How You Should Get The Best Pictures From Hotel Photographers

By Rebecca Barnes


If you have an upcoming hospitality industry, you will feel the need to market it as much as possible to increase number of clients. To entice tourists to flock and stay at your hotel, you must send out gorgeous photos of the available indoor spaces. There are many tips and ideas that can help you achieve this, but the most basic of them all is hiring competent hotel photographers. Here are some tips that will help you get the best from them.

The paramount thing to consider is setting the stage right. You need to ensure that the entire place is properly set for the captions. If it is the rooms for instance, ensure the beds are properly spread, and the bed sheets ironed well. The pillows ought to be of best quality. You must ensure that you starch the pillows, and enhance their cleanliness.

Think also about the props. A restaurant room will look more relatable to prospective guests when there is a bouquet of flowers, a bunch of bananas or a bowl of fruit on the table. Pick the pieces that make the room less impersonal and businesslike and more homely and add them to the room for the perfect shoot.

Make the outdoors look very pleasant. To enhance great views, they should be taken on the exteriors. It is very preferable when the photos are taken in a cityscape. There should be some green areas that are attractive so that they compliment your photos. A scenic view will lure many people into your hotels.

Lighting is another aspect that is vital to restaurant photography. Everyone knows that a photograph is only as good as the lighting used in making it. Play with the natural and artificial light sources, and also the shadows. Add and remove lamps till you get the perfect lighting.

Also put into consideration the angles of the photography. Most photographers recommend wide angles for hotel photos. These can be achieved using special gear such as 16 to 24mm lenses. Remember that wider angles create a spacious feel to a room. Space is one aspect that makes some rooms more popular than others to prospective guests.

It is also essential to be adaptable. Once you call in the photographers, allow them to do what they do best. Remember that what you are doing is giving the view of your hotel to people who may not have seen or heard about it. Also, consider that the preferences vary with the customers. The professionals should take as many photos as possible from different places. Later on, you can settle on the best.

These are just a few of the tips that can give you an easy and rewarding time when dealing with interior picture making. Remember that, success will depend on the person that you choose to handle the photo shoot for you. With an experienced cameraman, the process will be simple as well as very rewarding.




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