If you're getting your home ready to sell, expect a basic real estate photo shoot of 10 or more photos to cost $165 to $420. The middle price is about $265, according to photographers' own price lists in October 2026. A package of photos with a floor plan typically costs about $350.

When you sell through an agent, photos are usually charged to you as part of the marketing budget, though some agents include them in their fee. Use the prices below to check the photography line in your agent's marketing quote, or to budget if you're booking a photographer yourself.

Real estate photography price list in Australia

These are the prices Australian photographers and editing services published on their own websites, checked on 27 October 2026. The middle price is the median: roughly half the businesses charge less, and half charge more.

Where a business quoted a price without GST, we've added it. Some don't say whether GST is included. Many are starting prices, so a bigger home, extra photos or travel can add to the bill.

What's in a basic photo package?

A basic sale package usually means 10 to 20 edited photos of the inside and outside of your home. Packages of 12 to 16 photos were common, and a few offered up to 25 for under $260.

A sale shoot takes about an hour at your home, three Perth photographers say. Of the businesses that publish a turnaround, most promise photos by the next business day and the rest within 48 hours, so if you shoot near a weekend, check when you'll get them. Video takes two to four working days.

If you're selling in Perth, the five photographers we counted there charged $165 to $195 for a basic shoot, the lowest prices we found. Few photographers in regional NSW, Victoria or WA publish prices, so if you're selling there, ask two or three local photographers for a quote.

If you're wondering whether a professional is worth paying for at all, see why a professional photographer is worth it.

How much do the extras cost?

If you want more than photos, most extras add about $90 to $175 each at the middle price: a floor plan $132, a twilight shoot $89 and drone photos $175. A one-minute video is about $450, and virtual staging is about $45 per photo.

Floor plans

A 2D floor plan, a drawing of your home's layout from above, typically costs about $132 when you add it to a photo shoot. Expect $95 to $199 for a three-bedroom, single-level home, and more for a bigger home, extra levels or a 3D plan.

If you already have a plan, for example from when you bought, some businesses will redraw it for $30 to $125 without visiting.

Twilight photos

Twilight photos are taken around sunset, with the lights on inside. If you add a twilight shoot to your day shoot, expect to pay $40 to $275 extra, typically about $89.

A cheaper option is a "virtual dusk" photo, where a daytime photo is edited to look like dusk. Expect about $5 to $45 a photo.

Drone photos

If your block, your street or what's nearby (a park, the water) is a selling point, drone photos show it. A set of three or more aerial photos costs $99 to $407, with a middle price of about $175.

Drone footage in a video is a smaller extra. Two photographers charge $85 and $95 to add it to a walkthrough video.

Video

If you want video, a filmed walkthrough of about a minute costs $300 to $850, typically about $450. At one Perth business, a simple single-take walkthrough starts at $99 with a photo package, or $165 on its own. A slideshow or AI-made video built from your photos costs $80 to $350.

Virtual staging and editing

Virtual staging digitally adds furniture to photos of empty rooms. It costs $15 to $99 per photo, with a middle price of about $45, and one AI service starts at under $2. If you'd rather use real furniture, our guide to what a home stager costs covers that.

Digitally removing clutter or small items you could move yourself, such as a bin or a hose, costs $5 to $50 per photo, and most businesses charge $10 to $20.

Editing out the home's own features is a different matter (see "Can real estate photos be edited?" below).

What would photos cost for a typical home?

Here's an example for a three-bedroom, single-level house, using the middle prices in the table above and assuming no travel, size or extra-photo charges. Your own quotes may differ.

Booked separately, a shoot and a floor plan add up to $397 at the middle prices. Packages of the two had a middle price of about $350, so ask whether a bundle works out cheaper. Add a twilight shoot and a video of about a minute to the table's example, and the total at middle prices is about $1,110.

Photos are just one cost of selling, and our guide to selling your home covers the rest.

Do real estate agents charge for photos?

Usually, yes. Photos are normally a line in the marketing (or advertising) budget you agree to pay. One Melbourne photographer's price page says the vendor (that's you, the seller) pays "in almost every case".

So before you sign, ask your agent what the marketing quote includes: how many photos, whether there's a floor plan, drone or video, and whether you'll pay upfront or at settlement (when the sale completes). Our guide to how much it costs to advertise your property covers the rest of the marketing budget.

If you're selling without an agent, you book and pay for the photographer yourself. When we checked in October 2026, flat-fee services that list private sales on property websites charged about $300 to $370 to add professional photos. See how to sell your house privately for the full process.

Can real estate photos be edited?

Yes, within limits. Agents mustn't edit photos so they no longer show the property truthfully, though adjusting the lighting to make up for poor light may be acceptable.

In NSW, Fair Trading's advertising guidelines for agents say agents must not digitally remove or add features, or zoom in on a view to make it look closer. Consumer Affairs Victoria tells agents not to use photos enhanced to hide undesirable features or promote other features.

One Sydney photographer won't remove fixed features: their terms rule out editing out power lines or damage to walls.

If your listing uses virtual staging, ask your agent to label those photos and check the edits don't misrepresent your home, because buyers who inspect will see the rooms as they are.

Questions to ask before you book

Ask these whether you or your agent books the shoot:

• How many photos are included, and what does each extra photo cost?
• Does the price include GST and a call-out or travel fee?
• What's included in editing, and what costs extra, such as removing items or replacing a grey sky?
• When will the photos be ready, and does that suit the date your listing goes live?
• Who owns the photos, and can you reuse them if you relist?
• If you want drone photos, can they fly at your address, and would any approval or delay change the price?
• Can they show you recent listings they've shot in your area?

Before the shoot, clear benches and floors, put bins and hoses away and mow the lawn. Our tips for getting your property ready for the market cover what's worth fixing first, and our guide to when to book photography and styling helps with timing.

If you're selling a tenanted home in NSW, you or your agent must give the tenant at least seven days' notice of the shoot and a chance to move their belongings. Photos can be taken only once, in the 28 days before the home is first advertised for sale or before the lease ends.

Since 21 September 2026, if photos or video show the tenant's belongings, NSW rules say the tenant must get a free copy, and the images can't be published without the tenant's written agreement. No reply within seven days counts as a refusal, so build that time into your listing date.

Where these prices come from

Every price on this page comes from a business's own website, such as its price list, packages or pricing page, all checked on 27 October 2026. We read the pages of more than 30 Australian photographers and editing services in every state and territory.

We worked out a middle price only where at least five businesses published a comparable price. Where a business showed a temporary discount, we used its usual price.

Most of these prices are published for agents. If you're selling privately, ask for a quote: at least one photographer lists a separate shoot for private sellers.