Architectural Interior © Jay Goodrich
Many people want to know what I am doing at any given moment in time so I am trying to make that happen by adding more blog posts while I am working. Last night I was photographing a private residence for a commercial client in Colorado. I am not allowed to give names…well, I could but they would kill me, so here is the vague breakdown.
My client is a high-end custom painter and wood supplier. He has hired me to shoot a project that he has done almost all of the painting on interior and exterior wood work, as well as supplying all of the exterior wood material for the house. My job-to capture images for his marketing. So what do I look for? Interesting compositions that highlight what he has done. I am not necessarily going to capture architectural design ideas, nor am I going to setup in one corner of a room and include everything, I am there to capture details that the sub-contractor was responsible for creating. In the above image that happened to be the finish that was applied to all of the interior doors. If I were to just photograph the door, the image would have much less interest than if I included other elements. This house had a wonderful collection of artwork so I utilized that to my advantage. I chose to use the door to lead the viewers eye off into just a small part of the residence, giving just a small look to what else is there. When all was complete my assistant Brendan Russell and I shot 171 images for which only 10 will go to the client.
I shoot many aspects of photography and truly believe that if you think about the basics of light, composition, and clarity in every image that you create, your photographic opportunities will be limitless.
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