Professional real estate photography in Toronto starts at $249.99 CAD (+HST) for a standard listing up to 3,000 sq ft, with every photo hand-blended in Photoshop and delivered MLS-ready in 24-48 hours. You get magazine-grade images built to earn more clicks on Realtor.ca and the MLS, with optional drone and twilight add-ons that make a listing stop the scroll. We're Amazing Photo Video (APV) — a Toronto real estate media studio trusted by Sotheby's International Realty, Engel & Völkers, Barry Cohen Homes, and Forest Hill, with more than $5B in luxury property marketed.
This is the baseline every listing deserves: photography that makes buyers pick up the phone, priced transparently so you always know what you're paying before you book.
Photography That Earns the Click
A buyer's first impression of your listing happens on a phone screen, in a grid of thumbnails, in about a second. The lead photo decides whether they tap in or scroll past — and once they're in, the gallery decides whether they book a showing or move on. That first frame is the hardest-working piece of marketing on the entire listing, and it's the one thing you control completely before the property ever hits the MLS.
Great photography is also the raw material for everything downstream. The same images anchor your Realtor.ca and portal listings, your branded property web page, your social posts, your feature sheets, and your next listing presentation. Shoot it right once and the whole marketing stack looks sharp; shoot it on a phone and every channel inherits the compromise. That's why we treat photography as the foundation, not an afterthought — and why we hold the same standard whether we're shooting a first-time-buyer condo or a nine-figure estate.
What Hand-Blended HDR Photography Actually Means
Most "HDR" real estate photography is auto-processed: a camera fires a bracket of exposures and software merges them in one click. It's fast, and it looks it — grey-blue windows, muddy shadows, halos around ceiling lines. The alternative most agents fall back on is an iPhone photo, which blows out every window and flattens the room.
Our HDR is different because it's hand-blended in Photoshop. A photographer captures multiple exposures of each room, then an editor manually blends them frame by frame — balancing the bright window view with the interior, correcting colour, and keeping the light natural. That's the difference between a photo that looks like a snapshot and one that looks like a magazine spread. It's the baseline every APV listing gets, from a downtown condo to a Forest Hill estate.
| Approach | Windows | Editing | Consistency | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone / phone photo | Blown out or dark | None | Varies room to room | Amateur, low click-through |
| One-shot / auto HDR | Grey, unnatural | Software, one click | Halos, colour casts | "Good enough," forgettable |
| APV hand-blended HDR | Balanced, true-to-life view | Manual, frame by frame in Photoshop | Even light through the whole set | Magazine-grade, scroll-stopping |
Drone Photos: High Production Value, Fast
Aerial photos are the fastest way to signal high production value and give buyers context a ground-level lens never can — the neighbourhood, the lot size, and the property's proximity to water, parks, ravines, and downtown. One drone frame communicates "this is a serious listing" before a buyer reads a single word of the description.
Drone photos also do double duty as stock imagery you keep and reuse. The same aerials work on your social feeds, your website, your flyers, and your next listing presentation in that neighbourhood. Aerial add-ons start at $299.99 CAD, and every APV drone pilot is Transport Canada certified. (See our dedicated drone photography service for aerial video and mapping.)
Twilight & Twilight Drone: The Scroll-Stopper
Twilight photography is the single most scroll-stopping image type in real estate. Warm interior lights against a deep blue sky make a home look aspirational and expensive — it's the shot people stop on. Twilight drone photos push that even further, adding elevation and skyline to the glow.
You don't always need to shoot at dusk to get it. Our day-to-twilight edit transforms a daytime exterior into a twilight scene from $49.99 CAD, or we can shoot a true twilight session on location from $249.99, with a twilight photo plus twilight drone bundle from $449.99. It's the easiest premium upgrade to justify on a flagship listing.
Photo Counts by Home Size
Photo counts scale with square footage so every room gets covered without padding the gallery. These are the counts included with standalone HDR photography:
| Home size | HDR photos included |
|---|---|
| 0 - 3,000 sq ft | up to 40 |
| 3,001 - 4,000 sq ft | up to 50 |
| 4,001 - 5,000 sq ft | up to 60 |
| 5,001 - 6,000 sq ft | up to 70 |
| 6,001 - 8,000 sq ft | up to 90 |
| 8,001 - 12,000 sq ft | up to 130 |
| 12,001 - 20,000+ sq ft | up to 220 |
Transparent Real Estate Photography Pricing
Competitors hide their rates behind a "request a quote" form. We publish ours, all the way to 20,000+ sq ft. All prices in CAD, plus HST.
| Home size | Photos | HDR photography price |
|---|---|---|
| 0 - 3,000 sq ft | up to 40 | $249.99 |
| 3,001 - 5,000 sq ft | up to 60 | from $299.99 |
| 5,001+ sq ft | up to 90+ | from $399.99 |
| Scaling to 20,000+ sq ft | up to 220 | published tiers continue in set increments |
Add-ons: drone photos from $299.99, day-to-twilight edit from $49.99, true twilight shoot from $249.99. Want photo plus video, 3D, and floor plans in one visit? Our all-in listing packages start lower per item — see the full pricing page or book a shoot.
What's Included
Every HDR photography booking includes hand-blended HDR editing — each photograph is a combination of multiple exposures, manually blended in Photoshop, frame by frame, for magazine-grade results, delivered ready for the MLS and Realtor.ca.
Step up to a listing package and the shoot grows with you:
- WALK package — HDR photography plus branded and unbranded property web pages with an HD slideshow virtual tour and music, and a 4-page brochure design
- RUN package — adds an HD walk-through video tour and blue-sky edits on all exterior images, so an overcast day still looks like a perfect listing
- FLY package — adds exterior drone footage and drone photos on top of photo and video
Turnaround
Standard turnaround is 24-48 hours from shoot to delivery. In a market where the first weekend decides a listing, that means your photos are live before your open house — not after it.
Service Area
We serve Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, including Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Oakville, Burlington, and the surrounding regions — roughly a 120 km radius from our downtown Toronto studio at 29 Polson Street. If your listing is in the GTA, we cover it.
Why Agents Choose APV
- Trusted by Sotheby's International Realty, Engel & Völkers, Barry Cohen Homes, and Forest Hill
- $5B+ in luxury property marketed
- Transparent, published pricing to 20,000+ sq ft — no quote forms, no surprises
- 24-48 hour turnaround on every standard shoot
- Transport Canada certified drone pilots
- Everything hand-blended in Photoshop — the same standard on a condo as on an estate
FAQ
How much does real estate photography cost in Toronto?
Real estate photography with Amazing Photo Video starts at $249.99 CAD (+HST) for a home up to 3,000 sq ft, including up to 40 hand-blended HDR photos. Larger homes are priced on published tiers — from $299.99 for 3,001-5,000 sq ft and from $399.99 for 5,001+ sq ft — scaling transparently to 20,000+ sq ft. Drone and twilight add-ons are extra.
How many photos will I get?
Photo counts scale with the size of the home. A listing up to 3,000 sq ft includes up to 40 HDR photos, 3,001-5,000 sq ft includes up to 60, and counts increase from there to as many as 220 photos on the largest 20,000+ sq ft estates. Every room and key feature is covered.
What is the turnaround time?
Standard turnaround is 24-48 hours from the shoot to final delivery. Your edited, MLS-ready images arrive in time to launch the listing before your first weekend of showings.
What areas do you serve?
We serve Toronto and the entire Greater Toronto Area, including Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Oakville, and Burlington, working out of our studio at 29 Polson Street in downtown Toronto and covering roughly a 120 km radius.
What's the difference between your HDR and a regular listing photo?
Our HDR is hand-blended in Photoshop — an editor manually balances each exposure so windows show their true view, colours are accurate, and light looks natural throughout the home. Auto-HDR and phone photos can't match that consistency, which is why our images read as magazine-grade rather than "good enough."
Ready to make your next listing look like the best home on the market? Book a shoot or see full pricing.