Real Estate Photographer
Freelance / contract, per shoot
Shoot listings, interiors and twilight exteriors for agents and developers.
Careers
Photography & film jobs in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
TimeSake Media is a small, working studio: real estate photography, cinematic property film, drone work, headshots, events and podcasts. We hire per city and per craft — shooters, licensed pilots, editors and assistants — and every brief comes with a shot list, confirmed access and an agreed rate before the day.
Applications go straight to Coleman Gellatly. Send a link to your work, the city you are based in, and the role you are applying for. We reply inside two working days.
Open roles
Videographer
Freelance / contract, per production
Shoot cinematic property, brand and hospitality films on location.
Drone Pilot (RPL)
Freelance / contract, per flight day
Fly legal, insured aerial units for property, development and estate work.
Video Editor & Colourist
Freelance / contract, remote per project
Cut and grade property, brand and social films to a house standard.
Social Media Content Creator
Part-time / retainer
Shoot and cut vertical reels for property, hospitality and brand accounts.
Photography & Production Assistant
Paid assistant / internship
Learn on real shoots — lighting, styling, data wrangling and set resets.
Where we hire
Cape Town, Western Cape
Cape Town is our home base — the studio address is in Melkbosstrand and most weeks run across the Atlantic Seaboard, the City Bowl and the Southern Suburbs. The work is seasonal in shape: summer brings international buyers, hospitality campaigns and estate launches, while winter shifts toward interiors, corporate portraits and studio-side production. Crew here need to be comfortable with wind, fast-changing coastal light and tight street parking outside Sea Point and Bo-Kaap addresses.
Sea Point, Camps Bay, Clifton, Constantia, Bishopscourt, Hout Bay, Green Point, the V&A Waterfront, Woodstock, Somerset West and out to Melkbosstrand and Bloubergstrand.
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Johannesburg is our commercial and corporate engine: head-office portrait sessions, development launches, commercial property media and interview production across the northern suburbs. Crew here spend real time in access control — estate gate registers, building management, loading-bay slots — so someone who handles that calmly is worth more than someone who is only fast on a camera. Drone work sits inside the Lanseria and OR Tambo corridors, so pre-flight discipline is non-negotiable.
Sandton, Hyde Park, Bryanston, Rosebank, Melrose, Illovo, Parkhurst, Fourways, Dainfern, Bedfordview, Midrand, Alberton, Eye of Africa and Edenvale.
Cape Winelands, Western Cape
The Winelands run on hospitality and estate work — wine farms, boutique hotels, restaurants and heritage homesteads, with a heavy harvest and wedding season. Shoots are longer and slower here: an estate day can mean cellar, vineyard, suites and dinner service in one call sheet. Crew usually travel out from Cape Town in the morning, so early call times and a reliable vehicle matter.
Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Paarl, Somerset West and the surrounding farm roads.
Hartbeespoort, North West
Hartbeespoort is weekend-home and lifestyle-estate country an hour from Sandton — dam-front villas, Kosmos ridge homes and estates like Pecanwood and Xanadu. Aerial work carries most listings here, which makes licensed drone crew the priority hire. Days often pair a morning listing with an afternoon estate or venue shoot to make the drive worthwhile.
Kosmos, Melodie, Pecanwood, Xanadu, Broederstroom and the wider dam basin.
Verified business
TimeSake Media (PTY) LTD
5 Melkbosch Village St, Melkbosstrand, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa
Mon–Fri · 09:00–17:00 SAST · Weekends by appointment