Art of the Resort....com

Hello Hotelians ( def: noun: someone who has stayed in a hotel)

I did some research on the Q Bar Artist. His name is Yuri Zatarain. His mediums are clay, wood and iron. He created these amazing characters for the Q Bar. He was born in Quadalajara of Russian Heritage. The ceramic work in the Q Bar creates a personality to the space. Amazing! This would bring us to ArtoftheResort.com but I have to get back to work. Talk with you soon.

Cheers,

Jeff


http://hhandr.com/albuquerque_dining.php#qbar

http://www.yurizatarain.com/

Cool Q-Bar

Hi ResortHotelPhotographer Fans,

There is so much to talk about. I've been discussing the concepts of the business with what could be described as movers and shakers of the industry. An excellent client and good friend or should that be good client and excellent friend as she drives a hard bargain. Pam Bazant-Jung is El Presidente of Heritage hotels and resort in Albuquerque. All important link here http://hhandr.com We shot the very cool and avant garde Q-bar on the recent trip to New Mexico. I shot the original shot of the bar that is on the http://www.resorthotelphotographer.com/ site. ( Is this just shameless incoming linking?)
This is a new part of the bar called the gallery. I am ashamed I don't know the Artist name, but I will as we want him to check out the images to consider liscensing them to use on his website with links to me and Heritage Hotels for ripping Optimization. I love his Art, I do believe he is from Mexcio and I will find out tomorrow and we will continue this discussion then.

Cheers,

Jeff

Resort Hotel Photographer.com, A new dawn in Resort Hotel Photography!

Do you like the grandiose title? The website is up and functioning. If your here, you've most likely looked at it. It's a new concept in resort, hotel photography and websites. It is an ever developing and changing website, as they all should be. It's primary function is to be brilliantly creative in capturing the essence of my clients fabulous properties that and "feed my kids".

My Kids:




Well Billy Kidd's not my kid but that's my son Jackson with him. Jocelyn is an amazing and accomplished Middle Eastern Dancer.


Now the second function is to give away as much photography as I can afford to. Check out http://resorthotelphotographer.com/giving_back.html . Shooting pro bono for non profits is a blast. No pressure, everyone cooperates and even the Art directors are nice when they are being picky. As Winston Churchill said " we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

The website is about the Resort and Hotel industry. I have been shooting resorts and hotels for 20 years. I hear the same challenges over and over. I see photography under utilized, I see organizations using default images because "that's all we had". As Grandmother is now on line making the hotel decisions, you better have a good image of your pool. Online booking were up 17% in 2007. What will they be in 2010? This is a developing website, I want it to be a place for the industry will look at strategies to make fresh images more affordable. We will be talking about how to integrate your website into your marketing strategy, veracity of images, Search Engine optimization in website development and new styles in interactive media. All these and more! As a teaser, the next post will be about a successful shoot we did for the Salish Lodge and Spa here in Washington. http://www.salishlodge.com/ The " Honey from Heaven shoot" Now THAT was a fun one. Great hotel with great people. Gotta go, please check out the site and send feedback, requests and comments.

All the best!

Jeff