Photography is a fascinating recreational and social activity, and for some lucky people it is even a career. A professional photographer will often have to be versatile in their work and perform a large variety of different jobs in a number of different locations. There are many fields of photography that someone can be involved in both as an amateur and as a professional. Commercial photography is big business today as images are constantly needing for promotional and advertising purposes. Because of this there is a big market for photographers to do these kinds of jobs, some of which will take place on location. For example, one particular photography assignment that someone may be given would be to take pictures of hotels in a particular area, or pictures of cars for a magazine. This may be for a tourism campaign on a website or for the local tourism information centre.

I will use the example where a photographer is asked to take pictures of hotels in the city of Hamburg. The pictures from this assignment will be used on the zleep.de – Hotel Hamburg website as well as many other hotel Hamburg websites and hotel directories. The first thing that a professional photographer will do before they start a job like this is to analyse the requirements and gather together the necessary equipment that they need. This assignment would fall under the category of advertising photography, but a good photographer should also be aware of the techniques of landscape photography and still life photography in order to capture the best pictures possible.

The job description for an assignment like this would be to take a group of pictures that offer an attractive overall image of a particular hotel. Individual images that represent particular parts of a hotel may also be needed, such as pictures of the hotel rooms and facilities. Some hotel pictures would be taken from outside, giving the general feel of a hotel and an overall sense of place and location. When taking these kinds of pictures a photographer needs to be particularly aware of issues regarding light and focus. One of the most important parts of a photographer’s job is finding the perfect vantage point that brings out the best in a location, and this perfect vantage point may change with the weather and with the time of day.

Inside pictures are also very important, and hotels often use photos of their rooms and facilities in promotional material. A hotel room is where a guest will spend most of their time, and this is often what they want to see on an advertisement. These kinds of pictures are similar to still life photography and can give the photographer a lot ofleeway with regards to camera position and composition. Taking pictures of a hotel in Hamburg is an example of a typical advertising assignment that a photographer may be given. Each hotel that is photographed will have specific issues and needs that must be addressed with a particular photo. It is the job of a photographer to find the best location to photograph and then to take the best picture of that location that is possible.