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Meet Ed, Your Airbnb Photo Experience Host
Turn your getaway into a Poconos Airbnb photo experience with portraits that feel more like an adventure than a stiff photo appointment.
I’m an offbeat, creative, and fearless professional photographer with nearly two decades of experience in portrait, family, wedding, and adventure photography. After years in NYC, I moved into the Poconos wilderness and spent the last several years scouting waterfalls, rivers, hidden creeks, forests, fields, cliffs, trails, and historic corners of the Delaware Water Gap.
The most dramatic locations, especially waterfalls, river views, cliffs, and deeper forest spots, are mostly near my base area, so the best visual results usually happen when guests come to me.
I can also travel to your Airbnb rental or nearby area, especially for families who prefer convenience, kids’ schedules, or a more relaxed pace. Those locations may be less epic visually, such as a lake, park, backyard, field, or quiet road nearby, but with the right light, posing, and storytelling, we can still create beautiful images that feel personal to your stay.
Photo Experience Pricing and Comparison
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| $195 | $395 | $595 | $995 | $1,595 | |
| Session length1 | 30 mins | 1 hr | 2 hrs | 4 hrs | 8 hrs |
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| Travel to your area | - | $50 fee |
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| Enhanced digital images3 | - | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| High resolution files4 | $10/img | 2 | 5 |
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- Listed time is start to finish, including any travel time between locations.
- Available at select scenic locations near my base in Dingmans Ferry, PA.
- See the difference between Standard and Enhanced here.
- High-resolution files are best for printing and large displays. Social media size files are included with every package.
- A short (30-60 sec), casual, social-media-style video reel from the session. Not a full professional video production.
- Available for guests who safely fit in one vehicle. Route, mileage, weather, and access limits apply.
Pick Your Airbnb Photo Experience
Mini Session
A quick and easy Airbnb photo experience for guests who want a few beautiful portraits without turning the day into a full production. We’ll shoot near my area at a selected scenic spot, with location advice, wardrobe consultation, standard editing, and social-media-size files included. High-resolution files are available separately.
Nature Lite
A relaxed one-hour Poconos Airbnb photo experience with a little more breathing room for couples, solo travelers, or small families. We’ll shoot near my area, or I can travel to your area for a small fee. This package includes location advice, wardrobe consultation, standard editing, social-media-size files, 5 enhanced retouched images, and 5 high-resolution files.
Essential Escape
A balanced two-hour Airbnb photo experience for guests who want more variety, better pacing, and a stronger vacation story without going all-in for the day. I can photograph you near my area or travel to your location, with location advice, wardrobe consultation, standard editing, social-media-size files, 10 enhanced retouched images, and 10 high-resolution files included.
Discovery Experience
A deeper four-hour Airbnb photo experience designed for guests who want to explore, move around, and create a richer set of images in the Poconos or Delaware Water Gap. This package includes travel to your area, location and wardrobe guidance, standard editing, social-media-size files, 15 enhanced retouched images, all high-resolution files, and a short highlight reel.
Full-Day Adventure
The most immersive Airbnb photo experience: an eight-hour private photo adventure through the Poconos and Delaware Water Gap, built for families, couples, or groups who want the full story of their getaway. I travel to your area and can provide local transportation between selected locations, with location and wardrobe guidance, standard editing, social-media-size files, 20 enhanced retouched images, all high-resolution files, a highlight reel, and a same-day preview included.
Timing for Larger Families and Groups
Larger families and multi-family groups are absolutely welcome, but they do need more time to get the best results. With more people, we need room for full group portraits, individual family combinations, couples, kids, grandparents, candid moments, walking time, breaks, and the occasional “where did uncle Mike go?” and “My little one needs a moment” situation. A shorter Airbnb photo experience can still work, but it naturally means fewer combinations, less flexibility, and less time to fine-tune expressions, posing, and background choices.
For groups of around 10 or more people, I strongly recommend starting with the Discovery Experience or Full-Day Adventure if you want the session to feel relaxed and complete. The Essential Escape may work for a simpler approach, but expectations should stay realistic. I mention this from experience, as I once had a large family choose a shorter session with expectations of a longer one, and while we still created nice images, the limited time did not leave enough room for what they had hoped for.
Booking Through Airbnb
If you first find me through Airbnb, please book your Airbnb photo experience through that platform, even if we later connect directly for planning details. My profile and offerings: https://airbnb.com/sv/zorzstudios
I keep the booking process there out of respect for the platform that helped connect us.
Airbnb does take a commission, but that is part of the deal, and I’m good with it. They bring visitors to my little corner of the Poconos, and I believe in playing fair. Booking through Airbnb also keeps the experience organized, documented, and properly tied to your trip.
Once booked, you’ll be entered into my in-studio booking system for proper scheduling, session details, planning notes, and delivery workflow. Payment remains handled through Airbnb.
After booking, our communication will move to direct email for easier planning. On the day of the shoot, we’ll use phone or text as needed for timing, directions, parking, weather updates, and any last-minute “we took the wrong trail” rescue missions.
FAQs (Click to Expand)
Couples, families, multi-family groups, solo travelers, anniversary trips, proposals, friend getaways, maternity sessions, milestone birthdays, and visitors who want something better than rushed phone snapshots.
Choose based on how much variety and breathing room you want. Mini and Lite are best for quick portraits. Essential Escape gives a more complete session. Discovery Experience is better for exploring and multiple looks. Full-Day Adventure is for guests who want the day to feel like a private photo tour.
The most dramatic locations—waterfalls, rivers, cliffs, deeper forest trails—are mostly near my base area of Dingmans Ferry, PA. I can also travel to your Airbnb area, but the backgrounds may be more modest, such as a lake, park, field, backyard, or quiet local spot.
Yes. After booking, I’ll recommend locations based on your group size, mobility, season, weather, parking, water levels, safety, and the style of photos you want.
Possibly, but exact spots depend on weather, trail conditions, access, crowds, water levels, and safety. Pretty photos are great; twisted ankles are not part of the package.
Comfortable shoes are highly recommended, especially for trails, rocks, water areas, or fields. Coordinated colors usually work better than matching outfits. Avoid loud logos, neon colors, and tiny busy patterns unless chaos is your chosen aesthetic.
Yes!! I have extensive experience with children, families, and larger groups. Sessions can be adjusted around kids’ energy, attention span, snack needs, and the mysterious toddler law of doing the opposite of the plan.
Yes. Let me know after booking, and I’ll suggest safer, easier locations with less walking when needed.
Hopefully, if the chosen location allows dogs and your pup can be safely handled. Bring a leash, treats, water, and a helper if possible.
We’ll adjust as needed. Light clouds and even a little drizzle can photograph beautifully, but unsafe weather, heavy rain, ice, flooding, or risky trails may require a location change or rescheduling when possible.
You’ll receive a private, password-protected gallery 1-3 weeks after the session. The Full-Day Adventure also includes a same-day preview of selected images. Exact delivery timing can vary by season and session size.
It depends on the package. Some include a set number of high-resolution files, while Discovery Experience and Full-Day Adventure include all high-resolution files. Social-media-size images are included with every package.
Enhanced retouching is extra polish on selected images, such as skin cleanup, removing small distractions, and refining details beyond standard editing. See examples and comparison.
Yes. Additional high-resolution images can be purchased individually for $10 each or in bulk for $295. Remember, you also get all images in social media size included!
Only the Full-Day Adventure includes local transportation between selected photo locations, within reasonable route, mileage, weather, access, and vehicle-capacity limits.
No. It is a short, casual, social-media-style reel from the session. It is not a full professional video production.
No. Any required permits, parking fees, park entrance fees, tolls, or special access costs are separate.
Yes. Booking and payment stay on Airbnb, but after booking, planning will be moved to direct email. Day-of-shoot communication can also happen by phone or text for directions, timing, parking, and weather updates.
Because Airbnb introduced us. I respect that platform, and I play fair. Your payment remains handled through Airbnb, while my studio system handles the planning, scheduling details, and image delivery workflow.
Over to You
Ready to turn your trip into more than phone snapshots? Choose the Airbnb photo experience that fits your group, book through Airbnb, and I’ll help shape the session around your people, your pace, and the best locations available for the season.
