Long story short, I'm being asked to go to the 40th floor of a building in one of the 3 largest American citifies, capture landscape photos from the windows at various times, and deliver images that can be used and manipulated in a render that will be used (I assume) to market this project.

I'd ordinarily shoot this simply with my TS-E 17mm, but I have to take into account the fact that I'm shooting through windows I haven't scouted yet, in directions I haven't scouted yet, while minimizing glare, to produce RAW files that can be used to make a virtual walk through (I assume).

I'm thinking the first thing I need to do is pitch a "scouting" job to see how big these windows are and if they're double paned or not (pretty much have to be at this altitutde).

I figure (back of napkin) a day rate times three should handle the shoot and licensing of the images (maybe I'm wrong- they just found me website that I haven't updated in forever) and I should pay for new equipment on my own, but I should charge for expendables and travel/consulting.

Anyone have any advice on other concerns? Specifically:

Shooting cityscapes through windows (special gear like curtains/one way glass maybe?

Licensing fees/is my guess on that crazy?

I'm guessing I shoot HDR for the pictures, panoramic if necessary, with the polarizing filter at its best and worst so that images of the reflections can be used to filter out any remaining reflection in the "best" photos.

Thanks to anyone with any advice.