Photography for a hotel or rural guesthouse in Asturias: what it includes and how much it costs

Photography for a hotel or rural guesthouse in Asturias covers what a guest wants to see before booking: the bedrooms, the bathrooms, the lounge, the dining room, the kitchen if there is one, the façade and the surroundings. The garden, the terrace, the hórreo granary or the view over the valley are included too, because they are often exactly what makes someone choose that place over another. So how much does it cost? There is no fixed figure. It depends on the size of the property, how many spaces need photographing and where it is. A hotel with lots of rooms takes more hours of work than a small rural guesthouse, and a shoot in Gijón doesn't involve the same journey as one in a mountain village.

How the shoot is prepared

What happens during a shoot? It starts before the camera comes out. Each room should be left as if a guest were arriving that same afternoon: beds made, clean towels, curtains open and nothing personal on show. That preparation makes a big difference to the result.

The light in each room

During the shoot, the aim is to find the best light for each room. A bedroom with an east-facing window looks its best in the morning. A lounge with a fireplace may call for a different time of day. Each space is photographed from the spot where its size and shape are easiest to understand, with no tricks to make it look like something else. The same goes outside: the façade, the entrance and the landscape each have their moment of the day.

Editing that stays true to reality

Then comes the editing. Colours are corrected, the lines of walls and doors are straightened and the light is adjusted so the photo looks like what the guest will find on arrival. A pretty photo that doesn't match reality causes problems. A faithful photo, on the other hand, helps the person booking know exactly where they are going.

Working across Asturias

Evan & Natalia Simon work with estate agents, private owners, hotels and businesses across the Principality of Asturias. They know that a hotel in a city centre and a stone house in an inland municipality call for different eyes, even though both need the same thing: to be seen just as they are.

How to get started

Do you have a hotel or rural guesthouse and want to refresh its photos? The first step is simple. Write to Evan & Natalia and tell them where in Asturias the property is, what kind of place it is and what you would most like to show, whether that's the terrace, the bedrooms or the surrounding landscape. That's enough to start the conversation. If you'd like to see how they work first, the website has examples of property photography taken in different towns and villages around Asturias. There you can see their style and decide, without any rush, whether it fits what you're looking for.