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2012 Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel
In the sultry heat and humidity of the Washington D.C. summer I had the pleasure to photograph this hotel. It is a very nice property. Don't let the "airport " in its name suggest a lower stature hotel. One of the challenges was to get a great exterior. This hotel is low, spread out, and surrounded by a lot of very mature and tall trees. Anytime I got back any distance to try and get the whole building in the frame it just disappeared into the trees. My solution was a very wide angle lens and backing up as far as I could into the bushes and trees. I didn't get all of the building in but I was able to get enough to create some nice sweeping, curving lines that lead you to the entrance. Then it was just a matter of waiting for the right time while dodging a brief summer storm, and a last minute busload of Japanese tourists newly arrived in Washington D.C., right when I needed to shoot - typical. They were kind enough to wait a few minutes while I captured this image in the right light. Thankfully the rest of the shoot, except for the exterior pool, was photographed indoors in the blissful air-conditioning.
The ballroom foyer image below was pretty straight forward. I did add a light under each of the cocktail tables. This helped give the scene a more elegant and glamorous feel.
The Atrium Building
The Atrium, with its impressive central arrival hall was designed by award-winning architect D’Ambrosio architecture + urbanism. They won a special award from The Canadian Wood Council in the 2010 North American Wood Design Awards for its achievement at the Atrium, a high-density mid-rise office building in downtown Victoria. The building centers around a seven-storey atrium that introduces daylight into the heart of the structure, and maximizes the use of wood within. Innovative wood trusses support a 7,200 square-foot skylight, panelized hemlock slats follow the sweep of curving walls, and tongue and groove cedar soffits bring warmth and definition to the building’s street level. The leap of scale from the repetition of small dimension slats over the curving expanse of the atrium’s sides has strong visual impact. I photographed this with the goal of capturing the light of the atrium and the sweeping curves of the interior, choosing angles that would emphasize these aspects.
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.
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