Dream Job

Since I have bestowed upon myself " King of the Hotel Room Photographers" I have something very cool that may verge upon Narcissistic. I will have the opportunity to photograph Hotel Rooms that have "my" Art on the Walls. The Hotel Artesia, http://hotelartesia.com/ a very cool Art Deco Hotel that is scheduled to open in June 2009. Zydeco Real Estate Management group in Santa Fe, http://zydeco66.com/ is the brains behind the operation. We will be discussing this project in upcoming blog posts as it is the flagship project for new photography business model that is http://resorthotelphotographer.com/

I was given the assignment of creating images for the Room Art that were more than the same photos of a Yucca or something equally as boring that you see in most hotel rooms. Because the Hotel Artesia is a unique project in a small town where everyone works. We weren't creating images for the couple from Modesto like most resort hotel properties. We created images for people who have blue collars and roll up their sleeves. We photographed from "Cain't see to Cain't see" images of workers on oil wells, the Navajo Refinery, the local agriculture, abstracts of the tools of the trades and the beloved Bulldogs, the high school football team. Check out all the images at http://resorthotelgalleries.com

Another Dream job associated with the Hotel is being an interior designer who gets to work with the cutting edge developers that are building the Hotel. Rahli Designs of Santa Fe has created amazing headboards, desks, dressers and coffee table that give this Hospitality Haven a unique and sophisticated feel. We have only just begun to blog about this cool project. Talk to you soon!

Cheers,

Jeff

It's Working!

The Website is working. I just received a call from a Company that has Treetop Hotels in Tazania http://elewana.com/ We have just begun negotiations and while the deadlines may preclude us from getting to work together this go around, it's showing me we are getting the message of http://resorthotelphotographer.com/ around the world.

We are launching the new website (actually very similar to the old website) on a Drupal Content Management System. This will allow me to post images with text and links as they become available. This will also allow dissemination of the information and imagery throughout the world of my fabulous clients who have spent money with me. I will also increase their SEO.

In regard to SEO we have been doing our homework. We are #1 in Google's and Yahoo's world under the keywords " Hotel Photographer" and "Resort Photographer". I know that these are desirable keywords as my competitors spend their hard earned dollars to buy Google Adwords, and the guys from Tanzania found me. I am currently writing new copy for the site with a blend of keywords combined with content. As a photographer you would hope they look at the photos and don't spend a lot of time reading. As incoming links are important to SEO and through using my SEO tools, I discovered my friend Kri Mayer who has a great business in Paris driving tourists around speaking to them in a variety of tongues, has linked to me and it's registered, thereby increasing my SEO. So here's to you Kri! http://americandriverinparis.com/

Here's my son Jackson working with me on a shoot we did for our client http://sturtevants.com/
I think I want that job!

Cheers!

Jeff