Enter any address. Get the light plan, drone flight path, FAA airspace status, weather forecast, and full shot list — tailored to that property, for that day, before you leave home.
No credit card required · Free tier always available
How it works
Type any property address. FotoBrief pulls rooftop-accurate coordinates, satellite imagery, FAA airspace data, and a weather forecast for your shoot date.
Select property type, beds, baths, features, and your drone. Takes 60 seconds. Everything downstream — light plan, shot list, drone mission — adjusts automatically.
Light plan, satellite pre-scout, FAA status, weather, drone flight plan, and a full editable shot list. Save it, share it, export it, or take it offline to the site.
Light planning
FotoBrief calculates sun position for every elevation of the property across the full day. No more arriving at the front elevation in dead backlight. No more guessing which rooms to shoot in the morning vs. afternoon.
Drone planning
Select your drone make and model. FotoBrief uses your camera's actual field of view to calculate exact altitudes, then generates waypoints for orbit, approach, corners, and perimeter — exported as KML or a printable list you can load into DJI Fly.
Shot list generation
Check off property features and the shot list builds itself — exterior angles, every bedroom and bathroom, drone patterns, and any custom shots you add. Take it to field mode on site: large touch targets, no clutter, works offline.
See the data
Not a generic "golden hour is at sunset" answer. The elevation of the property, the direction it faces, and the exact date — calculated together and shown as a full-day timeline per wall.
Everything in the brief
Which side gets good light and when, across the full day for your shoot date.
See the lot from above. Mark obstructions. Know your angles before you load the car.
FOV-calculated waypoints for your specific drone, exported as KML or a printable list.
Airspace class, ceiling, LAANC requirement — for every address, before you drive there.
Adjusts for property type, beds, baths, sqft, and every feature you check.
Forecast plus a reschedule alert if conditions degrade within 48 hours of your shoot.
Compare light and weather across 5–7 days to pick the best window, not just a default date.
Save clients and properties. Let agents book through your branded form — the brief builds itself.
Auto-generate and send a property prep list to the agent before every shoot.
FotoBrief started because I was tired of showing up to listings I'd never seen and wasting 20 minutes figuring out the light in real time. I'm a real estate photographer, FAA Part 107 certified drone pilot, and licensed REALTOR® in Tennessee. I built the tool I needed — and then made it work for every type of photography job, not just my own.
Drone planning
Choose your make and model and the app uses your camera's actual field of view to calculate the right altitudes — not a generic default that gets the whole house in frame on some drones and not others.
Photography modes
Switch modes per shoot. Each one changes the planning form, shot list, and light emphasis to match what you're doing that day.
Elevation light plan, drone mission, agent prep, room-by-room shot list, client CRM.
Golden hour quality score, sunrise/sunset bearing, composition checklist, magic hour rating.
Dark window, Milky Way core visibility, moon phase avoidance, Bortle estimate, meteor calendar.
Multi-location day timeline, golden hour portrait alert, moment-by-moment shot list.
Client brief integration, dual shot list, on-location light plan, drone planning.
Pricing
Free to start. Pay only for what you actually need.
Free
$0
Light plan, weather, and shot list for any mode. No account required to start.
Real Estate Pro
$19/mo
The full business toolkit for working real estate photographers.
Landscape + Astro
$14.99 once
Full landscape and astro modes. One-time purchase, yours forever.
Questions
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