Exterior Design Photography in Frankfurt & Beyond
This architectural photography discipline leverages natural daylight and exquisite ambient illumination (such as moonlight, streetscape glows, and architectural facade lighting).
Harmonious environmental landscaping accentuates and elevates the profound impact of architectural lines.
The Art of Landscape
Landscape and exterior photography represents one of the most captivating artistic disciplines. It seamlessly unites optical precision with deep intuition for natural lighting, environmental lines, and authentic terrain.
As a professional architectural and landscape photographer, I capture the world’s most distinctive destinations. Utilizing medium-format systems and certified drone cinematography, I craft aerial perspectives that hold attention.
Every season commands unique luminosity — the golden warmth of autumn, the crystalline clarity of winter air, the blooming vibrancy of spring, and the dusk glow of summer.
Featured Hotels
Escape in Style
Kempinski Hotel Soma Bay combines European luxury hospitality with Egyptian coastal charm on the Red Sea. Meticulously curated architecture and interior styling immerse guests in Egyptian heritage across every panoramic exterior.
Landscape Teaser
An exclusive glimpse into the world of landscape and exterior photography by Patrick Schmetzer
Replacing the sky, even where it is difficult
When editing property and hotel images, replacing the sky can do a great deal for the overall impression. Sky replacement is the process of changing or exchanging the entire sky in a picture. A bright blue sky lifts the mood of whoever is looking at it, noticeably.
Aerial trailer
Filmed from above, a guest sees angles on your hotel or resort they would never come across otherwise. Set to the right music, that makes for advertising that feels current.
In the social media era guests are flooded with striking photos and videos, and what they expect has moved with it. The images and films a hotel shows are a large part of how people decide where to stay and where to spend their holiday.
Panorama photography
A technique that takes photographs in several rows and grows them together into one picture. The angle of the lens does not decide anything here and can be chosen freely. A panorama gives a wider field of view, and carries its detail all the way across.
Ras al Khaimah – The Frankfurter Travel – Waldorf Astoria
A look inside my hotel photography work
Hotels have very different briefs to meet. What the imagery has to do depends on who the house is for: where business and conference guests are the audience, the visual language stays clear and bright, while for holiday guests the mood and the lighting are softer and more emotional.
Radisson Blu – Stuttgart
Hotel Rose – Rüdesheim
Calista Luxury Resort (Drone)
Hotel & Restaurant Zwei Mohren
Altdeutsche Weinstube
MASEVEN München Messe Dornach
Park Hyatt Zurich Hotelbilder
Villa Ilias Santorini
Kempinski Hotel Bahía
The Westin Dublin Hotel
Kivotos Santorini Hotel
Anantara Villa Padierna Palace Benahavís Marbella
Kempinski Soma Bay Hotel
The Fontenay Hamburg Hotel
Breidenbacher Hof, a Capella Hotel
Excelsior Hotel Ernst Trailer
HENRI Hotels – Hamburg Bilder
A-ROSA Travemünde Hotel Fotografie
Hotel Clement Heidesheim Bilder
Atlantic Hotel Wilhelmshaven
AMERON Berlin ABION Spreebogen Waterside
Atlantic Grand Hotel Travemünde
ATLANTIC Hotel Sail City
Hilton Berlin – Hotel Fotografie
Grandhotel – Hessicher Hof Frankfurt
Couva Boarding House – Frankfurt
Hilton Köln – Hotelfotografie
Steigenberger Hotel Köln Hotelbilder
Hotel Zoe Berlin – Hotel Fotografie
Resorts Worldwide
Patrick and his team cover architectural photography, exterior perspectives, luxury interiors, staff portraits, and local destination tours. Their creative production unit includes lighting masters, art directors, digital colorists, and storytellers dedicated to executing iconic hotel campaigns worldwide.
Hotels That Tell Stories
Patrick has captured everything from cutting-edge multi-million-dollar resorts to storied heritage hotels that have aged gracefully across decades. 'For historic hotels, I hold a truly special place in my heart,' Patrick notes. Heritage cannot be manufactured — it is woven into the architectural fabric over generations.
The Perfect Location
A hotel’s environmental context is vital yet frequently underrepresented. Capturing a destination is not just about showing the building itself, but celebrating its geographical context — the ultimate reason guests embark on their journey.
Work from the catalog
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Immobilie – Indoor
Interior & Architectural Showcase
Ecos Office Center
Office Architecture & Business
Flamingo Restaurant – Interior
Restaurant Design & Interior
Sebastian Herkner – ONE FORTY WEST
Design & Architecture
Bauprojekt
Architecture & Construction
Arztpraxis
Medical Office Interior
Immobilie – FFM – An der Welle
Luxury Architecture Frankfurt
Von Poll Immobilie (Oerstrich Winkel)
Real Estate Architecture
Immobilien Exterior Rhein Main Gebiet
Real Estate & Architecture
SenSaSion Bar Interior Fotografie
Bar & Lounge Interior
Thurn und Taxis Palais Frankfurt
Historical Palace & Events
Architecture photography questions
- The architecture of a building from outside — for hospitality, real estate and construction projects. The surroundings too, because considered landscaping carries the effect of the building with it.
- Yes. Exterior work uses daylight and whatever is there after dark: moonlight, street lamps and the building’s own lighting.
- The sky can be replaced in post — "sky replacement". A clear sky lifts the overall impression noticeably, and the technique holds up in difficult places such as roof edges and trees.
- Both. Drone photography can be selected as an extra on the real estate and hotel inquiries — I am an EASA and LBA certified drone pilot, trained by Lufthansa Technik. Panoramas are built from several rows of frames that grow together into one image with a wider field of view.
- You set that on the inquiry: number of properties, number of rooms, and pictures wanted per room. HDR and a high-gloss finish can be added.
- Property portals, website, print, social media, or resale to third parties — the intended use is a required field on the inquiry, so it is settled before the shoot.
- The whole Rhine-Main region, working out of Rüsselsheim am Main: Frankfurt am Main, Eschborn, Kronberg im Taunus, Wiesbaden, Mainz and Darmstadt are close by, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Idstein or Bingen am Rhein sit further out. Properties outside the region as well — beyond 250 kilometers an overnight stay is added.
More questions answered on the FAQ page.
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Tell me briefly what it is about. Anything still open we settle by phone or email; after that you get an offer. Scope and price are fixed before anything is photographed or filmed — the inquiry itself commits you to nothing.
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