I’ve always been fascinated with architecture. And for me, photographing architecture is a great way to engage with it – and to enjoy and share it with others as well.
I’ve done some commercial photography previously for Maurice Walters Architect, which was a treat! His firm’s Arts Walk at Brookland Works in Washington D.C. won the AIA|DC’s 2014 Presidential Citation in Urban Design. My photograph of that project is featured on page 26 of the Winter 2014 issue of AIA|DC’s “Architecture DC” magazine. And here is his webpage for the project, which features two additional photos by me: the “Brookland” photo, and the Brookland Works entrance photo that follows it.
So I was pleased and excited when Maurice asked me to photograph the new brick “The Bartlett” apartment building in Arlington, Virginia. His firm did the exterior design work in 2011/2012, and now it’s up! Here is his webpage for the project, which currently features renderings, but which will soon feature some of my images as well.
It’s also a treat to use my two “tilt-shift” lenses, which make it possible to get images with parallel verticals (by getting the camera parallel to the ground, and then shifting the lens up or down to capture the composition I’m aiming for). I’ve had the Canon 24mm TS-E for some time. (It’s by far my sharpest lens – really amazing!) And just recently purchased the Canon 17mm TS-E – used, but in perfect condition – from Simos Xenakis (a wonderful and talented photographer, who is moving from digital to film). The “whole building” shots are with the 17mm lens. (Actually, several of the 17mm images are via several landscape-orientation images stitched together in Photoshop to make a vertical panorama.) A great lens to have for this work!
I hope you enjoy my photos!
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