Tips for hiring an architectural photographer #4

This is post 4 of a series of 10, in a series detailing important aspects to hiring an architectural photographer while avoiding the most common pitfalls.

COLLABORATE

Photographing buildings and interiors is not an exact science and it requires collaboration between the photographer and client, in order to achieve the client’s vision. Photographers have a particular way to look at spaces, usually different from the clients'. It is a good idea to use this difference in viewpoints as a sounding board for coming up with ideas that neither you, the client, nor the photographer might have thought of on their own. The pre-production meeting and the scouting shoot are great places to brainstorm and kick-start this process. If you are going to be present on the day of the shoot, use this to you advantage by discussing each view with your photographer and formulating your specific needs in the clearest way possible. Your photographer should be able to show you each shot prior to capturing the image to serve as the basis for discussion. 

Yorkville residence, Audax Architecture

MaRS / OICR shoot

Standing meeting room, OICR

We have recently helped our friend Lisa Logan on her latest shoot for Diamond and Schmitt Architects. They recently completed the offices of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) in the new MaRS building at the intersection of College and University in Toronto. 

Lounge, OICR

These offices are really cool and packed with high tech gizmos, not to forget cool materials and details as we are accustomed to see coming from Diamond and Schmitt. The shoot was fast-paced and rather intense, but a great opportunity to experience these offices. 

We'd like to thank Lisa for letting us hang out and help on her shoot. 

Wall and Furniture detail, OICR