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.
We welcome your feedback and questions.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
High quality Hotel Photography, Video & Virtual tours are seen by some as an extra or non essential expense – surely a few photos & video won’t make much difference to whether people book rooms or not? We ran the numbers from some influential research; you may be surprised at the results:
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
It has become common practice for leading hotels to showcase their property using digital photographs, virtual tours and videos; after all it’s these visual images that help sell rooms online. But how can you go beyond just selling rooms, to selling a proposition; to increasing and retaining brand loyalty and further improving the appearance and… Read more »
Monday, March 18th, 2013
When Swissotel selected PhotoWeb to create more than 100 still photographs and virtual tours for its hotel websites, it marked a step change to our business. This achievement signified that we had gone beyond being a high quality digital hotel photography company, to being regarded as a digital brand agency – an agency that can… Read more »
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Preparation for a Hotel Video Production Here are some general preparation notes that most clients find very helpful when planning for the video shoot: 1) Guest Rooms – We usually film these at first thing in the morning or at sunset. The light is usually too harsh at other times of the day. We would… Read more »
Friday, December 21st, 2012
How to take site lookers to room bookers. I was surprised to recently learn that hotels in China are seeing a decline in occupancy rates. While I was aware that the Chinese market had been slowing down, I hadn’t considered the affect this was having on hotel bookings. What’s caused this decline however is not… Read more »
Friday, September 28th, 2012
The following points are focused towards architectural photography and can help with preparing for a photo shoot. We recommend the following: 1) Guest Rooms – Usually best photographed with natural light and some fill flash bounced from an umbrella or two. Ensure bed sheets, pillows & bed skirts are crisply ironed & tightly tucked. If you wish to add… Read more »
Thursday, January 5th, 2012
We’ve been busy creating our new website so that we can start 2012 with an updated image and a new way to showcase some of our great work and clients. We aim to update this blog section with little snippets on what’s happening within the Industry, location stories and anything interesting that takes our fancy,… Read more »
The legendary destination, that is the Don Cesar, St. Pete Beach, FL approached PhotoWeb in early 2017 to set up their comprehensive Video and Photo shoot. The project required extensive planning and challenging logistics, due to the high occupancy of guests, and also as the shots will feature models from a local model agency. Each Lifestyle shot can take 3 or 4 hours, and involves working with hair & make up and wardrobe stylists. Our thanks to Patricia Davis (Vice President Sales, Marketing & Revenue Management) and hotel team for their hard work and execution.
Link to the video can be viewed at:
http://www.doncesar.com/
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