OUR PROCESS
Takes the coordination of two people to bring to life
We work closely with our clients to ensure we fully understand their vision and publication needs. Pre-production meetings and location scouting give us valuable insight into what matters most to the architect and how best to convey it.
Having two perspectives in the field doubles the attention to detail. Sometimes we take our time to collaborate on compositions, staging, and managing multiple lights. Other times restrictions on the project call for us to split up and cover more ground.
An extra set of eyes during post-production goes a long way in creating images that truly reflect the intended vision. Through our shared dialogue, we move beyond simply capturing reality—we begin telling the story each space is meant to share.
BEFORE / AFTER COMPARISONS
If we’ve done our job well, our photos will look beautiful and natural. You shouldn’t be able to notice that we’ve done anything at all. In reality, we often deal with blown-out windows, dark spaces, and mixed color temperatures. Only in comparing the “before/after” photos can you see where the process leads. No matter the situation, we bring the experience and tools required to show your spaces in their best light, one surface at a time.
Complicated spaces: In the photo above, we had to correct for mixed color temperatures, huge blown-out windows, glaring floors, and inconsistent light directionality.
Emphasizing a design element: The red wall is the star. To make it pop, we eliminated the unwanted glare from the wall and brought in our own light to embellish its striking geometric shape.
Telling a visual story: We wanted to make this scene look like a fire-lit cabin, so we motivated our lighting to radiate from the TV fire. To emphasize the warm interior feel even further, we brought in a long exposure to add a blue kick off the furniture and light streaks from the cars.
Making the best of bad weather: It was raining during this shoot in Portland. We combined one earlier exposure of an especially brooding sky with a blue hour exposure to bring out the cozy interior lights.
