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Jan 17, 2018 22:38:02 #
Been hanging around UHH for awhile now, but just found this particular topic. One of my clients is a home builder and I keep a photographic record of his jobs, starting with the empty lot all the way through "till he turns over the keys to the home owner. At the end of the job I will have anywhere from 400 images to as many as 600. I'll cull those down to about 80 images, mount those 8X10s in archival sleeves in a nice leather bound album that the contractor hands over to the new home owner. The home owners love it, the contractor loves it and I make a couple bucks off it. I've attached a couple pictures that I hope qualify for this topic.
Mid winter roof
Colder than a well drillers.........
Jan 18, 2018 09:39:03 #
Neat - like to see some more of the projects progress, if allowed
Jan 18, 2018 19:11:17 #
Jan 19, 2018 00:21:28 #
OK BboH, lets start at the very beginning: A lot of this type of photography can be no more than snapshots. I try to incorporate different lighting, clouds, different background, etc. It can be a challenge. Some albums may have only a hand full of (what I consider) really good images. But it's the home owner I need to please and I've never heard a complaint. If you and the others on this thread don't mind I can take you through the whole project, a half dozen or so images at a time, and you will see how I try to make an interesting story.
Empty lot
Initial excavating
Pouring the footings
Basement walls
Jan 19, 2018 05:16:22 #
Tinwhistle - I think that's neat.
Have you looked onto making the final shot a panorama? Don't know if appropriate, but t would give a wide view of the house in contest
Bye the way, thanks
Have you looked onto making the final shot a panorama? Don't know if appropriate, but t would give a wide view of the house in contest
Bye the way, thanks
Jan 26, 2018 17:48:57 #
Tinwhistle! Interesting concept.
In my commercial work I do quite a bit of industrial photography. Some pf it involves really net looking machinery in high tech factories and colorful surroundings. Some of theses assignments, however, are in less glamorous locations like excavation sites, road paving operations and we even have a client that specializes in sewage system repairs. Another of our clients installs underground tanks for gas stations. One of my favorite challenges is an industrila garbage collections service. Sometimes we need to simply do routine construction or project progress records but oftentimes our clients want something more eye-catching for their websites, brochures, covers for job proposals, adverting in trade journals or corporate annual reports. So, as you indicated, we need to come up with something that is more artistic and create some exciting images form mundane or even gungy environments.
In my routine commercial work I usually stick to fairly straightforward traditional photography but with some of theses industrial subjects we begin to pull out all the stops and get into some special effects like high contrast, exaggerated color saturation, polarized sky effects, infrared effects, cross-processing, nd forced perspectives. Some of theses effects are easily applied during post-processing and with the addition of a few texturing plug-ins.
When shooting I look for intersecting graphic lines, repeating patterns, unique angles, aerial views and dramatic lighting.
From our marketing point of view, this kind of work keeps our customers coming back to us. Ordinary record shots can be done by anyone with a decent camera but the service we supply require more expertise, know-how and the facilities to create this kind of finished product. I am presently working on a shooting project away form my office, but I will post a few examples of shots I have stored in my i-Phone..
If you are interested in the specifics of any of the techniques, I will post more detailed information when I return home.
See my following post for the images.
In my commercial work I do quite a bit of industrial photography. Some pf it involves really net looking machinery in high tech factories and colorful surroundings. Some of theses assignments, however, are in less glamorous locations like excavation sites, road paving operations and we even have a client that specializes in sewage system repairs. Another of our clients installs underground tanks for gas stations. One of my favorite challenges is an industrila garbage collections service. Sometimes we need to simply do routine construction or project progress records but oftentimes our clients want something more eye-catching for their websites, brochures, covers for job proposals, adverting in trade journals or corporate annual reports. So, as you indicated, we need to come up with something that is more artistic and create some exciting images form mundane or even gungy environments.
In my routine commercial work I usually stick to fairly straightforward traditional photography but with some of theses industrial subjects we begin to pull out all the stops and get into some special effects like high contrast, exaggerated color saturation, polarized sky effects, infrared effects, cross-processing, nd forced perspectives. Some of theses effects are easily applied during post-processing and with the addition of a few texturing plug-ins.
When shooting I look for intersecting graphic lines, repeating patterns, unique angles, aerial views and dramatic lighting.
From our marketing point of view, this kind of work keeps our customers coming back to us. Ordinary record shots can be done by anyone with a decent camera but the service we supply require more expertise, know-how and the facilities to create this kind of finished product. I am presently working on a shooting project away form my office, but I will post a few examples of shots I have stored in my i-Phone..
If you are interested in the specifics of any of the techniques, I will post more detailed information when I return home.
See my following post for the images.
Jan 26, 2018 19:05:25 #
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