PhotoSeminyak · Badung, Bali

Villa & hotel photography · Seminyak

In short

Villa photography in Seminyak costs from $290 for a 30-minute session and 15+ edited photos of the key interiors and the pool, delivered within 48–72 hours. Exposures are blended so windows show the garden, not white glare, and the licence covers listings, your website and social media. A twilight exterior is added with an extra hour at $100.

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

Why here

Why choose Villa & hotel photography in Seminyak?

Seminyak has one of Bali’s densest rental-villa markets, and in the lanes off Jalan Petitenget, around Oberoi and up into Umalas, dozens of one- to four-bedroom villas compete on the same search page with nearly identical descriptions. Photos decide which one gets the click. They are also harder to take here than they look: plots are compact and walled, so gardens are narrow, living rooms open straight onto bright pools, and the view through the doors blows out to white in a normal photo. A Seminyak listing needs wide but honest framing that does not make a small pool look like a lake, and blended exposures so the interior and the garden outside it are both visible. That is the work the 30-minute session is built around.

How the shoot is planned

What does the shoot in Seminyak look like?

The route

We agree the shot list by message first: which rooms earn bookings, what the listing currently lacks. On the day, the photographer walks the villa before unpacking, then works in the order of the light. The pool and garden come first while the sun is high enough to make the water turquoise and the walls do not throw shadows across it. Then the living area, shot from the corners with the doors open so the room and the pool read as one space, followed by the master bedroom and its bathroom. Each frame is bracketed and blended later. With an extra hour we cover the remaining bedrooms and details, then wait for twilight — about fifteen to twenty minutes after sunset — to shoot the exterior with every light on and the pool glowing.

The timing

Book the base session for late morning or around midday, between roughly 10 am and 1 pm, when the sun is over the pool rather than behind a neighbouring wall — in walled Seminyak plots that window is shorter than people expect. If the shoot includes the twilight exterior, start in the early afternoon and stay through sunset, which here is between about 6 and 6:45 pm. Dry-season days give blue skies for the exterior; in the wet season, mornings are usually clearer, and we reschedule rather than deliver a pool under a grey sky. Avoid changeover days, when housekeeping is mid-clean.

What’s included

What does the package include?

The Villa & hotel photography package in Seminyak 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: Potato Head Beach Club — professional shoots need the venue's approval in advance and may carry a fee or minimum spend.

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Portfolio

Villa & hotel photography in Seminyak

Frames from recent shoots, to plan yours against.

Before you book

FAQ — Villa & hotel photography in Seminyak

How should we prepare the villa for the photographer?

Clean as for a five-star guest, then remove a little more: cables, remote controls, toiletries, pool equipment, shoes by the door. Make the beds crisply, open all curtains, switch on every lamp and skim the pool an hour before. Fresh frangipani on the bed or a bowl of fruit is enough styling. Park scooters outside the gate.

Can we add drone shots of the villa?

Possibly, but in Seminyak it depends on the exact address: the area sits within the safety zone around Ngurah Rai airport, and many villas cannot be flown at all. Send the location and the pilot checks it before you pay for the $150 drone add-on. If it cannot be flown, we say so plainly.

Who owns the photos, and can our agent use them?

You receive a licence to use them on booking platforms, your own website, social media and with agents marketing the property. If the villa is sold, the licence can be transferred to the new owner on request. We may show a few images in our portfolio unless you ask us not to.

Is 30 minutes enough for a whole villa?

For a one- or two-bedroom villa, it covers what drives bookings: the pool, the living area, the main bedroom and bathroom, giving 15+ edited photos. Larger villas, or a listing that also needs every bathroom, the kitchen and a twilight exterior, need the extra hour ($100). A guest-style video reel can be added for $110.

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