Professional photography and video focused on place-based businesses. The production can combine professional mirrorless photography, stabilized ground video, aerial imagery, wireless audio, editing, and motion graphics

Commercial Photography and Video in Athens, GA

Stunning quality from multiple perspectives.

Aerial commercial photography of a completed development
Aerial perspective
Professionally photographed commercial interior
Interior photography
Commercial building exterior photographed at golden hour
Exterior imagery

Multiple perspectives

Commercial media built around the space.

High-resolution photography and polished commercial video for properties, spaces, developments, destinations, and place-based businesses. Great for:

Commercial spacesDevelopmentsHospitalityArchitectureTourismParks & RecreationGolf CoursesConstruction progressRoofing projects

One production partner

Every useful perspective.

Projects are not forced into a single camera system. The production can combine professional mirrorless photography, stabilized ground video, aerial imagery, wireless audio, editing, and motion graphics according to what tells the clearest story.

Commercial photography

A polished image library for the places you need to promote.

Professional photography for commercial buildings, interiors, developments, spaces, construction progress, destinations, and organizations whose physical environment is part of their story or business.

High-resolution delivery

Fully edited master files are delivered through an organized private cloud folder.

Detailed HDR capture

Bracketed Nikon photography helps preserve highlight and shadow detail in demanding spaces.

Mixed perspectives

Ground, interior, detail, contextual, and aerial views can be combined according to the project.

Commercial use included

A Standard Commercial License is included with every commercial photography and video package.

Quick coverage

Commercial Photo Essentials

$200

A concise, professionally edited overview of one location, space, or small commercial property.

  • Up to 15 fully edited photographs
  • One location with straightforward coverage
  • Up to approximately 30 minutes on site
  • Ideal for web, social media, and announcements

Most popular

Commercial Photo Standard

$300

Balanced coverage for commercial properties, developments, businesses, and ongoing marketing needs.

  • Up to 25 fully edited photographs
  • Up to approximately 1 hour on site
  • Wide, medium, detail, and contextual compositions
  • Ideal for websites, brochures, and marketing materials

Most coverage

Commercial Photo Premium

$500

Deep visual coverage for clients who need a versatile image library with a broad range of perspectives.

  • Up to 40 fully edited photographs
  • Extended on-site time
  • Multiple angles, elevations, and compositions
  • Enhanced finishing for select hero photographs

Aerial photographs can be incorporated when they add meaningful context and when airspace, property access, weather, and project timing allow. The final mix of ground, interior, detail, and aerial images is established before production.

$50 travel fee per 45 minutes of drive time (one leg)

Commercial video

From individual clips to complete campaign production.

Capture-only options are available for agencies and in-house editors, while complete packages include filming, editing, color finishing, music, titles, and delivery.

Capture is tailored to the final edit.

Aerial footage remains a major capability, but it can now be combined with stabilized movement through a space, detailed ground footage, natural sound, interviews, and graphics.

Footage only

Commercial B-Roll Capture

$250

Professionally captured 4K footage for clients, agencies, and editors building their own finished production.

  • Up to 1 hour on site
  • Ground, stabilized, and aerial footage as scoped
  • Reveals, orbits, tracking shots, and establishing footage
  • Color-corrected footage or a flat profile
  • Delivered without a finished edit

Complete deliverable

Commercial Highlight Video

$500

A complete filming and editing package for a straightforward commercial or property-focused video.

  • Up to 2 hours on site
  • Edited 2–3 minute video
  • Background music and color finishing
  • Basic motion graphics
  • Up to 2 rounds of revisions

Campaign production

Brand & Campaign Video

Starting at

$1,250

Polished commercial storytelling for businesses, tourism, developments, organizations, and marketing campaigns.

  • Up to 4 hours on site
  • Edited 2–3 minute video
  • Custom pacing based on the brand or campaign
  • Advanced motion graphics
  • Web, social, and presentation delivery
  • Up to 3 rounds of revisions
  • Typical project range: $1,250–$2,500

$50 travel fee per 45 minutes of drive time (one leg)

High-resolution commercial aerial photography captured by Chip Elder Media

Aerial perspective

Reveal scale, location, access, and context in a single frame.

Drone & Aerial Media

The view from above should come with a higher standard.

Aerial media is not simply a matter of putting a drone in the air. Every commercial flight is approached with FAA Part 107 certification, deliberate planning, and a clear understanding of what the finished photographs or footage need to communicate.

Show the full scale of a property, establish its surroundings, document development progress, or add cinematic movement to a larger commercial production.

Commercially certified

Operated by an FAA Part 107 Certified Remote Pilot.

Planned before launch

Airspace, access, obstacles, conditions, and shot objectives are considered in advance.

Purpose-built media

Professionally edited aerial photography and cinematic video shaped around the project.

Real Estate Media

A dedicated real estate service

Residential listings follow their own workflow and pricing.

Residential real estate media is structured differently, with clear square-footage packages, complete property coverage, rapid delivery, and listing-ready files.

Simple square-footage packages

Interior and exterior HDR photography

Selected aerial images included

Floor plans and listing video available

Professionally photographed residential kitchen with balanced natural light

Interior photography

Aerial real estate photograph showing property location and surrounding land

Aerial coverage

Luxury residential property professionally photographed at twilight

Twilight photography

Straightforward production

Planned, captured, edited, and delivered.

Every project is scoped around the location, final deliverables, intended audience, operating conditions, and how the media will actually be used.

01

Plan the coverage

We establish the location, priorities, shot mix, access requirements, usage, and preferred delivery date.

02

Capture the space

The appropriate combination of mirrorless, stabilized ground, aerial, and audio equipment is used on site.

03

Finish and deliver

Selected media is edited, organized, exported, and delivered through a private shared cloud folder.

Production toolkit

The right camera is the one the shot requires.

Clients receive one coordinated production rather than having to separately hire a photographer, drone operator, camera operator, editor, and motion designer.

Mirrorless photography

High-resolution Nikon photography for architecture, interiors, spaces, details, and commercial environments.

Stabilized ground video

Mirrorless and compact stabilized capture for smooth walkthroughs, details, reveals, and movement through a space.

Aerial media

FAA Part 107 aerial photography and 4K video when airspace, weather, location, and project scope permit.

Wireless audio capture

Lavalier and wireless microphone options for interviews, walkthrough narration, testimonials, and presentations.

Motion graphics add-ons

Make the footage explain something.

Property lines, labels, mapped paths, replacement graphics, and tracked overlays can turn attractive footage into a useful sales, development, tourism, or presentation tool.

Simple overlays

Basic Motion Graphics

$100

includes up to 3

Clear visual context without turning graphics into the central focus of the production.

  • Static property lines
  • Simple labels and location pins
  • Basic on-screen text
  • Clean informational overlays

Per element

Advanced Tracked Graphic

$200

each

Graphics that move with the footage and connect information directly to locations or structures.

  • Tracked building labels
  • Animated property boundaries
  • Screen or sign replacement
  • Dynamic paths and stylized overlays

Graphics-led production

Full Motion Graphics Package

$1,000+

Campaign-level graphics for productions where mapped information and visual explanation drive the story.

  • Multiple properties or project phases
  • Custom visual system
  • Tracked and animated graphics
  • Campaign or presentation-ready delivery

Optional enhancement

Interview and on-site audio

Wireless and lavalier microphone capture is available for interviews, guided walkthroughs, testimonials, narration, and voice-led commercial pieces. Pricing is based on the production scope.

Multi-format delivery

Built for where it will be watched

Final delivery can be optimized for websites, presentations, landscape social media, vertical social placements, and campaign-specific exports.

Custom and evolving scopes

Hourly production rates.

Hourly work is best for supplemental capture, unusual deliverables, expanding assignments, additional revisions, and projects that do not fit neatly into a package.

Aerial and field capture

$125

per hour

For evolving scopes, supplemental coverage, and production that does not fit a defined package.

Video editing and color

$50

per hour

Editing, pacing, music placement, color correction, exports, and additional revisions.

Motion graphics production

$50

per hour

Custom animation, compositing, tracked graphics, replacement work, and specialized visual treatments.

Licensing and usage

Clear rights for the way your media will be used.

Most local and regional business projects are covered by the included Standard Commercial License. Broader campaigns and exclusive use can be added when required.

Standard Commercial License

Included

Covers the hiring brand’s website, organic social media, presentations, and general marketing.

Extended Campaign License

$400

For paid advertising, broader multi-platform distribution, and regional campaign use.

Exclusive Rights / Full Buyout

$1,200+

For clients requiring exclusive long-term control or broader ownership rights documented in the project agreement.

Every location introduces different production variables.

Exact pricing can vary based on airspace, permits, travel, property access, production complexity, weather windows, licensing, and delivery requirements. Share a few project details and I will recommend the most efficient combination of packages, hourly work, audio, and motion graphics so the production is neither over- nor under-scoped.

Start planning the coverage

Show the space from the perspectives that make it matter.

Describe the location, final deliverables, timeline, and intended use. I will help determine the right photography, video, aerial, audio, and post-production scope.

Request a project quote