Architectural photography in Texas for Park West College Station
Architectural photography in Texas for Park West College Station
Sometimes the mere size of a student housing property will make me stop and cry. When I arrived at Park West in College Station late in the morning, after realizing that there were actually 3 pools as I drove around this massive property I knew that I would be adding another night at my hotel. Sure enough, to shoot aerial drone photos, tripod photos, drone video and gimbal video, took every bit of two days. The video ended up coming together beautifully.
Park West College Station drone photo
Park West Rooftop Pool College Station
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Architectural Photography and Aerial Drone Photos for Barshop & Oles
Architectural Photography and Aerial Drone Photos for Barshop & Oles
As a professional architectural photographer in Austin Texas, I am always looking for ways to improve my photographs. For Barshop and Oles Company I recently had the chance to think outside the box. For this photograph of HEB at Lakeline Mall in Austin, I decided to merge 10 photos of people walking in and out of the store and mask each of the customers in so that the store looked even more busy than it was. Since the sky was an ugly hazy gray I replaced it in Photoshops with the new SKY REPLACEMNT tool which is absolutely a lifesaver when editing exterior photographs.
Architectural photograph of HEB Lakeline BEFORE EDITING
Architectural photograph of HEB Lakeline AFTER EDITING
The client also wanted two aerial cityscapes – one of Austin and one of San Antonio, and asked me to try to blend the two into one photograph. The composite image has Austin on the Left and San Antonio on the Right. And of course I added a pretty sky to the blended image.
Austin San Antonio Cityscape blended
BEFORE EDITING Aerial Cityscape of Austin
BEFORE EDITING the composite of Austin on the left and San Antonio on the right
Some Recent Austin Architectural photography of Roscoe Property Managers
Some Recent Austin Architectural photography of Roscoe Property Managers.
Roscoe Property Managers asked me to photograph interiors and exteriors and drone aerial photos of several multi family developments here in Austin. These images show some the outstanding designs that Roscoe can achieve. Most of the ground photos are on a Manfrotto Neo Tech Tripod with a Canon 5 D Mark III and a TS-E 17, f/4L Tilt Shift Lens. The aerial photos are with my DJI Mavic Pro 2 Drone.
Arise Riverside Architectural Photography Austin
Arise Riverside Architectural Photography Austin pool at twilight
WILDER Apartments Architectural Photography Austin pool at twilight
120 Ninth San Antonio Apartments Courtyard at twilight
THE BRIXTON Multi Family Apts Drone Aerial Photograph
Beautiful Aerial Drone Video of Austin Scenes
Beautiful Aerial Drone Video of Austin Scenes
During these spring Covid days my normal architectural photography work in Austin was slow, so I decided to spend some time shooting spectacular scenic video of mostly Austin attractions. There are also some scenes from Gavleston and Ponte Vedra. This is a perfect Spa Style video to watch during meditation, relaxation, yoga, pilates or during a hot bath. The video is shot with Mavic 2 Pro. This video shows off the best of Austin, Texas, and why it is that we all love Austin so much.
Architectural Photography for Students – Part 4
Architectural Photography for Students – Part 4
As a professional architectural photographer in Austin, one of my most important lessons is Architectural Photography for Students. Often I will let them use their own equipment which usually includes at least a 28 mm zoom lens, and occasionally a 16 mm or 17 mm lens, which is about as wide as you want a lens for interior architecture because after that structures start getting very warped and there is significant keystoning that has to be corrected in Photoshop. Our general strategy is to shoot 5 bracketed exposures and blend those exposures in Photoshop. Nolan decided to use my lens since it is a Canon 17 mm tilt-shift lens which is an architectural photographers best friend because a tilt shift lens allows you to shoot your scene honoring true verticals and at the same time shift your lens up and down to your liking for the best composition. Here is what Nolan achieved shooting the new Public Library of Austin.
Austin Public Library architectural photography
Austin Public Library architectural photography
Austin Public Library architectural photography
As an architectural photographer, Student Housing is my strong suit. I travel the country photographing luxury housing projects that are newly built, or that have been renovated. I was asked by national student housing developer to photograph two project on the University of Texas Austin campus. This one is Rio on West. I took Jake with me to do the shooting. I made him wait till twilight knowing full well that these scenes would scream 20 minutes after sunset. This is what Jake ended up with for two of the exteriors.
Nine at West luxury student housing photographer Austin Texas
Twilight Pool at Nine at West luxury student housing photographer Austin Texas
