It’s the art of capturing an entire scene in a single image.
Professionally speaking, this type of imagery is used to create immersive supports for all kinds of establishments focusing on their online communication.
Its uses are typically to create virtual projects, also for establishments with a Google Business account, online travel agencies and social network platforms.
In my opinion, 360 degree photography is the most honest way to showcase a small or a large space.
Julien Thomas
Julien is an expert in 360-degree photography providing high-quality images.
Discover his portfolio below to see the outcome of a professional and talented 360-degree photographer.
Julien works with high-end equipment, not with a 360º camera.
Creating virtual projects is the most common end result with 360 degree photographs.
Also with use for Google Business accounts.
A virtual project can be called a virtual tour and it typically focuses on the virtual visit of a property. This type of project is commonly used to showcase real estate properties and high-end hotels.
A virtual project can also take the form of a virtual exhibition. This category is usually used for physical exhibitions and by museums.
It’s the depth of an image that can be zoomed-in without losing details.
De facto, the more an image stays sharp when zooming in, the more it has an high resolution.
Julien’s services offer a range of images with megapixel and gigapixel resolution.
It is the standard resolution of Julien’s imagery services.
Here, the resolution is 288 megapixels which provides excellent zoom quality.
Check this demo and zoom in.
Check this demo and zoom in.
It is the ‘Rolls-Royce’ resolution of Julien’s services.
Here, the image resolution reaches 1,3 gigapixels which provides outstanding zoom quality!
Zoom in on the small texts.
You are now sure to know that the resolution of an image has nothing to do with its ‘beauty’ (colors, contrast, etc.).
Interested to know Julien’s fee to shot megapixel and gigapixel Images?
Before being able to rotate a 360 photo in 360º, such images are first of all ‘flats images’.
Know that native computers and devices aren’t built to rotate 360º images.
Sometimes we can see “tiny planets” (also called mini planets) on the Internet, and those images are created from 360 degree photos.
Technically speaking, this result is created by using a “stereographic projection” on 360 degree photos, allowing professional photographers to turn them in such ways!
• A 3D photo IS NOT 360 degree photo. Simply said it's a wrong wording.
• A 360° panorama is not considered as a 360 degree photo. A panorama means that its zenith and nadir (the highest and lowest parts of the image) are missing.
A 360 degree photo can also be called a VR photo, photo sphere, and spherical photo.
What is a 360 degree photo?
It's the aspect of interactively viewing an image from its central position.
A full-frame DSLR.
• Megapixels image: ~15 minutes.
• Gigapixels image: ~45 minutes.
Then, post-production takes him about 1 day per 360-degree photo.
Each third-party hosting platform has their own policies to the medias you are publishing to their platforms – such as the compression of a 360-degree image, of a photo, etc.
Booking.com, Google Business accounts, Google Maps, Google Earth, Facebook and all business websites.
Other platforms like Instagram, Agoda and others Online Travel Agencies still do not support/allow 360º images.
December, 2023
“Unfortunately, Tripadvisor does not currently feature any new 360° photos on our accommodation listings.
Although you may noticed some accommodation listings still have 360° photos visible on Tripadvisor, those are very old panoramic photos provided by Tripadvisor. We no longer provide or publish 360° photos now, owners will not be able to upload any 360° photos from the Management Center.”
Tripadvisor Support Team
Did you know that 360-degree photography was developed in the late 19th century? Learn more (Wikipedia).