One person behind the camera. Three years on the road.
Kate Phelps shoots photo and film. She has been traveling and shooting for the last three years, through the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka and Japan. Highlight Film House is new this year; the person behind the camera is not. She works alone: no crew, no van, no lights blocking the hallway. She stays at your property, shoots around your guests, and knows how a small place actually runs. One to three days on site, depending on the package, gives you what most properties get from a week.
Same room. Nothing renovated. The difference is light, styling and a shot list.
Recent productions.
Booking sites are beating your own website.
Usually because the photos are five years old, and every booking that comes through Booking.com, Agoda or Expedia costs you 10 to 30% of the room. New photos are not a luxury. They are the cheapest way to get more guests booking with you directly.
SEE WHAT A SHOOT CHANGESPriced like a production. Delivered like a product.
Every package: full usage rights worldwide, forever, on every channel you own. 50% deposit holds dates. Balance net 15. Most studios in this category will not quote you until after a call.
MULTI-PROPERTY AND MONTHLY RATES ON THE RATE CARDWhat 2% more direct bookings is worth.
What do travel costs look like?
Kate is usually already in the region. Travel is a short flight or a train, billed at cost with no day rate and no markup. Room nights come from the accommodation your property provides for the shoot. Travel is its own line in the quote, so you approve the full number before anything is booked.
What does full usage rights actually mean?
Every asset is licensed to your property worldwide, in perpetuity, on every channel you own: website, booking page, booking sites, email, paid social, print. No renewal fees, no per-channel licensing, no expiry date. The only right we keep is showing the work in our own portfolio. It is written into the agreement before the shoot, not negotiated after.
How fast is delivery?
Ten business days from the last shoot day. Rush at +25% when the calendar allows it. Everything arrives electronically in one organized delivery: full-resolution and web-ready stills, verticals cut for the platforms you run, film in the formats your site and ads need. One revision round included. No physical media, nothing to courier, nothing to lose.
Will a shoot disrupt guests?
Very little. It is one person with a camera, not a truck of grips and stands. Rooms are shot on a rolling list as housekeeping turns them, the restaurant during prep or a staged service, pool and exteriors in early and late light when guests are elsewhere. Your team gets the shot schedule the week before, so nothing surprises the front desk.
How do deposits and cancellation work?
A 50% deposit holds your dates; the balance is due net 15 after delivery. Reschedule 14 or more days out and the deposit moves with you once at no charge. Cancel inside 14 days and the deposit covers the held dates. Weather reschedules never count against you and never touch the deposit.
What happens if the weather turns?
We watch the forecast with you the week of the shoot. If conditions would hurt the work, we call it early and move the dates at no cost. If weather turns mid-shoot, we reshuffle the list toward interiors and return for the exterior frames. You are never charged twice because the sky did not cooperate.
Check our dates.
Tell us the property, the timing and what is driving it. If Kate is already in your region that month, you are not paying for her to fly in, and we will say so. If she is not, flights and ground travel are billed at cost, with no markup, as their own line in the quote. Fifteen minutes is usually enough to get you a number.