" The more I travel, the more it becomes apparent to me that to stand out in a highly competitive marketplace, the images of a property need to be built around an exceptional experience - one that can be captured it in a way that makes the viewer say, "Look at that. What I would give to be there right now."

- David Kirkland


David specialises in photographing resorts and boutique hotel properties - capturing images that makes them stand out in a highly competitive marketplace. As pictures speak louder than words sometimes, following is a short preview of some of the images from his resort portfolio (click on the picture below)

Resort Assignment Overview

As the sample images in the Resort Portfolio demonstrates, David's forte`is photographing a resort to give it "personality and personal appeal." How many properties do you see that promote themselves with "empty" pictures that don't have people in them (let alone people - guests and staff - enjoying themselves)? People relate to people like themselves relaxing and having a good time; everyone connects to a picture with a big smile, maybe lots of laughter or just sitting back in a setting of luxury that evokes the thought: What I wouldn't give to be right there now. These have become the signature elements of David's photography.

Of course, David expects to capture all aspects of the resort he is commissioned to photograph - he will shoot the property in its best light, capture the mood and food of its restaurants or the fun of its activities, meticulously set up and light a room to make it inviting or hang out of a helicopter to get that shot that puts your property in context of its surroundings etc. But what he also expects to do while he's there is work with you to capture that one "Hero Shot" that will define your property and become the flagship image to promote it.

If these are the sort of pictures you're interested in having to promote your property, and you like what you see by clicking on the photo above and viewing samples from our resort portfolio, contact David directly on 0417993792 or by e-mail on david@kirklandphotos.com.

David standard rate is AUD$1,500 a day, plus expenses (the minimum length of a resort assignment is seven days; the average cost is AUD$10,000).

He also offers a Special Pre-March Package for resorts that book between January and March for anytime in that year which are posted on this site in December (Refer Pre-March Special Offer follows).

What you get when you commission a standard Resort Assignment





• 30 Top quality photographs to promote your property, supplied on a photo DVD.
• A "Hero Shot" (a single, outstanding image, likely to be the flagship photograph of your property).
• All film images professionally scanned on a drum scanner at 300dpi to magazine quality reproduction.
• Unrestricted copyright of photographs to use to promote your property.
• Worldwide publicity as international magazines and newspapers access www. kirklandphotos.com for
photographs.
• An on-going relationship with David to update your property's photo library.
• The option to have us produce a remarkable e-brochure using David's photographs (sample below).

PRE-MARCH SPECIAL OFFER

" At the beginning of each year, we offer a special rate to resort properties. It saves them money and, with bookings closing by the end of February, we can better schedule our assignments for the year. This package is our most popular - last year our schedule was largely booked by the March 1 deadline. It represents, by far, the best value for money we offer a resort property."

- David Kirkland