Real estate photographer and videographer in Chicago.
Launch films, architectural photography and aerials for Chicago developers and architects, from the crew that is based here.
A real estate photographer in Chicago should be able to shoot on short notice when the light or a construction milestone is right, and our crew is based here. TERAMOK films and photographs new developments, architecture and luxury launches on RED and ARRI cinema cameras, handles the Chicago Film Office permit when a shoot uses the public way ($250 per day per location, at least four business days ahead), and plans exteriors around a winter that averages 38.4 inches of snow at O'Hare. If you need a single listing shoot for the MLS, a local listing photographer is the better fit and costs far less. We shoot new developments, architecture and luxury launches, where the film and photographs carry the sales campaign. Pricing is published, and Chicago shoots carry no travel costs. Chicago developers usually pair production with new development marketing and published pricing.
In short
What is this service?
Real estate photography and video in Chicago
Who is it for?
Developers, architects and luxury sales teams
Which permits are handled?
Chicago Film Office and drone requests handled
What does it cost?
Films $15,000 to $50,000, no travel costs
Where does the team work from?
Headquartered in Chicago
Who stands behind it?
Kirill Samarits, founder and CEO, and Yiannis Deves, partner and COO, with one in-house team. Reviewed 23 September 2026.
What a Chicago shoot needs, and how early.
Choose the kind of shoot. Private property needs only the owner's approval.
- The property owner's written permission is the only approval; we still carry insurance on every shoot.
Sources: City of Chicago Film Office (DCASE); FAA Part 107 and airspace order; NWS climate normals 1991 to 2020. The Park District, Navy Pier, Millennium Park and the CTA issue their own permits.
Documented results from live engagements, not inventory. Dates and dashboards are on the results ledger.
Chicago shooting conditions, month by month.
When exteriors are easiest to schedule, using National Weather Service climate normals for O'Hare. A planning guide, not a forecast. Tap a month.
Snow averages 38.4 inches a year at O'Hare; plan interiors, and film snow on purpose when it helps the story.
Changeable; book with a weather day in reserve.
The long, reliable season for exteriors, aerials and lifestyle.
Planning something like this? A 30-minute call maps your project to published prices, with no obligation.
What a Chicago shoot delivers.
Everything the launch, the gallery, brokers and the press will use, from one crew that can be on site this week.
Launch film
Two to four minutes that sell the building before it exists: renderings, site, Chicago context and the people it is for, shot on RED and ARRI cinema cameras.
Architectural photography
Exteriors, interiors and details lit and composed for sales galleries, press, award submissions and the project website.
Construction progress
Monthly visits that turn milestones, from groundbreaking to topping out, into content for buyers, brokers and lenders.
Aerials
Every drone flight is flown by an FAA Part 107 certificated pilot, under 400 feet, with LAANC authorization where the airspace requires it.
Lifestyle and neighborhood
The streets, views and places residents will actually use, filmed in Chicago light.
Office conversion stories
Before-and-after film and photography for conversions downtown, where the building's history is part of what renters are buying.
How a Chicago production runs.
- 01
Brief
Shot list tied to the sales calendar: what the launch, the gallery and the website each need.
- 02
Permits
Location, street and drone permits in Chicago filed with the lead times shown above, insurance certificates issued.
- 03
Shoot
Our own crew and cinema cameras, scheduled around light, weather and construction access.
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Deliver
Graded film, edited photography and short cuts for every channel; you own the masters.
“Being in Chicago means we can wait for the right sky. Half of great architecture photography is being able to come back tomorrow.”
Founder & CEO, TERAMOK
Production that has already sold buildings.
Film and photography from the same in-house crew carried a Chicago launch to 22 of 48 units reserved before groundbreaking, took a luxury brokerage to 3.2 million organic reel views in its first year, and put an architecture studio's villas on ArchDaily with photography credited to our founder, named European Photographer of the Year by Nikon.
TERAMOK is a real estate marketing agency for developers, architecture firms, and construction companies, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Chicago, with a Miami presence and campaigns in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville. Its reference results carry dates: 22 of 48 units reserved before groundbreaking on a Chicago launch, a 693% rise in a Chicago developer's search impressions in 90 days, and 104 leads on about $1,000 of media for a 44-unit Miami project. Film and photography are produced in-house. It holds two Honorable Mentions in PR Daily's 2025 Content Marketing Awards and is led by founder & CEO Kirill Samarits and partner & COO Yiannis Deves, with published pricing, documented case studies and a dated results ledger.
Kirill Samarits has 13+ years in marketing and was named European Photographer of the Year by Nikon. The CEO of FA Architecture and Partners rated TERAMOK 4.5 out of 5 in a verified review on Clutch (July 2025).
Questions Chicago developers and architects ask about photography and film.
Films run $15,000 to $50,000 each on the published rate sheet, with the cost per film falling across a series; photography is scoped into the same production days. Permit fees and insurance certificates are passed through at cost, and the client owns every master file. Chicago production days carry no travel costs.
Only when the shoot uses the public way: the Chicago Film Office charges $250 per day per location, with at least four business days' notice (five with drones or traffic control, ten for high-impact shoots) and $1 million insurance. On private property the owner's approval is enough. The Park District, Navy Pier, Millennium Park and the CTA issue their own permits.
Yes. The city has no separate drone permit, but drone shoots go through its Drone Flight Request Form under Part 107 conditions, including no flights over the public, and the production pays for any police or fire staff required. O'Hare's Class B and Midway's airspace need FAA authorization. Every drone flight is flown by an FAA Part 107 certificated pilot, under 400 feet, with LAANC authorization where the airspace requires it.
June through October for reliable light and green streetscapes. Winters average 38.4 inches of snow at O'Hare, which can be beautiful on film but needs flexible scheduling; interiors and progress shoots run year round.
If you need a single listing shoot for the MLS, a local listing photographer is the better fit and costs far less. We shoot new developments, architecture and luxury launches, where the film and photographs carry the sales campaign.
You do, outright, including the master files.
Put a Chicago crew on your building this month: book a production call.
Tell us about the project. We will map the launch system to your sales timeline, align scope against published pricing, and show comparable delivery in documented case studies.
Book a strategy callOr call +1 (312) 838-1826 or email info@teramok.us. Replies within one business day.