Travel Photographer
Michelle Chaplow, Travel Photographer

Park Hyatt, Sydney, Michelle Chaplow Photography

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Park Hyatt, Sydney

This image of silhouetted palm trees and the Sydney opera house was taken in the gardens surrounding the Park Hyatt Hotel.

Can you believe that guests book rooms with one of the best views in the world and proceed to shut the curtains at night? Surely they can’t be photographers!
Park Hyatt, Sydney, Michelle Chaplow Photography

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Park Hyatt, Sydney

I’m addicted to travelling and one of my favourite cities in the world is Sydney.
The chic harbour kitchen restaurant of the Park Hyatt Hotel overlooks the Opera House. As a photographer I find that view heightens every sensory perception.

 

 


My favourite hotels in the world

As a travel photographer, hotels are a fundamental part of the journeying experience. Michelle averages 100 plus hotel nights per year and this section has been created to share a selection of her personal recommendations for hotels around the world. Whilst on assignment, a hotel provides a travel photographer with a base from which to explore the country and a secure storage space for equipment. It’s the mobile office, the refuelling zone, the meeting point and if you’re really lucky, there may even be time to indulge in the pool or the Spa. The reality of following the light and photographic deadlines however, often means this isn’t the case. A good hotel can be the primary inspiration for a photographer as they embark on their project, the place from which ideas evolve for imagery. A travel photographer’s hotel is essentially the gateway to photographically documenting a destination.