Happy New Year 2024.

Happy New Year 2024.

Our team at Hotel Essence Photography would like to wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. We would also like to share a small selection of our favourite 2023 images. Top Row – XV Beacon, Boston MA, USA. Middle Row – The Rock Hotel...
Fresh air and nature

Fresh air and nature

Trends and tendencies for Hotel Photography in 2023  There is a new visual narrative emerging for hotels. Hotel Essence founder Michelle Chaplow shares her first-hand experience  Images showing fresh air and the great outdoors is very appealing to guests: in fact,...
Styling a hotel bed

Styling a hotel bed

How to style a hotel bed – Hotel Photogrqaphy Tips & tricks. by Hospitality photographer Michelle Chaplow & room stylist Sonja Haberstroh Beds are indeed very complicated to photograph. So how do we overcome this problem, especially as the camera is...
Hotel Photography Explained – Tips for Hoteliers and Marketeers

Hotel Photography Explained – Tips for Hoteliers and Marketeers

Hotel Photography Tips On this page you will find all kinds of tips, tricks and guidance on hotel photography written by expert hotel photographer, Michelle Chaplow. Hotel photography is an art form that can encompass many different types of photography, from stunning...
Hotel photography and the new post-pandemic narrative

Hotel photography and the new post-pandemic narrative

New post-pandemic trends and tendencies in the photography sector. GUEST SPEAKER – Michelle Chaplow, Luxury and Historic hotel photographer. Continuing with the autumn theme of ‘adapting’, Costa Press Club-member, Michelle Chaplow will be sharing her experiences...