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Real estate photographer in Berlin

Property photography in Berlin — from €200. 30 min on your premises or at the venue with a vetted local photographer and 15–20 edited photos (files within 48 hours). The price is agreed before you book and does not move.

From €200·30 min·15–20 edited photos

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Why property photography in Berlin

A real estate photographer in Berlin works with a housing stock that brings its own difficulties. Pre-war Altbau flats have high ceilings, plasterwork and wooden floors, but also the Berliner Zimmer — a through-room with a single corner window that easily looks dark and awkward in a photograph. Flats in the rear building or side wing may get only a few hours of direct light. New builds with floor-length glazing have the opposite issue: very bright windows beside darker corners. In every case the aim is the same: show rooms at their real size, keep verticals straight, and expose the windows so the courtyard or street outside stays visible. An honest listing saves viewings with people the flat was never going to suit.

The right hour depends on orientation. Street-facing rooms to the south or west are brightest in the afternoon; rear-building flats are often best around midday. In winter, schedule between ten and two. The exterior needs a moment when the façade is lit. Book before the listing goes live, since files arrive within 48 hours.

How the session runs

Beforehand we send a short checklist: personal items, post, cables and anything on worktops out of sight, and every lamp working. On site the photographer walks through first and sets the order of rooms by the light. Each room is photographed from the corner that shows its size most honestly. For a Berliner Zimmer or a dark hallway we blend several exposures, so the window and the room both hold detail. The exterior, stairwell, courtyard and surroundings come last. You receive 15 to 20 edited photographs with crops for a brochure and listing portals.

What’s included

  • 15 to 20 edited photographs
  • The main rooms plus the exterior
  • Verticals straight, windows holding detail
  • Crops for a brochure and for listing portals
  • Files within 48 hours

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  1. 01You tell us the place, the occasion, the date and your language.
  2. 02We choose the photographer who works there and suits your session.
  3. 03Within 4 hours you get our suggestion with a fixed price. Nothing is booked until you confirm.
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Where we photograph in Berlin

  1. 01

    Oberbaumbrücke und Landwehrkanal

    The bridge faces west along the Spree, so the evening sun sits inside it. The Landwehrkanal alongside is ten minutes of plane trees with no tourists in it, and works all year — in winter because the bare branches let the reflections in the water through.

    Best time:
    The last hour before sunset
    Permit:
    Free — public street and towpath
  2. 02

    Tempelhofer Feld

    Three hundred hectares of runway with not one building behind it — the only place in Berlin with a real horizon. Which is exactly why it is the best backlight in the city and the worst place in a wind, and there is always a wind.

    Best time:
    The hour before sunset, in a westerly
    Permit:
    Free privately. Commercially: registration with Grün Berlin GmbH is required
  3. 03

    Museumsinsel und Bodemuseum

    The prow of the Bode-Museum splits the Spree and is the one Berlin frame that needs no explaining. At seven it is yours; from ten the coach parties are standing on the Monbijou bridge you photograph it from.

    Best time:
    Before eight in the morning
    Permit:
    Outside: free. Courtyards and colonnades: commercial work needs written permission from the SPK
  4. 04

    Viktoriapark und Kreuzberg

    The only hill the city has: sixty-six metres, an artificial waterfall and a view north over the roofs. Not a mountain, but the one place a Berlin session gets any height at all.

    Best time:
    Late afternoon
    Permit:
    Free — public park
  5. 05

    Sowjetisches Ehrenmal und Plänterwald, Treptow

    A three-hundred-metre axis between weeping willows, built to make people look small — which is exactly why it works for two of them. The Plänterwald next to it is actual forest, ten minutes from the S-Bahn, and in October the best colour in the city.

    Best time:
    Morning, on a weekday
    Permit:
    Free — a memorial; photography allowed, tripods restricted

How it works

Your photo session in 3 simple steps

  1. 01

    Tell us what you need

    Choose your destination, session type and preferred date. It takes about a minute.

  2. 02

    Meet your local photographer

    Within 4 hours we suggest a vetted photographer who fits your request, with the fixed price.

  3. 03

    Enjoy your session

    Your photographer handles the shoot. For most sessions, your edited gallery arrives within 48–72 hours.

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Questions

I am a landlord abroad. Can the photos be taken without me there?

Yes, as long as someone provides access — a property manager, a tenant or a neighbour with a key. Send the checklist on to them in advance, and tell us about any room that should not appear. The files arrive by download link, so you can review them from wherever you are.

The flat is currently rented. Can you photograph it with tenants living there?

Yes, provided the tenants agree and have time to clear personal items beforehand. Family photographs, documents and anything identifying must be out of view. Many tenants are more willing if the appointment is short and at a time that suits them, so it helps to arrange it directly with them.

Do you also photograph furnished short-term rentals in Berlin?

Yes, with the same approach. Before any listing goes online, check that the flat may legally be let for short stays, since Berlin restricts holiday rentals. The photography itself is identical: the main rooms, the exterior and the surroundings, cropped for the relevant portals.

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