Photography and filming of completed buildings
Once a building is complete, imagery is no longer built from a 3D model — it has to be captured on site. Lotuz provides architectural photography, panoramas for 360 tours and building films for company profiles, project handover and marketing.
- Panoramas shot to 360 tour standards
- Drone aerial footage, carried out when permitted
- Original unedited files included
What we capture
Exterior architectural photography
We capture the building at the best light of the day, usually early morning or late afternoon. The results serve company profiles, competition entries and marketing.
Interior photography
Interior spaces shot with supplementary lighting, balancing the exposure between the interior and the view outside the windows.
Panoramas for 360 tours
Shot to tour-building specifications: capture point layout, controlled camera height and seamless joins between adjacent scenes.
Aerial footage
The full view of the building and its relationship with the surrounding area. We only fly in permitted areas and after the permit process is complete.
Building showcase films
Filming and editing short films of completed buildings for inauguration ceremonies, company profiles or the developer's media channels.
Construction progress shoots
Periodic shoots at construction milestones, for progress reports to developers or time-lapse films of the build.
How a shoot works
Survey and shot list
We preview the building through photos or an on-site survey, determine the sun path and lock the list of angles to capture along with suitable time slots.
Site preparation
You arrange for the shooting areas to be cleaned up, switch on the lighting systems and ensure access to all areas to be captured.
Shooting
We work through the agreed list. For exterior shots, we follow the best light windows rather than shooting continuously all day.
Post-production and delivery
Exposure correction, color balancing, perspective correction and removal of distracting details. We deliver both the retouched version and the original files.
Site requirements and deliverables
What you prepare
- Access to the building during the agreed time window
- Shooting areas cleared, with all lighting systems fully working
- A list of items and desired angles, with reference images if available
- An on-site contact person during the shoot
- Flight permit, if aerial footage is included
Lotuz delivers
- Retouched full-resolution JPG images
- Original unedited files, for you to archive and use later
- Panoramas to tour-building specifications, if in scope
- Edited films in the agreed aspect ratios
Capabilities and technology
Lotuz Studio does not rely only on off-the-shelf commercial software. We build our own in-house tools for our own workflow — the practical reason we can shorten timelines and keep pricing stable.
Lotuz.AI — our in-house AI toolkit for Photoshop
Controlled image generation, relighting and resolution upscaling, running directly inside Photoshop. It is a commercial product on public sale at lotuz.ai.
- What you get: a much shorter post-production stage, so we can take on rush requests too
A sync bridge between SketchUp and 3ds Max
An in-house tool that pushes changes from a SketchUp model to a 3ds Max scene while keeping the materials and lighting setup already in place.
- What you get: mid-project design changes do not force a scene rebuild from scratch, so the schedule does not slip
AI image processing that runs on our own workstations
Background removal, selection and edge refinement are processed locally in our office; files are never uploaded to third-party cloud services.
- What you get: unreleased project files never leave our systems
Our own 360 tour management system
We build and manage tours ourselves on krpano, including multi-resolution image tiling so tours open fast even on weak connections.
- What you get: tours you control yourself, with no dependence on a foreign platform subscription
A ten-person team doing the work directly
The person you talk to is the person who does the work. No call center, no coordination middlemen, no handoff to a third party.
- What you get: focused technical feedback from the very first conversation
Multi-format input files
We accept models from SketchUp, Revit, 3ds Max and Rhino, as well as CAD drawings. For projects without a model, 3D modeling is quoted as a separate item.
- What you get: no file conversion needed before sending your documents
How pricing works
On-site shoots are priced per session, not per image, because most of the time is spent waiting for the right light and moving between positions.
- Travel and accommodation costs for sites outside Da Nang are charged separately.
- Aerial footage is only captured in areas where flying is permitted; the permit process requires the developer's cooperation.
FAQ
What happens if the weather is bad on the scheduled day?
Should we shoot if the landscaping isn't finished yet?
Does Lotuz shoot outside Da Nang?
Can the photos be used to build a 360 tour as well?
Who owns the copyright to the images?
Discuss your shoot
Please contact us on Zalo or call directly. For distant sites, talking early helps us plan the schedule and reduce travel costs.
- Site location and completion status
- What to capture: exterior, interior, panoramas or film
- Whether aerial footage is needed
- Convenient time windows for scheduling