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Notes gathered between shoots, location guides and process pieces. From Cappadocia, from the bottom of my camera bag.

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Guide · October 23, 2026 · 6 min read

Hotel, restaurant and brand photography: scope, process and delivery

Photography and video that keep a hotel, restaurant or brand's character and fit its promotion needs: what we shoot, how we work and how delivery runs.

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SUNRISE SHOOT

Hundreds of balloons, one frame: yours.

The twenty minutes that made Cappadocia world-famous happen only once each morning; and you're standing at the centre of the set as the balloons rise together. As blue hour melts into golden hour, you take home one story shot in two different lights.

  • Hundreds of balloons aloft at once, the year's most iconic backdrop
  • Balloon cancellation known the day before: free date change
  • Blue hour + golden hour, two light palettes in one shoot
  • Starts with the sunrise
  • Paced around you
  • May–Oct peak
  • Flexible plan
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Every Cappadocia morning is shaped around that day's guest.

SUNSET SHOOT

The valleys turn orange, the stage is yours.

If early alarms aren't your thing, sunset is Cappadocia's best-kept secret: the crowds leave, the valleys empty, the light turns to copper and the shadows stretch long. Add horses running into the sun, the frame everyone asks about.

  • Zero crowds: the valleys and fairy chimneys are all yours
  • Optional horses running at sundown (the viral frame)
  • No flight permits involved, a plan that never falls through
  • Starts with the sunset
  • Paced around you
  • Year-round
  • Crowd-free
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Every Cappadocia morning is shaped around that day's guest.

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