Architectural Shooter's Wet Dream

[Christopher Barrett]

Yeah, that's what I've been waiting for.

 

[Bill Anderson]

Very nice. Had the chance to use it much? Now all we need is a swing tilt back ( ;

 

[Bob Gundu]

Nice. Have you experimented with using HDRx on the architectural shoots?

 

[Mark Andersen]

I've never used the 17 TS, how is it? I own the other three TS lenses. Love em.

 

[Christopher Barrett]

Where the sharpness of the 24mm TS-E II is Phenomenal... the 17mm is merely exceptional. I don't own the long ones, waiting for Canon to update them, but who knows if that day will ever come? My 5d2 has always served as backup for the MFDB / Tech Camera but now with the potential to use the Epic on Architecture, I really need to revisit rounding out the Tilt/Shift set.

HDRx is a Godsend, especially on interiors where existing lighting fixtures and windows often blow out. Now instead of bracketing 4-5 stops and merging with tone mapping, I can shoot HDRx, do a simple blend and get really nice looking, naturalistic results. Actually the sensor/software achieve so much dynamic range that I often just use the A track with no additional hilight protection.

Like Here...

 

[Paul Russell]

wow - I bet that speeds up shooting interiors dramatically.

 

[Steve Das]

Yeah, that's what I've been waiting for.

Curious how and what you used to light this shot..it's very dimensional looking..goog job.

 

[Barry Gregg]

As an old 4x5 shooter, gotta say that looks really nice. Good job Christopher!

 

[Martin Widerberg]

Very nice!
Reminds me of my old Sinar days...was trained as a photographer in my youth with different arcitectural challenges. Straighting up churches and such...
Thank you for sharing.

 

[Bob Gundu]

Looks like one overhead softbox and a some bounce.

Curious how and what you used to light this shot..it's very dimensional looking..goog job.

 

[Bob Gundu]

As an architectural photographer myself, I'm getting super excited by the prospect of bringing the RED to all my shoots

Where the sharpness of the 24mm TS-E II is Phenomenal... the 17mm is merely exceptional. I don't own the long ones, waiting for Canon to update them, but who knows if that day will ever come? My 5d2 has always served as backup for the MFDB / Tech Camera but now with the potential to use the Epic on Architecture, I really need to revisit rounding out the Tilt/Shift set.

HDRx is a Godsend, especially on interiors where existing lighting fixtures and windows often blow out. Now instead of bracketing 4-5 stops and merging with tone mapping, I can shoot HDRx, do a simple blend and get really nice looking, naturalistic results. Actually the sensor/software achieve so much dynamic range that I often just use the A track with no additional hilight protection.

Like Here...

 

[Christopher Barrett]

Curious how and what you used to light this shot..it's very dimensional looking..goog job.

Sure thing...

Mid ground strobe ceiling bounce on the right.
2 Dedos into the front of the desk from right
2 Dedos into the wood behind desk chair from left
Low Soft Box from left for hilights in chair and black drum under desk
Strobe ceiling bounce from left in conference room to increase ambient
2 dedos into each piece of art

I only needed 9 lights to make it feel like I didn't do any lighting... LoL. But that's the look I usually go for... as if all available.

and Barry, I was still shooting 4x5 until about '08. It took a lot of pixels to convince me to drop Ektachrome but I'll never look back!

 

[Paolo Tinari]

Sure thing...

Mid ground strobe ceiling bounce on the right.
2 Dedos into the front of the desk from right
2 Dedos into the wood behind desk chair from left
Low Soft Box from left for hilights in chair and black drum under desk
Strobe ceiling bounce from left in conference room to increase ambient
2 dedos into each piece of art

I only needed 9 lights to make it feel like I didn't do any lighting... LoL. But that's the look I usually go for... as if all available.

and Barry, I was still shooting 4x5 until about '08. It took a lot of pixels to convince me to drop Ektachrome but I'll never look back!

Hello,
amazing results.
Did you place all the lights in one shot or you comped multiple picures?

 

[Christopher Barrett]

Thanks Paolo, that's a single capture. All the lights (and their damn reflections) are either just out of frame or hidden. We get it as perfect as possible on set (what I like to refer to as RealityShop). We typically spend a couple hours per shot, doing 5 interiors per day... but managed the above in about an hour and a half.

 

[Stefan Antonescu]

Christopher, thanks for sharing with the community. Much appreciated !

I think Steve was talking about your first picture...

Curious how and what you used to light this shot..it's very dimensional looking..goog job.

 

[Christopher Barrett]

LoL. Oh... THAT. Totally. Kino Diva directly overhead, slightly towards the rear. A white card on each side picking bounce up off the Kino. That's it. Easy peasy.

 

[Tim Whitcomb]

too funny. although i appreciate the detail on the money shot... DEDOS RULE! This is one of the best looking RED shots I have ever seen, seriously. Well done!

 

[Christopher Barrett]

Heh... I'm rather fond of the Full Frontal with Leica Zoom...

 

[Peter.G]

Christopher,

The interior conference room shoot looks amazing...and love the Epic pics!

-P

 

[Barry Gregg]

Love shooting cinema with the Red cameras, but I miss my Wista M450 4x5s. Really miss having swings and tilts to control the image.

The tilt shift Canon lenses only provide half of that control. I wonder if Jim has something for us down the line that will control the film plane?