I have shot at Tatu City before, but not for an architect parse, so this is one shoot I was looking forward to not just for the well-executed design project but because the architect is a good friend of mine.
Believe it or not, this shoot had been brewing for months. I first had a conversation with the architect way back in 2021, when he expressed his desire to partner with Eyeconic Media to create marketing assets for a project he was immensely proud of, and with good reason.
Fast forward to July 2022, just when the contractor is applying the final touches to the project, we do a site visit with the architect to see what is possible and what isn't, plan the final shot list and set a shoot date.
We made the above set of shots while the project was in its final stages. This was to to help us in;
Our general understanding of the project. How it works and how it interacts with the light.
Generation of a final shot list so that come shoot day, we had a definitive brief to follow at the very least.
Shot-by-shot planning - what shots to take at what time of day when the light is at it's optimum.
Determining what extra gear or extras I may need for the shoot.
In addition to the camera, I use a variety of planning apps for weather [Accuweather, Below-Left] and image composition [Photopills, Below-R], but there's that rare occasion when the the information is not 100% accurate disclaimer comes into play.
For this particular Assignment, due to the erratic weather, combined with our out-of-sync schedules and also a variety of site conditions beyond our control, it became virtually impossible to shoot within the timeline we'd set for ourselves. On two occasions, we had to cancel the shoot having made it to the location only to discover that the site conditions aren't just right or the weather has suddenly decided not to cooperate.
But, in late November, we managed to squeeze in a day for the shoot. The weather was good and site was clean and neat.
Like on most assignments, eerything went on smoothly but interestingly enough, there's always a curve ball to be thrown at you, because life. In this instance, I left for lunch while the caretaker headed off to run some errands. A slight miscommunication resulted in my coming back to site and not finding them there, which meant I had to spend the latter part of the afternoon waiting for them to return as I helplessly watched the light fading fast with a number of interior shots still to go. Luckily for me, I managed to squeeze all the shots I needed before nightfall, but for the adrenaline rush.
Just for good measure, I did go back to the site a week or so later, to take a few extra shots and cover any bases I may have missed. The weather turned on us unexpectedly but I still managed to pull something out of it, but with a different feel to it.
After the shoot, we went through the files and picked just over 20 images to make the final asset list. Below is a selection of that final set of images, as delivered to the architect. The interiors were still unfurnished so there wasn't much to see or document.
That's it for this week.
If you enjoyed the set, head over to Architecture By Cedar's website and see some of the cool projects they have, and of course Eyeconic Media's portfolio for a collection of other completed architectural shoots.
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