Photographing architectural building exteriors demands technical expertise, precision and artistic perception.
As a Chicago architectural photographer, I aim to create technically strong and creatively inspiring photographs of buildings, be they industrial, commercial or residential structures. My approach to architectural photography is a blend of inspiration, intuition, accuracy and emotion.
With each photo I take, I show these structures’ architectural details, overall appearance and aesthetic appeal in the very best way possible. Moreover, I strive to reveal the energy, creative collaboration as well as painstaking consideration that went into their designs by the engineering firms, architects and planners as well as construction companies and their sub-contractors.
Architecture photography covers two primary categories: interiors and exteriors of buildings. Each has its own specific requirements. Exterior photography highlights its architectural elements and how the building fits into its surroundings. My services are ideal for builders, property owners, property managers and everyone involved in the construction sector, beginning with the architect. Ultimately, all my clients profit from using high-quality photos to promote and showcase their work.
The architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. Clearly, many architects are artists first, in the true sense of the word. Historical civilizations as well as great architects such as Antoni Gaudi, Eero Sarinnen, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Gehry and countless others, are repeatedly identified with their surviving architectural achievements. All of them relied on architectural photographers, artists in their own way, to document and highlight their timeless creations. The 10 most iconic photographs that changed architecture can be seen here.
Commercial Exteriors
Businesses use commercial spaces for more than just one purpose. They are frequently custom-designed areas that promote well-being, convey a message about the brand, make a statement, and facilitate the specific tasks or services that the company undertakes. Ideally, the buildings connect and blend with the surrounding architecture and landscape as well. Making the most of your real estate and ensuring the building delivers the greatest value to your brand is important because it’s one of the company’s biggest investments and assets. And that is where I step in as an architectural photographer with over two decades of experience.
I am mindful to comprehend the project’s purpose and what my clients want to emphasize with the pictures. They frequently comment on how my innovative visual approach helps them perceive things in new ways. Clients appreciate the value they receive from me. High quality photographs convey the substance of their designs and creations in a visually sophisticated way. The architectural photography I provide allows them to upgrade their image libraries while enhancing their collection of marketing photographs.
Images communicate very well, and first impressions matter. With the appropriate visuals, businesses entice people to take note of their brand and their buildings. The quality of architecture photographs displayed throughout the internet do have the power to make all the difference within the fraction of a second. A trained eye can discern good architectural photography immediately, and consciously successful brands align themselves with a high-end architectural photographer they entrust their visual marketing content with.
Architectural Photography for Commercial and Residential Exteriors
Having a strong portfolio is an effective selling tool for architects, construction companies, home builders, and other professionals involved in the construction industry and management of buildings and properties. Of course, you can explain things verbally and with written statements and stories. However, it is far more effective if you can illustrate your value to potential customers with aesthetically pleasing architecture photographs.
Your client wants to know and be ensured that you can design and build the building they envision in their mind. More importantly though, they want to be comfortable knowing that you can provide the know-how and expertise to create the architectural structure that suits their needs, brand identity or personal lifestyle. Strong photographs help people to connect with the feeling of comfort and knowing when committing to the sizeable project of creating a building or buying or leasing the real estate.
As an architectural photographer I apply great emphasis to capture the presence of the structure in the surrounding area when I take my photos of exteriors. This always entails considering the overall setting, including its various components like parking lots, landscaping, nearby structures etc.
When appropriate, I frequently aim to include a dramatic sky to enhance the visual aesthetics of the images. This entails taking pictures when the sun is rising or setting at the margins of the day. Twilight images can be very effective for giving the structure a warm and inviting feel. It helps people to see how their building might integrate into the environment, at different times of the day, be it a business exterior or residential exterior. Creating dramatic and expressive effects with light is one of the core components in the tool kit of a seasoned architectural photographer.
You can surmise your benefits of how to increase your chances of making future sales as a direct result of investing in powerful photographs of your previous work.
By working with a reliable professional architectural photographer, you show your prospects and clients the finest of what you have to offer with the architectural photography from your updated image library. People’s purchasing decisions are greatly driven by the feelings generated by what they see. The visual marketing assets I provide solidify your relationships with your existing clients. In addition, they can pique the interest of potential buyers and expand new potentials for you in the future.
Fine Art Architecture Photography
Consider my fine art architecture photography if you’re searching for a print to commemorate a structure, whether for your personal display or for promotional merchandise. This approach to the portrayal of the structure is more artistic, employing methods like long exposures and strong contrast to produce dramatic photos.
A touch of movement is another aspect that creates drama. This is frequently manifested as light trails from vehicles or people passing through the area. Fine art photography can be used in marketing and advertising equally strong. I employ a fine art approach whenever possible in order to let the “fine art creative element” make my architectural photography stand out more significantly.
Architectural Photographer – Why Collaborate With Me?
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. Your skills that have been honed over time lie in creating meaningful and safe designs. Construction companies gathered their precious experience over the years by constructing buildings. Using snapshots taken on your phone will not do the same job as professional photos from a specialist. High-grade architectural photography requires a certain set of technical abilities and equipment, that too has been acquired and refined over the years, making it challenging to succeed without this significant time and equipment investment. I am here to help you with that.
Architects, designers and other members of the creative trade benefit from my perception and expression of flow and convergence of form, aesthetic design, color, light, and most of all, the visual impact in a photographic composition.
As an architectural photographer, I aim to convey the importance of these buildings on a grand scale in a professional, competent, dependable, effective and consistent manner. I strive to emphasize the precise organization of forms in the most aesthetically pleasing way possible. My intrinsic affinity with nature greatly impacts how I picture the man-made world, the aesthetics of space, the elements it carries, and the people that move or dwell inside the space. The source of all energy, and the master architect after all, is nature. My vision is meant to underline the proper expression and reveal the energy that depicted the subject in the image in its most essential and striking forms.
My Clients have described my style as bold, symmetrical and colorful – they benefit from my vision. Whether you are looking for exterior architectural photographs for your website, real estate management portfolio, architectural firm’s portfolio, new marketing photography for your construction business, my portfolio is here to give you a taste of my photographic style! In addition to this architecture photography portfolio, I invite you to view my interior photography, hospitality and hotel photography, industrial and construction photographs, or my aerial photography.
Thank you for taking the time to read, please contact me if I may be of service to you and your firm.