A shoot defies the elements.

In the hotel industry, images are everything. They are the guest's first point of contact with their temporary accommodation and must immediately spark their interest. The Hyperion Munich is a completely new building that had only been open for a week at the time of the shoot. The hotel benefits from a very high-quality interior design and a great, unobstructed view of the city of Munich. These two aspects are therefore reflected throughout the entire photo production.

During the shoot, we had to deal with two challenges. As the hotel is part of the Bavaria Towers complex, which was still under construction, there were large construction sites around the hotel. This had an impact on the image design of the exterior shots and the public areas such as the reception, lounge, restaurant and conference rooms, which were therefore photographed with the curtains closed. The second challenge was the storm Eberhardt, which brought continuous rain and storms with winds of up to 100km/h during the three production days in March 2019. For the exterior shots of the building, we used a one-hour window on the day of arrival, in which we took classic architectural photos, drone shots from the air and animated cinemagraphs. Secured with ropes on the roof, we were able to take shots for the room views during blue hour. We had already produced the daytime views the year before when we photographed the sample rooms.

There are difficulties with every photo production. Fortunately, almost all of them can be handled with good preparation.