Hello! I'm David McConaghy, a commercial photographer based in London and Hertfordshire. I specialise in luxury hospitality, lifestyle, interiors and product photography — working with global hotels and resorts, consumer brands and property developers to create natural-light imagery that's editorial in feel and commercial in purpose. My clients include Hyatt, Hilton, Four Seasons, Nespresso, Samsung and Mini UK.
Hotel and lifestyle photography in London demands a particular kind of versatility — the ability to make a five-star suite feel genuinely inviting, a poolside moment feel authentically lived-in, and a brand campaign feel like it belongs in the pages of a travel magazine rather than a marketing deck. It's a specialism that sits at the intersection of interiors, portraiture and documentary photography, and one that rewards photographers who understand the hospitality world from the inside.
Based between London and Hertfordshire, I've spent the past decade shooting for some of the world's most respected hotel brands — Hyatt, Hilton, Four Seasons — alongside lifestyle campaigns for consumer brands including Nespresso, Samsung and Mini UK. The work has taken me from five-star resorts in the Caribbean and Mexico to lifestyle shoots across the UK and Europe. The through-line in all of it is an approach to light that favours the available over the artificial — warm, editorial, and true to the actual experience of being in the space.
Shooting in a live hotel environment requires more than technical skill. It requires the ability to work quietly and efficiently around guests and staff, to read a space quickly and make decisions fast, and to deliver a full campaign's worth of imagery without the day grinding to a halt. Whether that's a multi-day resort shoot for a global hospitality group or a half-day lifestyle campaign for a UK consumer brand, the approach is the same: clear communication before we start, complete focus once we do, and images that make the brief feel like it was always going to look this good.
I'm based in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire — about 30 minutes from central London — and work across the UK and internationally. If you're looking for a hotel and lifestyle photographer in London with genuine brand experience and a natural, editorial eye, I'd love to hear about your project.