We hope the information below is of use to you. It is a composition of our photographic and video experience over the past 25 years. Some is relevant to hotel specific media, but most is relevant to all types of photography & video. We discuss topics such as “Five essential night time photography tips, through to “How to prepare your hotel for a photo shoot”.
Our goal here is to be an open source of photography and video tips that we have accumulated through our years of experience. If it can help someone with questions or save them time and money, then we are happy. PhotoWeb is a collection of talented and hard working photographers and videographers all working together to continually improve our quality and service for our clients.
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A question came up at a networking event recently that got me thinking about how hoteliers could get started taking their own hotel photographs. A guy came up to me and asked how to start. He’d been taking photos of his own hotel and they just didn’t match the quality of his rivals. It was… Read more »
I think I’ve said in the past that I’m not the professional photographer on the team, I’m just the enthusiastic amateur and blogger. All of our photographers are out in exotic locations taking awesome shots of hotels. In the warm. While I’m in a cold office in damp England. At least I have chocolate. So… Read more »
There’s no doubt that black and white photography can look stunning when used in the right place. In a low-key brochure where mood and setting is needed or on a minimal website that’s used to portray elegance and style, they really can help. However, there are many ways of achieving the result when you’re starting… Read more »
Survey after survey investigating the penetration of types of social posts has shown that images beat other post formats hands down. A good photo will travel the web far quicker than any other type of post and it’s even better if it’s relevant to the page or person that’s posting it. It’s true that a… Read more »
Back in the “olden days” of photography, a good photographer would spend a long time setting up a shot, picking the right filters, adjusting for light and then finally taking a set of photos which he or she wouldn’t actually get to see until a few hours later in the dark room. A professional set-up… Read more »
I was recently helping one of our photographers on a hotel photography shoot in some rather nice weather in India and like the friend he is, he let me take some photographs with my own camera to see if I could match his masterpieces. Full disclosure, I just write the blog here and pass tips on to… Read more »
Some of the best photos we’ve done of hotels have been at night simply because the artificial lighting of the rooms can really help to show up and highlight the features of a building. But night photography can really fox some people, they find it really difficult to get a good shot but really, it’s… Read more »
If you intend to create your own portfolio of images with which to market your hotel, there are a few pieces of equipment that many professional hotel photographers see as absolutely essential. They will obviously have more equipment with them than the three I’m about to suggest, but these are seen as the ones they… Read more »
You want (or maybe need) to be showing off your hotel rooms in their best light. It’s where your customers are going to be spending a lot of time and if they’ve been traveling, they want to stay somewhere relaxing, tidy and clean. Or maybe not? Maybe your hotel is grunge themed, either way, you… Read more »
Many hotel managers when deciding to do their own hotel photography will go out and buy a superb camera that’s chock-full of fancy features and apparently does everything for you. I met one owner who’d spent over $3000 on a camera and it had hundreds of settings, but sadly he had it set almost always… Read more »