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2011

Angles on The Aria

It was a pleasure to be able to photograph the Aria Resort at City Center in
Las Vegas. This multi-billion dollar project was one of the biggest private developments in the United States. The whole development encompasses several buildings and hotels. I was able to photograph the Aria. It is a beautiful structure of glass curving and blending with the desert sky. I photographed it from as many angles as I could. My early career experience as a product photographer specializing in glass and reflective subjects has served me well in architectural photography. In photographing highly reflective glass and metal buildings it is important to find the right time and angles to capture subtle tones and gradations on the exterior surfaces. These images were mostly taken at dusk or dawn with clear skies in order to accomplish that.

East Entrance

West Entrance

2011

Panorama Architectural Photography

1999 Broadway, Denver

Here is another difficult image to capture. This architectural photograph for an annual report looks straight forward enough. Just use a wide angle lens on a perspective corrected camera and back up far enough to get it all in. The problem was to get this particular viewpoint and angle, which the client wanted. I am right across the street on the roof of a building four stories high. From this vantage point the glass tower loomed very large and extremely tall. The widest angle lens (other than a fisheye) would not take in the entire angle of view. The solution was to take three images and shift the lens between images. The above architectural image is comprised of three pictures; one captures the lower third, one captures the middle third, and one captures the top third. These images are then stitched together to make the final image. I also did HDR - bracketing exposures - but it really was not that necessary given the light balance at the time of shooting. However, by doing HDR with different exposures and blending them it contributed to the nice effect of blurred clouds, which I and the client liked.

2010

High Dynamic Range - Panorama Photography

Brown Palace Central Atrium Lobby

Here's a challenging situation. Photograph a very tall and narrow central atrium lobby to show the spaciousness of the area and its unique architecture. It is a very tall space for  any lens to cover in one image. And it certainly is so large a space as to make lighting with significant additional artificial lighting out of the question, unless the client has a Hollywood type budget. The solution can be found in high dynamic range photography combined with the stitching together of several views to create a vertical panorama.

The image above of the interior lobby of this hotel was created from 6 separate images using a wide angle lens and photographing sequentially from the bottom up. So imagine 6 images taken starting at the bottom and panning upward. These images were then stitched together to make the complete vertical panorama.

High dynamic range was captured by doing multiple differing exposures of each of the 6 views. These exposures were combined to create an image that captures all of the range of light in the scene -- from the darkest shadows to the highlights (excluding light bulbs).

The resulting image demonstrates the multiple skills and techniques that I can bring to difficult and challenging photography projects to ensure your property is well presented.

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