Yes. Our images are a key asset for brands, designers, and publishers, and therefore they are protected by copyright. However, we do offer opportunities to acquire usage rights to our images. This is possible if approval is granted by Flare Department and the original client.
Our standard usage rights include unlimited global usage.
Rates:
Our pricing depends on usage scale, with discounts applied for bulk image purchases. We also offer discounted rates if our work is credited on your platforms, and if you would also like to schedule a shoot with us. Unauthorised use of our images is subject to legal action.
Interested in using our images? Please reach out to us at hello@flaredepartment.com.
Every image we create comes with a commercial license at no extra cost. If used for extensive advertising, a usage fee is charged.
Key terms of this license include:
- Scope: Non-exclusive, worldwide, unlimited duration.
- Non-transferable: The images are for your use only. They cannot be resold or transferred by a client.
- Extensive advertising: A usage fee applies when the images are used in a paid media campaign with a total spend exceeding €100,000.
Yes. All images created by Flare are protected by copyright, ensuring controlled usage through our commercial license and usage rights (see our other FAQs for details).
Properly managing image usage helps maintain industry standards for us and our clients.
We’ve worked with a wide range of leading names across our industries, including Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam, DoubleTree by Hilton, Gaggenau, De Bijenkorf, Celine, Marie Stella Maris, HOFF and Orange Architects, among others. Our client base spans interior designers, architects, hotel groups, property developers, and design and lifestyle brands across the Netherlands and internationally.
We’re a team of photographers, filmmakers, project managers, and producers working under one roof — which means we handle everything from concept through to final delivery without outsourcing. Our work spans interior design, architecture, hospitality, real estate, and brand photography, all with a consistent visual signature that prioritises atmosphere, light, and detail over generic commercial imagery.
Yes — while we’re based in Amsterdam, we regularly work internationally. We’ve shot projects across Europe including Spain, Germany, and Switzerland.
Yes! We are based in Amsterdam but we work worldwide.
You can send an email to hello@flaredepartment.com, send us a message using our contact form or you can give us a call: +31(0)207742513. We’ll get back to you within a business day.
Most important: make sure the space is tidy and clean. For the best results, it is important that all small items in your space are stored as much as possible. This means, for example, that the kitchen countertop is empty of equipment and that the bathroom is also empty of soap bottles and other toiletries. It’s easier to add items during a shoot than to tidy everything.
We have listed a number of tips for the right preparation. These tips can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/L3-COm_uDfE
Yes — our in-house team of creatives, project managers, and producers is set up to handle complex, large-scale productions across multiple locations. We’ve managed international shoots in Spain, Germany, and Mallorca, as well as multi-day productions for major hotel groups and brand campaigns in the Netherlands.
The easiest way is to book directly via our online booking form, email us at hello@flaredepartment.com, or call +31(0)207742513. For bespoke projects (interior design, architecture, hospitality, brands) we’ll follow up with a tailored quote based on your brief. For real estate, our pricing is straightforward — take a look at our packages on the real estate page.
Yes — alongside hospitality photography, we produce cinematic film for hotels, restaurants, and bars, from wide interior shots to food and beverage close-ups. Photography and film can be combined within a single production.
All final images and videos are delivered via file sharing platforms. For real estate photography projects, you receive your edited images within 3 working days of the shoot. For video, delivery timelines depend on the scope of the project and are agreed in advance.
Yes, we provide high resolution images for printing purposes upon request. At no additional cost. Just send us a message.
We include 360 degree pictures in our packages upon your request. We don’t charge an additional fee for this service.
For real estate, we offer straightforward photography and video packages. Take a look here.
For Interior Designers, Architects, Hospitality, and Brands we create bespoke offers for photography and video.
Book a shoot online here. Or, email us at hello@flaredepartment.com, or give us a call: +31(0)207742513.
You receive your edited photos within 3 working days after the shoot. If you make your own selection before editing, you receive all watermarked raw photographs within 24 hours after the shoot.
In a hurry? We can also deliver the edited pictures within 24 hours after shooting. The costs for fast delivery is 125% of the total amount.
We work with a select number of home stagers and stylists which we can recommend and book. Let us know what you are looking for and we can help you find the right fit for your shoot.
For shoots within the Netherlands, we charge a small fee for shoots outside of Amsterdam.
When travelling outside of the Netherlands, we charge 1 travel day for our crew + the costs of flights, rental cars, public transport etc.
Yes — luxury residential and commercial properties are a core part of our real estate and interior design work. We’ve photographed some of Amsterdam’s most prestigious properties, including the Collectors House — one of the most expensive listings in the city — as well as international luxury residential projects in Mallorca and beyond.
Our photography is defined by a strong sense of atmosphere, precise use of natural light, and a clean, contemporary aesthetic. We lean toward honest, lived-in imagery rather than overly staged or artificial setups — capturing spaces and products as they genuinely exist, with our own distinct visual signature layered on top.
Yes — our approach is fully collaborative. We work closely with your creative team, marketing directors, or brand managers to ensure the imagery reflects your visual identity accurately. We’re experienced working within brand guidelines while bringing our own signature style to the production.
An interior brand photographer captures products and brand stories within the spaces they actually inhabit — showing how a product lives in the real world rather than isolating it against a studio backdrop. We apply the same approach we bring to interior and architectural photography to brand and product work, producing imagery for campaigns, launches, and showrooms.
Yes — we work across the full hospitality spectrum, from boutique hotel interiors and room photography to restaurant, bar, and F&B brand photography. We’ve worked with properties including the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam and DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam.
Architectural photography focuses on the building itself — its form, materials, and relationship to its surroundings, including exteriors, facades, and structural details. Interior photography captures the spaces inside — the design, atmosphere, light, and detail of a room. We offer both, and many projects naturally combine the two.
While most of our photography and film work is shot during the day with natural daylight, we also do night, dawn and dusk shoots. If your property features beautiful lighting during the night, we are more than happy to capture your space during the evening or the early morning. Please brief us on your preferences when it comes to shooting in ‘dark blue’ or ‘pitch black’ surroundings.
Please note that night, dawn and dusk shoots often have limited availability because of the more difficult scheduling with crews. Especially in summer time, when the sun sets later in the evening.
After our photoshoot, we go to work and colour grade your photos in our signature style in Adobe Lightroom. We’ll send the edited photos for you to review. After the initial editing is done, we start work on specific issues in the image that you might want us to tackle. These requests typically range from simple object removal, to object replacement. Or extending of furniture items and adding fire to a fireplace. Every editing job is bespoke and your requests will typically require us to first send an estimate of the time we think we need in Photoshop.
For real estate photography we include 30 minutes of Photoshop retouching within each package. Additional Photoshop requests will be charged at an hourly rate and an estimate will be communicated with you prior to the editing process.
We’re able to capture an interior in almost any lighting condition, even when it rains. Only when a shoot absolutely requires sunlight coming in we work with a weather contingency plan. This means we typically reserve two or three days in the calendar to make sure we are able to capture that all important sunlight coming in.
For real estate, we will always capture a property in its entirety, even when it rains. We do this so we at least have shots of the exterior of your property that you can use to advertise on the real estate platform of your choice.
It is a possibility to request an additional sun photoshoot, which means that we shoot all the outdoor elements of your property (balcony, garden etc) and environmental shots when it’s sunny at an additional cost. Please take a look at our real estate photography rate card for more information.
You receive your edited photos within 3 working days after the shoot. If you make your own selection before editing, you receive all watermarked raw photographs within 24 hours after the shoot.
In a hurry? We can also deliver the edited pictures within 24 hours after shooting. The costs for fast delivery is 125% of the total amount.
We typically work with natural daylight. If a space has a nicely designed lighting plan, it makes sense to shoot with these lights turned on. Depending on the intended look and feel of the final images we can discuss and decide what the best approach will be.
When natural daylight is not working for a space, we can also work with studio lights to create the perfect sun angle. These shoots require at least one assistant for our photographer and require a location scout to make sure we bring the right tools.
It all depends on the size of your property, the amount of final photographs you need and how shoot-ready the location is. After your initial briefing, we are able to give you an estimate on the amount of time we think we need.
For our real estate photography packages we use the following approximate timings:
<100m2 = 1,5h
<200m2 = 2h
<300m2 = 3h
+100m2 = +1h
Most video projects are delivered within 1–3 weeks of the shoot, depending on the scope and complexity of the edit. Rush delivery is available at an additional cost. We agree the delivery timeline with you before the shoot so there are no surprises.
We produce a range of video formats depending on your needs — from cinematic brand films and walkthrough videos to social media edits, drone content, and documentary-style cinematic interviews. For real estate specifically we offer fixed-price video packages. For interior design, architecture, hospitality, and brand projects our video productions are bespoke and tailored to your brief.
Yes — we regularly combine photography and film in a single production day, which is the most efficient way to capture both formats. This is available across all our verticals: interior design, architecture, hospitality, real estate, and brands.
Our interior video productions follow the same bespoke approach as our photography — we start with a briefing to understand your project, brand, and intended use of the content. From there we build a shot list and production plan, then shoot on location with our in-house team of filmmakers and directors. We handle everything from concept through to post-production, including colour grading and editing in our signature style. Delivery is made within an agreed timeline. Video projects typically take anywhere between a few days to weeks from shoot to final delivery depending on scope. Learn more on our video expertise page.
