Photography for Hotels
Are you having trouble getting photographs which really attract attention? Are you looking for photos that turn website visitors into customers? If so, read on!
Allow me to introduce myself.
I’m a part-time pro photographer and I have lived in Thailand for 11 years. I’m fluent in Thai.
I’ve been shooting professionally since 2006 and have tens of thousands of images. I’ve shot a lot of stock and have thousands of images online including some represented by Getty Images, the foremost stock photo company in the world.
This year I refined my niche market. I developed a new photography brand called Shoot Global. The emphasis of this brand is providing High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography for the tourism and hospitality sector in Thailand and SE Asia. It also emphasizes 360 degree interactive photographs.
What is HDR?
In the days of film, dynamic range was not as much a problem as it is now in the days of digital. However today camera sensors are not able to capture the huge range of differences in light (dynamic range) often found in architectural photography (especially between inside and outside). Consequently many images being used today by your sector have blown out windows and “alien” light bulbs! HDR is a technique which addresses this. By shooting nine photos at different exposures and using advanced software we are able to give HDR photos almost ten times the range of a normal digital photo. This is all done without additional lighting and flashes. Hence the rooms look like they would to a natural human eye. Colors are deep and detail high.
Wider angles.
It’s tough to get verticals straight and angles wide at the same time. Most rooms are quite small and require super-wide angles. This warps image edges. I address this issue using another new technique. Using a special “Shift” lens. I make a panorama of your room and stitch shots together. This gives you an angle of view which is around twice as wide as with a normal wide angle lens, but at the same time keeping verticals straight up and down. This is very important in this kind of work. This gives your potential guests the ability to see a whole room with just one view. Additionally, what they see is what they get. Shots are not embellished with additional lighting, a complaint that is common with customers. Instead, what they see is what they get. Trust is everything in this business.
The ultimate in angles.
Using a combination of the two techniques mentioned above I also make another kind of image, which is growing in popularity worldwide. 360 degree interactive photos.
These images have to be seen online to really appreciate them CLICK HERE to see the potential of this medium. This allows users of your site to interactively tour your facility. One of my customers experiences around 300 visitors PER DAY using their tour and this translated into BOOKINGS. Tour formats are available for traditional web and in HTML5 the new format favored by Ipads and Iphones.
All about people
Lastly, business is all about people. I also specialize in a related field, portrait photography. You can CLICK HERE to see some samples.
Reasonable Rates
My rates are competitive with the local market.
Contact me for details.
Guarantee
I am convinced that my work quality and service will surpass anything you have experienced before.
Therefore I offer the following guarantee.
- 1. I will reshoot for free, any images you are not happy with.
- 2. If you are not happy with the quality of my work or service, I will not charge you.
- 3. I will work with you until you get the shots you need.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.