Case Study: One Off Interiors – Interior Location Photography

Case Study: Interior Location Photography

The Brief

One Off Interiors — a creative interiors company known for doing exceptional work on tight budgets — commissioned dpix to document the transformation of the bar and lounge area at Olton Golf Club.

Rosalie at One Off Interiors had a clear purpose for the photography: to showcase the quality of the work she’d delivered, and give the business a proper visual record of the refurbishment to use on her website and in future client pitches. The before-and-after format was important — the contrast between the starting point and the finished result told the story of the project far more effectively than the after shots alone.

The brief also asked for close-up photography of the materials and fabrics that had been specified — the texture and quality of the finishes were a key part of what made the project worth documenting properly.

The Creative Process

Interior photography after a refurbishment is, at its best, a collaboration between two creative disciplines. The interiors work is already done; the photography needs to interpret it — finding the angles, the light and the details that communicate what the designer achieved and why it matters.

For this project, the story was transformation. The space before was clean and functional but tired; after One Off Interiors’ work, it had warmth, character and considered detail. The photography needed to feel that difference rather than simply record it.

The detail shots of materials and fabrics required a different approach — close, sculpted lighting to reveal texture and surface quality. This is photography that’s asking viewers to understand a specification decision, not just appreciate an overall room.

Preparation

The before shots were taken at the existing space prior to works beginning — establishing a visual baseline that would make the after photography more powerful in context.

For the post-refurbishment shoot, lighting was the central preparation concern. Interior spaces at golf clubs and hospitality venues are typically mixed-light environments — windows, fixed ambient lighting, feature lights all pulling in different directions. Bringing additional lighting to shape and balance the space without making it look artificially lit is a considered technical challenge.

Execution

The shoot worked through the space systematically — wide-angle establishing shots to capture the overall transformation, mid-shots to show the layout and furniture arrangement, and close detail photography of the specific materials, fabrics and finishes that Rosalie had specified.

Lighting was introduced selectively to bring out areas that needed it, while preserving the natural warmth of the finished space. The aim was imagery that looked genuinely inviting — the kind of photography that makes someone want to book the venue, not just note that it’s been refurbished.

The Result

Rosalie was delighted with the finished images, which she used on the One Off Interiors website to showcase the Olton Golf Club project. The photography gave her a strong, professional record of a project worth documenting — work that deserved more than phone shots, presented at the level of quality it had achieved.