The pool and covered patio at 24602 Cliff Line after dark, a Vergel Constructions build

A finished home that wins the next build.

Photography, film and property websites for custom builders across San Antonio and the Hill Country. Made for your website, your sales office and the clients who haven’t met you yet.

24602 Cliff Line · Vergel Constructions

One Vergel home, finished

24602 Cliff Line in San Antonio, built by Vergel Constructions. Every room lit by hand, the brass, marble and wood up close, and the house after dark with every light on.

The living hall, stair and kitchen at 24602 Cliff Line
Living hall
Brass tub filler against stone
Tub filler
Brass faucet and pendant over the kitchen island
Kitchen
Primary suite with a wood-paneled wall
Primary suite
Built by Vergel ConstructionsSee the website I made for this home
For any of the luxury houses, I definitely want to make sure it’s you taking the photos.
Jaime Aguilar, Matchhouse Luxury Real Estate, listing agent for 24602 Cliff Line
The front of 11569 Barreal from the air at sunset, before the yard was landscaped The same aerial with planting added with AI from CKC's landscape plan

Planting added with AI from CKC’s landscape plan. The yard was bare on shoot day.

The yard isn’t in yet?

Shoot when the house is finished, not when the sod is. Send me your landscape plan and I’ll add the planting to the exterior photos with AI, so the home is shown the way it will look.

I’ll tell you which frames have it, so you can say so wherever they run.

See the CKC website for 11569 Barreal

More builders I’ve photographed for

Finished homes and a tour of six builders.

Packages

One price for the day, with the photos already licensed for how builders use them. Pick the one that fits the home and I’ll confirm it when I see the address.

Half day: the finished home

  • Up to four hours on site
  • Interiors, exteriors and drone stills
  • A standard property website for the home
  • Yours to use on your website, social and award entries, with no expiry

Good for a finished spec or custom home you need on your website and social quickly, and homes where the interiors carry the story. Daylight only, no twilight.

The front of 9412 Midsomer Place in daylight, from the drone
Front, from the drone
Great room in daylight
Great room
Great room toward the patio
Toward the patio
Primary bath with a freestanding tub
Primary bath

What a half day looks like · 9412 Midsomer Place

Full day: inside, out and into twilight

  • Up to eight hours on site
  • Interiors, exteriors, drone stills and live twilight with the house lit from inside
  • A standard property website for the home
  • Yours to use in print and online: brochures, signage, the sales office, your website, social and award entries, with no expiry

Good for the flagship or tour home you’ll market for years, homes with views, pools or lighting that come alive at dusk, and anything going to print or the sales office.

Kitchen in daylight
Kitchen, daylight
Brass wall faucets on marble
Brass, up close
Primary bath with a freestanding tub
Primary bath
Sitting room at dusk, the glass doors open to the courtyard
Dusk
Entry walk at blue hour
Blue hour
The house and pool after dark
After dark

What a full day looks like · 24602 Cliff Line, from daylight to after dark

Full day, film and website

  • Everything in the full day
  • A walkthrough film, color matched to the photos
  • A property website for the home, like 11569 Barreal or 24602 Cliff Line

Good for launching a new home or a community: a film for your website and social, and a link you can text to every prospect.

A frame from the 9514 Midsomer Place walkthrough film: the great room from the kitchen island
Walkthrough film · 9514 Midsomer
The 24602 Cliff Line showcase website
Showcase website

Plus everything in the full day

For a finished home, I’d book the full day.

Before tax. Prices are before Texas sales tax (8.25%), which is its own line on the invoice. Photos are delivered within 3 business days of the shoot, films within 7 business days.

Selling a spec home? Listing pricing covers marketing that home while it’s for sale. To use the photos for your own brand, on your website, social and award entries, license them for $508 or book a day.

Paid ads or a magazine feature? $200 for each photo you run, added to the package. Exclusive use, so no one else on the project can license them, is quoted.

Designer or architect? You book the same half and full days, with magazine use added per photo when a feature runs.

Yours to use, and to share

Where you can use them
Everywhere your package lists, for as long as you build: your website, social, the sales office, brochures and award entries. No renewals.
Your designer, architect or trades want them
They license the same photos from me for 35% of the day, so you’re not paying for their marketing.
Who keeps the copyright
I do, which is standard for architectural photography. You get the license, and I credit you whenever I show the work.
The home goes on the market
The listing agent can use them to sell that home. Using them for your own brand is a $508 license, or a day of your own.
Brass and marble in a Jim Boles home, the DominionBar wall at 228 Primera Drive

Designers and architects

Portfolio and award photography, composed for publication. The same half and full days as builders, with magazine use added for each photo you run. Someone else on the project can license the same photos for 35% of the day.

See designer pricingStart a designer request

While it’s being built

Build Story visits during construction: the slab, the framing, the day the stone goes on. Each visit gives you short clips and stills for social, with your crew working as they normally do, and the build film is cut after the last phase.

New this year. Priced per visit, with a lower rate for each extra home nearby on the same trip. Ask when you request a date.

Ask about Build Story

Builders I’ve photographed for

Questions builders ask

Why does this cost more than a listing shoot?

A listing shoot is licensed to sell one house while it’s on the market. A day gives you more time on site, every room composed for your website, the sales office and award entries, and the photos are yours to use for your own brand with no expiry.

How fast do I get them?

Photos within 3 business days of the shoot. Films within 7 business days.

How many photos do I get?

Every finished frame from the day, all under your license.

What if the yard isn’t landscaped yet?

Book the shoot when the house is finished. Send me your landscape plan and I’ll add the planting to the exterior frames with AI, and tell you which frames have it.

What should the house look like when I arrive?

I photograph the home as it is when I arrive, so it should be finished, cleaned and staged the way you want it seen.

What if the weather turns or the house isn’t ready?

Reschedule at no charge with 24 hours’ notice. If the home isn’t ready when I arrive, we pick a new date and the second trip is $100.

Are you licensed to fly the drone?

Yes. I’m an FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot.

How far do you travel?

Travel is included within 1.5 hours of San Antonio; further out is quoted with the shoot.

How do I pay?

Each home is invoiced once it’s on the calendar, and payment is due when the gallery is delivered. Texas sales tax (8.25%) is its own line on the invoice.

Tell me about the home.

When it’s finished, whether the yard is in, and where the photos will live. I’ll reply with dates and a confirmed quote. Nothing is booked until you say yes.