INTERIORS, ARCHITECTURE AND RESORT PHOTOGRAPHY Jul 2017

Alexander Baks is a self-taught photographer based in Amsterdam. Specialised in capturing the right ambiance and with an eye for detail, Alexander always delivers the highest quality images, on time and exceeding clients' expectations. He is very easy to work with and highly flexible in his approach.

Increasingly focussing on the leisure and hospitality industry, big brands have taken notice of Alexander's stunning work. During the first half of 2017, Hilton commissioned him to create the marketing and key visuals for the company's new European properties in London and Como (Italy). He also created all the images (and drone/video) for the soon to be re-opened Castell d’Emporda (Spain).

Alexander strives every day to create better and more appealing images for his clients. He has a huge passion and talent for capturing beautiful imagery; whether it's creating an editorial or shooting advertising campaigns, he brings a signature style to all of his work.

Alexander van Berge is an established interior, lifestyle and food photographer based in Amsterdam. His work for editorial and advertising clients has taken him all over the world.

A recent project he did for Bernd Gruber Interior Design Austria was in a beautiful house in the centre of Berlin. When he is not shooting on location, Alexander and his team work from his daylight studio located in the harbor of Amsterdam.

His work has appeared in a variety of international magazines including Elle Decoration UK, Visi SA, House and Leisure and others, as well as commercial work for design brands like Tarkett, Hunter Douglas/Luxaflex, Auping, Rabobank and many more.

AVABLU is a hospitality-driven photography company created by award-winning photographer, Ryan Forbes. AVABLU specialises in providing architectural, lifestyle and food/beverage photography for luxury resorts, fine hotels and hospitality brands around the world. Ryan and his team focus on capturing dynamic imagery through lighting, compelling angles, styling and attention to the finest details for maximum impact.

Based in Los Angeles, the AVABLU team travels globally with all gear necessary for any job, from the jungles of remote tropical islands to the skyscrapers of large cosmopolitan cities.

Clients include Peninsula Hotels, W Hotels, SLS Hotels, Dream Hotels, Caesars Palace (Las Vegas), Monte Carlo (Las Vegas), Mandalay Bay (Las Vegas), Rio (Las Vegas), Mukul Resort and Spa (Nicaragua), Lalati Resort and Spa (Fiji), The Raleigh Hotel (Miami), The Hollywood Roosevelt, The Redbury Hollywood, DusitD2 Hotels, Singapore Airlines, Equinox and more.

“I look at every job as a beautiful blank canvas to create something magical and memorable, and we have a lot of fun doing it.”

Big Dog Media enjoy a growing reputation for their work with luxury lifestyle clients and their agencies.

They create photography and film productions all around the world, often combining creative flair with underwater cameras and drones to create polished and aspirational work for advertising, editorial and lifestyle marketing media.

For more info please visit the website or send an email.

German photographer Bodo Mertoglu has focused on interior, architecture and people photography for over 25 years, since beginning his professional career as an apprentice with renowned interior studio Vogelsänger.

He is a master of light and his work guarantees natural light, regardless of how and where he shoots - both in the studio and on location. His photos always demonstrate a high level of understanding of the technical equipment to achieve the best results for his clients.

In this Spotlight Bodo features recent projects that have led him from Munich to London, Milan to Guangzhou shooting several showrooms, booths at international fairs, and at selected architectural sites. His clients include Aesop, BMW, bulthaup, Gaggenau, Microsoft and Siemens among others.

Brett Bulthuis is an internationally published photographer and world traveller. His assignments have sent him from all over the US to Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and China.

Specialising in interior and architectural photography and with a range of editorial stories, covers, and featured images, Brett remains busy and on the go.

His clients include BMW, Crate&Barrel, CB2, Curbed, Soho House, CPG, BoConcept, Mileu, Nylon Guys, CrainsChicago, Chicago Magazine and VIE Magazine, among others.

Chris Bradley is a commercial photographer who specialises in interiors and architectural photography.

Chris relishes the opportunity to take a client's space and squeeze every last little bit of two dimensional visual goodness out of it. He does this with an array of cameras, lights, and lenses, as well as some other assorted gadgets and some really cool styling tricks he's picked up over the years, but mostly he does it with his ability to see light differently than some.

By augmenting existing ambient light in a space with his own artificial lights, Chris is able to blend and craft a unique look for each image, making sure that the final product is still true to the space, but is elevated to a 'better than being there in person' result.

Born in Los Angeles and raised in the urban landscape of Southern California, Dale Wilcox documents and photographs the everyday environments we create, work and reside in.

He trained at the University of California, Irvine with a degree in studio art. For six years he visually defined the marketing direction for KPRS Construction Services as creative director, and has a decade of experience as a contributing photographer for Getty Images and AP covering the entertainment industry and special events.

A world of travels has taught Dale to appreciate the unexpected in every assignment. Now living in Toronto, Canada, he enjoys a growing list of commercial and private clients that trust and embrace his vision - and he deeply appreciates their support.

Francis Zera is an award-winning advertising, architectural and commercial photographer based in Seattle. He travels light, loves flying in aircraft that don't have doors, can think on his feet, has a valid passport, is incredibly organised, and works hard to make his clients look really good.

Francis' client list includes Carrier Corp., Delta Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Digitas, Foster + Partners, Hewitt, Olson Kundig Architects, PCL Construction, Perkins + Will, Weber Thompson, and boutique resorts across Asia and the South Pacific.

He specialises in using Phase One and Alpa digital medium-format camera equipment, is both a Phase One Certified professional and technician, and teaches architectural photography at the Art Institute of Seattle.

François Guillemin  is an architectural and interior photographer based in Paris, who produces attractive pictures for demanding customers in the fields of architecture, interior design and decoration, as well as photographs of prestigious hotels.

François strives to create high quality images with careful composition and framing, harmonious perspectives, attention to lighting and faithful restitution of colours and textures.

His recent clients include Parachilna Barcelona, a luxury decorative lighting company, several architecture agencies and brands.

Frederik van den Berg is a Zurich-based photographer with a great fondness for the mountains and the outdoors. While spending most of his free time outside, many of his clients hire him to photograph the interiors of renovated chalets, rustic farmhouses, and cozy scenes with views across the valley.

Recent clients include Aesop, Graubünden Ferien, Engel & Voelkers, Weisse Arena Gruppe (Flims/LAAX), and Bergwelten Magazin.

Frederik is also co-founder of The Gipfeli Collective, a creative collective which provides graphic design, photography, and web design services for small to medium businesses. He is available for regional and international assignments.

Graham Atkins-Hughes is an interiors photography specialist with over 24 years of experience to call on.

With recent clients including Google, Vogue and Samsung, his work has also appeared in many acclaimed books and magazines both in the UK and around the world. His images have also been used commercially to successfully market many products and services.

The ability Graham has for capturing the light and natural mood of the spaces he shoots is something that marks his images out from the crowd. Creating visuals which engage with the viewers in a way that makes them feel as if they are experiencing the space for themselves first hand; whilst all the time working collaboratively and truly listening to the needs of his clients. This means that the images produced are key to creating a tone of voice for the projects/commissions that emanate style and sophistication.

Heroes Agency is a full service European commercial and advertising photography agency.

"The diverse expertise of our staff allows us to specialise in a multitude of subjects, including, but not limited to architecture, food and drinks, editorial, product, corporate and industrial, events, people, lifestyle, portraits and fashion.

Our assignments are equally divided between studio and location shooting. Our staff is capable of shooting and managing any size project, from simple product shots to multi-national location productions. We provide high quality digital images as part of a complete creative strategy for our clients.

We are based in Madrid, Spain but each year we travel extensively throughout the rest of Europe and worldwide covering advertising or client direct assignments."

Heroes Agency's clients include Nike, Tanqueray, Zacapa, Cîroc, J&B, Kia, Hyundai, C&A and RoomMate Hotels, among others.

Recognised for the natural window-light quality of his images, and with a knack for making even the prickliest subjects feel at ease, Joe Schmelzer’s work has appeared in every major interiors-centric magazine, website and blog.

Editotial clients include House Beautiful, Elle Decor and The Wall Street Journal. Joe’s ability to help clients achieve their own creative vision has also made him a sought-after commercial photographer for high-profile brands including Sub-Zero/Wolf Appliances, The Dorchester Hotel Collection and One Kings Lane.

Joe, his long-time partner Nick, and their canine companions Parker and Moose now make their home-office in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. Lately, Joe has expanded his still photo work, to also include full production video. All aspects of photo/video projects are handled through his independently owned company, Treasurbite Studio, Inc.

"Lovely Linen is a Swedish brand specialiced in 100% linen products, such as bedlinen, table clothes, napkins and bathrobes. We shot this in an old school bulding in the south of Sweden, trying to build a story around the old school that works as a designer's studio. Styling: Petra Jensen. Art direction: Lotta Diab."

Mika Huisman, owner of Decopic ltd, is a Finnish architectural photographer. He is always looking for new creative ways and techniques to get the job done better and to offer the client something new. Drone photography and video has been a creative tool for him since 2012. He uses drones for photography, video, lighting and 360 aerial gigapanoramas.

Clients vary from award-winning architecture offices and international construction companies to TV networks. His work has been published in a number of domestic as well as international magazines, books, TV channels and other media. He is a Popular Choice award winner in the Architizer A+ Awards 2015 in the Architecture + Photography & Video category.

Be sure to check out his aerial 360 gigapanoramas on his website.

Paul Dyer is a commercial photographer specialising in architecture, interiors, home and hospitality.

Among other assignments, Paul has recently been shooting for Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. He is based in San Francisco and has been shooting here and around the country for over 10 years.

Paul's style lends itself to creating clean, inviting images of both residential and resort locations. His calm nature puts people at ease, allowing for relaxed, natural lifestyle photos.

Visit his website for more information.

Philippe Sautier is a French photographer based near Zurich, with 18 years of photography experience. When approaching architectural interior photography, he combines his contemporary technique of lighting with respect to the ambiant light to restore the atmosphere and design of the particular location.

His clients are principally luxury resort hotels who need perfect pictures for maximum impact.

Whether artificial or natural lighting, hotel photography does not just 'happen'. The ability to control the lighting combined with the creative eye of the photographer make all the difference when it comes to highlighting the spirit of an establishment. Today more than ever, with the multiplication of diverse communication channels, the image has more and more importance in attracting clients.

For Philippe, resort photography needs life in addition to the nice but often cold architectural pictures, especially when there are leisure activities accompanying the offer. He takes advantage of his lifestyle and portrait experience to give his shots the feeling of serenity, often combining interior with lifestyle photography to illustrate spa and wellness.

He is available to work internationally and has all the gear required. Visit his website to see more of his work.

Reinhard Westphal is based in Dubai but travels nation- and world-wide serving his clients as an architectural and interior photographer.

In the mid-80s he received a degree in Aerial and Close-Range Photogrammetry from SSPO - St.Gallen, Switzerland. A stint in the world of geospatial imaging in Switzerland and Germany for Hansa Luftbild Air Surveys was then followed by more photogrammetric mapping projects in the Middle East, before he established his own company in Dubai.

Reinhard is an expert in photography of large scale commercial projects including office buildings, shopping malls, retail stores, skyscrapers and public and cultural spaces. 

Other areas of expertise include luxury hotels and resorts. Over the years, Reinhard has photographed many brands and styles of hotels and resorts around the world, including InterContinental, Kempinski Hotels S.A., Hilton Brands, Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Sheraton, Ritz Carlton, Rocco Forte, the iconic Emirates Palace and others, as well as independent and small luxury hotels. He works closely with a brand’s creative team to adhere to their specific requirements while consistently producing strong imagery that features the unique venues, rooms, suites and locations of a property.

In a marketplace that is over populated with architectural imagery, it can be very challenging for a photographer to make themselves stand out from the crowd. Scott Burrows’ imagery certainly speaks for itself, but it is his ‘behind the scenes’ acumen that successful companies are seeing their futures in.

His clients are benefiting from having a highly experienced photographer working in the background, creating wonderfully unique stills of their projects that define their intent. But it is also his ability to deliver work that clients never thought existed, working in team environments that creates harmony, his dedication to perfection and generally going about his work with minimal direction that clients are truly benefiting from.

In an age where people need to be seen, Scott’s photographic work allows clients to differentiate themselves in the market.

Thomas Hart Shelby specialises in amazing advertising content for the world's finest luxury brands, hotels, and resorts, creating unique concepts tailored to his clients' vision and brand.

Thom’s clients will say the award that matters is a successful campaign that increases revenue and recognition, and that is exactly what he provides. Clients including Sands International, Eau Palm Beach, Round Hill Resort, Conrad, Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, Waldorf Astoria, Fontainebleau, Blackstone Equity, American Express, Sonoma Cutrer and Jack Daniels, to name a few.

At age 15, Thom began his photographic career under renowned National Geographic photographers Dan Dry and Melissa Farlow. Starting at 16, he spent his summers working in the NY studio of Sing-Si Schwartz, documenting costumes for Martha Graham created by upstart fashion designer Halston. Through Halston, Thom met and began working for Andy Warhol both commercially and documenting Andy and his entourage socially. Get in touch to hear more of his amazing stories!

Jeff Peters, founder and photographer of VANTAGEPOINT, is based in the heart of Silicon Valley, California. He specialises in aerial, drone and architecture photography, including hotel and resort, retail, commercial office, and corporate photography. His clients include architects, developers, ad agencies and business creatives.

With over 25 years of experience photographing from the ground and the skies, Jeff uses the latest technology to capture imagery not possible only a few years ago.

"Architecture is not only the physical design and structure of a building but also how people use and fill the space. We strive to visually capture this interaction between people, architecture, light, and composition. Connect with us to allow our team to collaborate with you on your next creative project."

Perfectionist, passionate, professional; Wayne Chasan has been creating architectural and resort photography for clients around the world for over three decades. His eye-catching imagery, work ethic and friendly disposition have earned him awards and an international clientele for whom he has produced over 2200 assignments.

Wayne imbues magic and emotion into the images he creates - his masterful touch enhances the beauty of a location or a moment, regardless of the conditions. Clients know that his dedication and expertise guarantees them photographs that will portray their product or concept with his fine balance of art and communication.

An American fully integrated in Spain, from his studio in Marbella he easily connects to international locations. Wayne’s recent assignments have taken him to Tokyo, Los Angeles, Sydney, Milan, and New Zealand amongst others.

Clients include Warner Brothers, Canon, Spanish Tourist Office, El Corte Ingles, Marriott Vacation Club, Sotheby’s International Realty, Condé Nast Traveller, Casa Vogue, Elle Decor and Time Magazine.

Werner Krauss and his team work successfully out of their Nuremberg studio as well as at home and abroad on location. Even with 30 years of experience in advertising photography, Werner is always looking for new challenges.

Within the realm of advertising photography he focuses on interiors, furniture and accessories photography. The natural feel of his images is what makes his customers appreciate him so much. For Werner, the client’s wishes come first and he is always excited to contribute to the development of new visual languages.

According to his conviction, not only does professionalism belong to the profession, but also love and passion. Only then can recordings arise which touch the viewer and bring joy.

Featured in this Spotlight are excerpts from the latest two catalogues from LOBERON, a company for whom Werner and his team are working exclusively.