeping the trim, the tile and the cabinetry separate from each other.
Wednesday · afternoon
The 3D tour goes together.
Every room scanned and stitched into a walkable tour, so buyers two states away can move through the house before they ever ask for a showing.
Thursday · 8:00 am
Photos in the inbox.
MLS-sized and web-sized, color-true, licensed for every piece of the agent’s marketing. The listing went live that morning.
Built to make your life easy.
It’s called Novo Insider, and it’s free. No confusing dashboards and no guessing at prices: you book, check on a shoot and pick up your photos from one page, in as few clicks as we could manage.
- Booking
- Your details already filled in, your usual package one tap away, and your discount already off every price.
- Your dashboard
- Your level, your discount and how close the next one is. Teams see their ranking too.
- Your shoots
- What’s coming up and what’s done, in one list. Reschedule or cancel right from the card.
- Gallery delivery
- Your photos arrive on your page next to the shoot they came from, sized for the MLS or full size.
- Invoices
Coming soon - What’s due and what’s paid, beside each shoot.
- Listing websites
Coming soon - A website for each listing, with its photos, video and tour, ready to share.
Book two shoots and the third is 3% off. It climbs to 20% from there.
On your own, 20% off takes 16 shoots in total, or 11 within 12 months. On a team, everyone’s shoots count together.
- –Member
- 3%Preferred
- 5%Pro
- 7%Elite
- 10%Premier
- 12%Platinum
- 15%Legend
- 20%Icon
The part of this you can actually check.
What happens after the shutter closes.
Every frame is blended and corrected by hand — windows that keep their view, verticals that stand straight, color true to the room. And an empty room can be furnished digitally for a fraction of what staging a house costs.
What agents tell Google.
The photos turned out flawless and truly captured the cozy essence of my home. Professional, on time, and so easy to work with.Angelica Rico · Google review
I really owe Justin 10 stars for this incredible job! Booked him last minute the day before — the results were amazing.Starrise Management · Google review
Very happy with the way the photos turned out. So glad to have worked with Novo.Allison Swierk · Google review
Real estate photography across Chicagoland.
Novo Real Estate Media photographs listings across Chicago, the suburbs and the North Shore — Naperville, Wheaton, Hinsdale, Winnetka, Geneva, St. Charles and the rest of Kane, DuPage, Cook and Will counties. Every shoot includes unlimited HDR photography and aerial drone photos, with floor plans, 3D tours, twilight photography and listing video built into the packages rather than sold as surprises.
Packages start at $200 and every price is published to the dollar — the calculator above quotes your exact total from the list price and square footage, and books the date in the same minute. Photos are usually back in under 24 hours, MLS-sized and licensed for all of your marketing. Commercial buildings, short-term rentals and vacant land are covered too — each with its own pricing, because none of them is a house.
Before you book.
How much does real estate photography cost in Chicago?
Essentials starts at $225, Premium at $475 and Estate at $1,100, scaling with list price and square footage. The calculator gives the exact total for your listing in seconds.
How fast are photos delivered?
Shoot before 2pm and the photos and floor plan are back by 11:30am the next morning, sized for the MLS and at full size. A 3D tour usually follows the day after; a cinematic video takes about four working days.
How long does the shoot take?
About an hour on site for most homes. Video, 3D tours and floor plans add time, more so in a bigger house.
How should the house be ready for photos?
Every light on, ceiling fans off, blinds open to the same height, cars off the driveway and counters cleared to one or two things. The photo-day checklist has the rest, room by room, and you can send your seller their own copy with the address and shoot time on it.
Do you shoot occupied homes?
Yes: occupied, vacant, staged or mid-renovation. Nobody has to leave the house; it just helps to stay a room ahead of the camera.
What if it rains on the day?
You can keep the day: we shoot the inside, and the outside if the weather allows. Or move the whole shoot for free, to the next open day. Coming back another day just for the outside costs extra. The booking calendar shows the week’s forecast.
Who pays for the photos, the agent or the seller?
Whoever books the shoot. Usually that’s the listing agent, as part of marketing the home. Selling without an agent? Book us directly.
Is the drone included?
Yes, on Essentials, Premium and Estate, at no extra charge. Drone video is an add-on. Basic Listing is the one package without it.
Can I use the photos anywhere?
Yes. Every package includes a full marketing license: the MLS, listing sites, print, social and your own site, for as long as you want.
Can I reschedule or cancel?
Yes. Rescheduling is free up to the day before. On the day, the first move is free and each one after is $50, unless it’s for weather. Cancelling is free, and a retainer comes back if you cancel more than 48 hours ahead.
If the photos aren’t right, they get fixed.
Not a returns policy in the small print. Three plain commitments, and you can hold us to all of them.
Unlimited re-edits
Something about a photo isn’t right — the sky, the color, the crop, the way a room reads — tell us and we edit it again. No limit, no charge, however many times it takes.
A reshoot if editing can’t fix it
Some things can’t be repaired after the fact. If re-editing doesn’t get there, we come back and shoot it again at no charge.
Photos by 11:30am, next morning
Shoot starts before 2pm and your photos are in your inbox by 11:30am the next business day — later than that and they land by 6pm instead. If we are late either way, you get a $20 credit toward your next shoot. Video, reels and 3D tours take longer, and we tell you exactly how long when you book.
Your next listing deserves the good photos.
Exact price in under a minute, on a real calendar, without talking to anyone.