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Silver Valley Studios

Location · Richmond, BC

Real estate photography and video in Richmond

Richmond is flat, dense and heavily condo weighted, which puts the work into interiors and plans rather than exteriors. Airspace near YVR restricts drone across much of the city, so we check the specific address before quoting aerials rather than after.

Richmond · Condo weighted · YVR airspace checked

Flat, dense, and condo weighted

Richmond is overwhelmingly condo and townhome stock, and it is flat. Both facts shape the shoot. Density means most listings are units rather than houses, so the work is interior craft and an accurate plan rather than exterior drama. Flatness means that on the rare larger property there is no natural elevation to establish the parcel from.

For units, the discipline is the same as any dense market: frame honestly, light the space as it is, and give the buyer a plan they can read. A 2D floor plan earns its place on almost every Richmond listing because so much of the stock is laid out in ways a photograph cannot convey.

Drone here is an airspace question first

Vancouver International Airport sits in Richmond, and a large part of the city falls inside controlled airspace where drone flight is restricted. This is not a formality and it is not uniform across the city.

We check the airspace for the specific address at the time of booking rather than on the day, and if aerials are not available for a property we say so before you have paid for them. That is the honest order to do it in, and it avoids the situation where a package is sold with coverage that cannot legally be flown.

What works instead

Where drone is unavailable, the exterior set has to work harder and it can. A well-composed frontage, the approach, the common areas and the immediate surroundings shot properly will tell a buyer most of what an aerial would have, and we would rather deliver that well than sell an aerial that never arrives.

Inside, the discipline is unchanged: honest framing, no forced wide angles, accurate colour, and a plan. Richmond buyers are comparing units against very similar units, and the ones that stand out are the ones that look like themselves rather than like a wide-angle version of themselves.

What we offer here

Everything, from one visit.

Every service on this site is available in Richmond. Booking them together is cheaper than booking them separately and means the whole set is shot in one light and edited to one standard.

Asked in Richmond

Local questions, local answers.

Can you fly a drone in Richmond?
It depends on the address. Much of the city sits inside controlled airspace around Vancouver International Airport, and we check the specific property when the booking is made rather than on the day.
Is a floor plan worth it here?
On most Richmond listings, yes. The stock is heavily condo weighted and often laid out in ways photographs cannot convey.
Do you shoot townhouse complexes?
Yes. The approach is the same as any dense market: honest framing, accurate light and a plan the buyer can read.

Nearby

We are usually in the area anyway.

Next step

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+1 604 614 8260 · info@silvervalleystudios.ca

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