Shooting a Hotel Designed by Zaha Hadid in Dubai | Behind the Scenes

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Set in the core of the Burj Khalifa district, awaits ME Dubai. Consciously crafted to be a granted wish for all adventurous minds in search of satisfying their heart's adoration of art and contemporary culture. It was first designed by the late architectural icon, Zaha Hadid back in 2007, but officially opened in March of 2020.
We were passionate about honoring Hadid's only hotel design in our work by capturing the lively detailing found in her vivid art aesthetic and design style. Showcasing this through a traveler's eyes by incorporating the different hotel facilities set in the business bay and utilizing models as the potential guests for shots that would bring about the view of what future visitors would get to experience for themselves.
View tech cameras assisted in filming the facades, where we used shift movements as a way of sustaining those straight lines while visually grasping the scale and proportions accurately. It was important to us to be positioned strategically to make the facade a monumental sight.
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[@epectase6314]

very inspiring thanks a lot

[@rickendesai]

Crazyyy. As usual ..so much to learn from you guys. Thank you for sharing.

[@ArturoLauren]

We are so grateful to have supportive people like you around, thank you Ricken!

[@rickendesai]

@@ArturoLauren Trust me ...the pleasure is all mine. So much to learn and so much fun to understand your creative process.

[@ArturoLauren]

@@rickendesai Thank you, you’re so kind

[@Agnivolok1]

Love it!!! Beautiful and smooth as always! Thx for sharing with us. Cheers 😊

[@ArturoLauren]

Our pleasure Alex! Where are you from?

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[@alfashion]

Fabulous work

[@ArturoLauren]

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[@PhotoBooth72]

Great video and love you content, I hope you can help. I am looking to get a motorised slider but not sure what to get and I am on a bit of a budget. I see you use the shark slider nano which looks great and is right at the top end of my budget. Are there any others you have used and would recommend, I need it fairly small for travel so no bigger than the shark slider nano. Hope you can help.

[@umaid813]

Really professional.....!

[@ArturoLauren]

Thanks for the love Umaid!

[@alexkadrileyev]

Guys, thanks for sharing!

[@ArturoLauren]

You’re welcome Alex! Always a pleasure. What would you like to see next?

[@alexkadrileyev]

@@ArturoLauren it would be great to see how you approach shooting forest villas or even cabins👍

[@alanabley525]

Brilliant. Can you say what you mean by integrated photo on top and video below setup? Also, did you have to get model releases from those in video? Not the models of course. Looking forward to your course.

[@ArturoLauren]

Hi Alan! The thing is called Cambo Actus G. I suggestt you Ap AlmNc for the model release. Yesª We can't wait to release the course 🙂

[@peacebutt]

outstanding quality and value as usual. question: what is your take on tilt/shift lenses?

[@ArturoLauren]

Thanks for the love! Tilt shift lenses or a technical type adapter are pretty much mandatory to work comfortably in arch or interior photography, hard to go back once you try them

[@abellrealestatemedia]

@@ArturoLauren What are you you using over the tilt-shift? What type of adapter is that? I have seen a few, but most of the ones I have seen connect to tilt-shit lenses.

[@ArturoLauren]

@@abellrealestatemedia Hi Paul! It's called Cambo Actus G, think about the mix between a view camera and an adaptor. The mirrorless camera is the digital back

[@guillaumecouet1294]

Very professional. Cheer! What would you recommend as equipment between X-T5 with laowa 9mm / Fuji XF8-16 OR Canon R6 with RF 15-35? (80% photo 20% video). Thank you for the inspiration you bring.

[@ArturoLauren]

Thanks for the sweet words! Is it for just architecture photography or mixed with real estate? Do you have a big budget?

[@guillaumecouet1294]

@@ArturoLauren Yes I have a good budget. I mainly shoot hotels, villas and shops renovated by architects. The truth is that I already have an R6 + RF 15-35 which I want to part with to switch to fuji (personal choice) I consider all options. I would really like to go with fujifilm, but are there any shift lenses other than Canon EF lenses ? THANKS !

[@parthiban4u]

I am great fan of your work Arturo & Lauren, spl your verticals eye pleasing one to see in all your photos, thanks to cambo also. How do you shoot videos ? Log + LUT work flow or can you go in little detail. Also can you make video for timelapse with the slider ? a showreel or reels to see your work. Love from Parthy

[@ArturoLauren]

Hi Parthiban! I’m glad you like our worlk! We are going to release a full video course later this year arturoandlauren.com/sign

[@parthiban4u]

@@ArturoLauren Sign in done, can a CAMBO work better than PCE prime lens? What is your opinion?

[@ArturoLauren]

@@parthiban4u Yes but It requieres flat camera bodies like the Fuji XT5 If you want to pair it with Canon or Nikon lenses

[@hottierod]

Is there still going to be a release? When will the full video course be released? as we are nearing the Fall? I haven't received anything should i sign up again?@@ArturoLauren

[@HMguitar13]

what was on the print outs? Was that like a vision board?

[@ArturoLauren]

It’s a mini view cam/adapter, it’s called Cambo Actus G. Its meant for shifting, for proper composition in architecture photography

[@romanthomas2825]

What kind of modification did you make to the cambo? That actually looks different?!

[@ArturoLauren]

We designed a custom 3d front standard part with no tilt capabilities but way lighter. We wanted to cut a bit of weight specially for slider use. Drop us a dm on IG if you want one @shiftercom

[@dhritimanbatchu]

Noticed quite a few times when you were shooting in vertical orientation - might I ask why? I understand these are supertall skyscrapers, but I'm talking about the interiors? Was it a creative decision for composition, or were you shooting content for social media, or stitching panoramic shots?

[@ArturoLauren]

I'd say we are shoooting in vertocal orientation almost %50 of the time. What's wrong with that? hehe There's not a rule in architecture/interior photography. Yes, you're right it's for composition. I don't know your background but so many real estate photographers are too obsessed with horizontal images

[@dhritimanbatchu]

@@ArturoLauren Very true there are no rules at all, I was curious about your motivations and how you find a composition. I'm a beginner currently shooting a couple of vacation homes, so for now I literally take every shot both horizontal and vertical, for safety. But at some point I'd like to move away from that and only shoot what looks right. I'm glad I found your channel, I think it will be a great resource for beginners like me. Cheers!

[@ArturoLauren]

Thanks for the kind words and for subscribing!

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[@ArturoLauren]

What does it mean Valentino? hehe