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Villa & hotel photography · Nusa Penida

In short

Villa photography on Nusa Penida costs from $290 for 30 minutes — the key rooms and the pool or view — with 15+ edited photos in 48–72 hours and a licence for listings, your website and social media. The full set and a twilight exterior are extra hours at $100. The photographer’s crossing is quoted before you confirm.

Starting from: $290
Duration: 30 min
Edited photos: 15+

Why here

Why choose Villa & hotel photography in Nusa Penida?

Accommodation on Nusa Penida has grown fast, but it is not Bali’s villa market. Most properties are small: a row of wooden bungalows around a plunge pool, a family guesthouse in Toya Pakeh, a glamping tent or a cliff-edge cabin on the east coast, with a few larger pool villas in between and more on Lembongan. Guests book them almost entirely on photographs, often from their phone on the boat, and what sells is not square metres but the view and the feeling of being somewhere remote. So a listing shoot here is planned differently. Thirty minutes covers the essentials of a small property properly: the best bungalow inside and out, the bathroom, the pool, and the view from the terrace, with blended exposures so the window shows the sea rather than a white glare.

How the shoot is planned

What does the shoot in Nusa Penida look like?

The route

We agree the shot list with you a few days before, room by room, and you send phone snaps so we know the layout. On the day the photographer starts outside, with the hero frame — the pool with the bungalows behind, or the cabin with the sea beyond it — while the light is still angled and soft. Then inside: the best room first, shot from the corner that shows the bed, the window and the view in one frame; the bathroom, which on Penida is often half open-air and worth a frame of its own; the terrace with something real on the table. The last minutes go on details: a hammock, a breakfast tray, the path down to the cliff. With extra hours we cover every room type and stay into dusk for the lit-up twilight exterior that tops most listings.

The timing

The right hour depends on which way the property faces. On the east coast, cliff cabins look into the sunrise, so the exterior is shot early and the rooms after; on the north coast, facing Bali, late afternoon gives warm light on the façades and, on a clear day, Agung on the horizon. Midday is fine for interiors, which we light with blended exposures anyway. A twilight exterior needs about twenty minutes after sunset and an extra hour. The dry season, April to October, gives blue skies and turquoise water for the hero frames; the wet season makes gardens lush, but plan the shoot for a morning and keep the property free of guests for that time.

What’s included

What does the package include?

The Villa & hotel photography package in Nusa Penida covers: 15+ edited photos: key interiors and the pool; twilight with extra hours; Blended exposures so windows show the view, not a white glare; Shot list agreed with you before the day; Licence to use the photos on listings, your website and social media; Private online gallery within 48–72 hours. Nothing is added to the price after the shoot. Permits worth knowing about: Kelingking Beach — small parking and entry fee; the descent to the beach is a steep, partly railed path of about an hour; Broken Beach & Angel's Billabong — small shared entry and parking fee; Angel's Billabong is closed to swimmers at high tide; Diamond Beach — small entry fee; stairs carved into the cliff, about 10 minutes down; Atuh Beach — small parking fee; sunbed rental from the warungs on the sand; Thousand Islands Viewpoint (Raja Lima) — small entry fee; the nearby tree house charges separately.

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Portfolio

Villa & hotel photography in Nusa Penida

Frames from recent shoots, to plan yours against.

Before you book

FAQ — Villa & hotel photography in Nusa Penida

Our property is only a few bungalows. Is 30 minutes enough?

For a small property, usually yes: if the bungalows are identical, we shoot the best one thoroughly and the shared spaces, which gives the 15+ photos a listing needs. If you have several room types, a restaurant or a cliff deck worth its own set, add an extra hour so nothing is rushed.

Is the photographer’s boat included?

No. Prices include travel within the area booked, but the crossing to Penida and the car on the island are quoted separately, before you confirm, so you see the full figure up front. If you are on Lembongan or Ceningan, the same applies. Owners with properties on both islands often book them on consecutive days to share one crossing.

How should we prepare the property?

Clear the room of guests’ things, fresh white linen pulled tight, towels folded, cables and chargers out of sight, the pool skimmed and the terrace swept of leaves. Switch on every lamp and replace any dead bulbs: warm light inside is what makes the twilight frame. Flowers and a breakfast tray help; plastic chairs in the background do not.

Can you show the property from the air?

Yes, the drone add-on is $150 and gives a few aerial frames of the roofline, the pool and how close the sea or cliff is. Penida is outside the Bali airport zone, so flying is usually possible. For a full aerial set with video for an investor deck or a website, the property drone service is the better fit.

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