Looking for suggestions

[SNAPaPHOTO]

I have just been asked by a national hotel chain to take pictures of thier facilities for three states. Pretty big job. I have not taken many pictures of indoor hotel type facilities trying to make them look inviting and stand out. Any ideas here?

[savona]

I have never done any work like this either, so take whatever I say with a grain of salt. I personally would start looking at interior design magazines/photos. Maybe some home and garden type mags as well. I think they will give you an idea of what the industry is looking for, but of course put your own style into it!

[Adaptive]

EQUIPMENT::::
You will need some off camera lighting
- speedlites are great because you can throw them behind furniture & don't need to run power cords everywhere.
- alienbees lights are good for filling really big spaces and really bright locations, but limited if the area has no power outlets unless you bring a vagabond power pack.
- quantum q flash - small & versatile, don't need to be plugged into the wall, very good light output, kinda expensive...

You will need a Tripod
- Make sure you get something stirdy
- Good tripod head.... You will need to take multiple exposures. Clicking the shutter and rotating the shutter/aperture dials will move the camera position if you have a crappy tripod head. will result in a lot more time spent in photoshop if you have to re-line everything up
- Laptop - You can control your cameras shutter/aperture using a laptop, this is the best way to get precise perfect dead on images for shooting multiple exposures.

Wide angle lens
- The wider the better
- I would recommend 16-35L and a 15mm fish

Full Frame Camera
- I recommend 5D or 5DmkII



COST::::
Plan out time, investments, costs before you give them a quote.
This includes travel time, processing time, setup & shooting time, assistants hourly time, etc...
Investments include equipment that you might need to purchase that you currently don't have...
Costs - gas/food/hotel stay (probably provided), hourly assistants pay, your hourly rate for shooting, hourly rate for editing, cost of material, etc....

Then add everything up for a grand total.
Then double the total or add whatever $$ amount you want to the total