Real Estate Photography & Cinematic Visuals.

Mahroof Sheikh

A property is more than walls, views and interiors.
It is a feeling, a first impression, a moment.
I turn that moment into visuals that speak for themselves.

Open to full-time, freelance and retainer work — Dubai / UAE

Experience
2+
Years
Properties
300+
Captured
Developments
15+
Covered
Downtown Dubai skyline with the Burj Khalifa, photographed from Paramount Midtown, Business Bay
Mahroof Sheikh®

300+ properties captured.
15+ developments covered.
48h standard delivery.

Projects

The developers I shoot for

Nine developments, 228 frames. Select a square to open the full set.

Capabilities

What I bring to a team

Role

Real estate photographer & videographer

Experience

2+ years · 300+ properties · 15+ developments

Clients

Emaar, Nakheel, DAMAC, Seven Tides, Vincitore, Indigo

Photography

Interiors, exteriors, twilight, exposure blending, vertical correction

Video

Gimbal walkthroughs, launch films, 9:16 social edits, colour grading

Software

Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve

Delivery

48h stills · portal, print and social crops

Languages

English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam

Films

Cinematic visuals

Walkthroughs and launch films, shot on the same day as the stills and graded to match them.

Benefits

Why work with me?

Great photography is more than a service — it is the reason a buyer books a viewing instead of scrolling past.

Kitchen interior at Marina Residences 2, Palm Jumeirah

Straight lines, every time

Verticals corrected in camera and in post. Architecture that looks built, not bent.

48h

Edited and delivered in two days

Full sets back before the listing goes live — not a week after.

228

Frames in this portfolio alone

Across nine developments, from studio units to golf-estate villas.

Every crop the campaign needs

One shoot, delivered in the sizes you actually use:

  • Portal & listing exports
  • Brochure and print
  • 9:16 for Reels and TikTok
  • Sales-gallery masters
Pool and terrace at Orange Lake villa, Jumeirah Golf Estates

Shot at the right hour

Exteriors timed to the light, not to the calendar.

Windows that keep their view

Interiors are exposure-blended so the room stays warm and the skyline outside stays visible — the single thing most property photography gets wrong.

Mobile Gallery

Cut for the feed

Vertical crops from the same shoot day, framed for Reels, TikTok and portal mobile views.

About

Based in Dubai.
Shooting across the Emirates.

I'm Mahroof Sheikh. I photograph and film property for developers, brokerages and hospitality groups — Emaar, Nakheel, DAMAC, Seven Tides, Vincitore and Indigo among them. The work is deliberately unfussy: real light, honest colour, and rooms that look like the room you walk into. If a unit has been sitting on the market longer than it should, that is usually a framing problem before it is a pricing one.

Open to work

Looking for someone
who shoots property?

Available for full-time, freelance and retainer work across the UAE. Happy to share the full archive, raw files or a reference on request.