Time to dust off some cobwebs from the blog and share some short posts before the year ends, yes?
Let's get on with it then!
You're probably familiar with the Nairobi half-life images I make every so often, mainly of Nairobi's ever-changing skyline, and I've always wondered if the same idea would find its way into the architectural projects I shoot. Well, a few weeks ago I got a chance to experiment with that idea.
In 2021 I partnered with Tatu City to create a set of marketing assets [seen here] for their residential zone offering, Kijani Ridge.
We were at it again to do a fresh set of images for their new campaign as they look to close 2022 with a bang. Below is part of the image set we made for that purpose. The brief called for a daytime shot and a twilight shot of the same building, hence the similarity in output.
The images above were taken at different focal lengths [compare the bottom left and bottom right bits of the images to spot that] but from effectively similar angles. When I eventually edited the set and shared it with the client, I decided to see if the two images would line up if I zoomed in a bit on the daytime shot.
[Random note: For the twilight composition, I had two setups going at the same time so as to spread my risk and have a variety of options to choose from, even though the client had already selected this as the twilight shot to go with].
I'm glad to say that the fit was spot on - happy accident, perfect alignment! I got to an "extra" set of images to create from and existing set of files without having to do a re-shoot. Because of the straightforward alignment, simple linear blending on Photoshop did the trick.
That said, here's what the composites look like.
What do you think, hit or miss?
I personally love the outcome, but more importantly the fact that I was able to get a few extra assets from already existing images. The challenge now is to not get carried away on site when such opportunities present themselves.
That's it for today. Look out for another post from a shoot I did with the good guys at Architecture By Cedar.
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