A selection of images from my construction product shoot


 Doors in the refurbished hospital ward
Doors in the refurbished hospital ward

 The newly formed office on the ward
The newly formed office on the ward

 The same room from a different viewpoint - straight on
The same room from a different viewpoint – straight on

 One of the corridors in the refurbished ward in the hospital
One of the corridors in the refurbished ward in the hospital

 Another view of the corridor with the doors, frame and glazed screen
Another view of the corridor with the doors, frame and glazed screen

 A close up picture of the ironmongery and blind on one of the doors - important details in a construction product shoot
A close up picture of the ironmongery and blind on one of the doors – important details in a construction product shoot

This is a set of 6 images of the construction product shoot I have written about this week. There is one point I would like to make about the image capture and processing of the images.

Consistency.

Consistecy of image capture and image processing.

How do I achieve a set of images that look like they belong together?

By using a very deliberate image capture process. Every image I take on a commercial shoot is taken on my Manfrotto tripod. Or where space is limited or I want an unusual angle my Platypod Pro.

Only when I have to do I take images handheld.

Why is this so important to me? Well I never need to change the settings on my camera. The only thing that changes is the aperture, which I vary depending on what I want the lens to do.

Everything else stays the same, using the camera settings that enable me to achieve the highest quality of image capture.

Image capture is the first part of the process.

Image processing is next.

It might not surprise you to know that I have a very well defined image processing workflow in Lightroom and Photoshop. Every commercial image is processed using the same workflow. Obviously some images need different things doing to them, some need more work and some virtually no editing.

Intitial processing is done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, with cleaning up done in Adobe Photoshop.

I can produce matching images from different days using the skills I have developed over the many hours spent using Lightroom and Photoshop.

My workflows in image capture and image processing are probably week long subjects in their own right. Maybe when I run out of things to write about I will turn to these subjects.

Rick McEvoy Photography

Saturday 11th March 2017

Rick McEvoy

I am Rick McEvoy, an architectural and construction photographer living and working in the South of England. I create high quality architectural photography and construction photography imagery of the built environment for architects and commercial clients. I do not photograph weddings, families, small people or pets - anything that is alive, moves or might not do as I ask!! I am also the creator of the Photography Explained Podcast, available on all major podcast providers. I have a blog on my website where I write about my work and photography stuff. Rick McEvoy ABIPP, MCIOB

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