Hello! Welcome to my website. I’m Rick. I photograph buildings, nice places and buildings in nice places. And I write about photography on my blog.
I am a professionally qualified photographer based in Dorset. I specialise in architectural, commercial, landscape and travel photography. And that is all!
I am an all round nice chap. Please get in touch so we can create some great photos.
Rick McEvoy Photography - Estate Agent Photography in Poole
This is one of my favourite exterior photos of a recently constructed house in Poole. A stunning recently constructed house in Poole that is.
Photographed for the architect, Kendall Kingscott, this house is one of a pair in a luxury development in Poole not far from the sea. The main contractor was Spetisbury Construction.
And the secret to this photo?
A painters pole........
Hamworthy Park Junior School - Rick McEvoy Photography - architectural photography in Dorset
This is one of those exterior images that took a lot of time to produce. Firstly in the image capture. There was a lot of preparation and planning, along with three visits and a lot of waiting for the right conditions and no people to be in shot!
And then there was the processing, which was a challenge. The render has a green tint within, which I had to accurately recreate. A very subtle green through colour render - see I know about all this good stuff!
I managed to do this, then hand the epic task of dealing with my nemesis (I would have said nemesises but not sure how to spell it?) - which are
This extension, photographed for the architect Kendall Kingscott, was nominated for an LABC award - my images were used as part of the submission. I don’t think it won - well if it did no one told me!
Clasroom in Poole by Rick McEvoy ABIPP Architectural Photographer in Dorset
Bright, sunny space with lots of natural daylight and a sea view. Do school classrooms get any better than this?
My only regret with this photo is that I did not have time to set the chairs out but to be honest no one has ever said anything about this, so I guess it is just me being picky.
After all I have looked at this image far too many times now.
After I have completed the publication of my entire 2018 portfolio I am looking forward to moving on to some new stuff, and working on the next chapter of my journey in photography.
I have lots of plans and ideas, and lots of writing to do, so I will shut up now - it is after all a Saturday!
Dorchester Fire Station
Fire appliances at Dorchester Fire Station
Bench. Architecture photography in Dorset taken at one of my favourite photography locations
Swimming pool in a lovely private country house in Dorset
A new private library, Dorset. Stunning interior space.
Just a room in a farm in Dorset
Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth. Love this fantastic structure.
The new sports hall flooring at Bournemouth University
The RNLI Memorial in Poole, Dorset, located amongst the complex of buildings forming the RNLI national base
Picture of a wine rack in a restaurant in Lucca, Italy
Duomo, Florence. This has to be one of the most imposing buildings I have photographed.
This picture of The Shard in London is one of my favourite black and white pictures of London
The Shard, London. Extreme leading lines in this London cityscape
A lovely waterside kitchen with a view of Poole Harbour - the most expensive bit of estate agent photography I never did!
Duomo. Sienna. Just love the details in this stunning ceiling.
Back to one of my favourite places in West Dorset. Check out the roof then look at the next image.
This is the ceiling of the new church dome
And these are the tiles on the roof. I'm in danger of story telling here!
Seats at the University of Southampton
A new kitchen in Southampton
Poundbury architecture photographed for John SImpson Architects
Another picture of Poundbury architecture in Dorset
San Sebastian Cathedral in Spain - an immense structure with a stunning roof
Bordeaux Cathedral. Just breathtaking
Art in a vineyard in Bordeaux, France
Barrels, Remy Martin, Cognac, France. In case you didn't know which country Cognac was in?
Travelodge Central Southampton, Hotel photography in Southampton.
Construction product photography in Poole, Dorset
A picture of a funky building in Portsmouth
Horndean Technology College, completely refurbished for Hampshire County Council
Barton Stacey School. Panoramic architectural photography in Hampshire.
Hamworthy Park Junior School, Poole Dorset, extended for the Borough of Poole
School dining room in Hampshire
Winchester School of Art
Hamworthy Park Junior School
Floor in a new house, Poole, Dorset
Stunning new house, Poole, Dorset
Picture of a private housing development, Poole, Dorset
Interior of a new house, Poole, Dorset
Light fitting three storeys high!
A couple of years ago I put together a portfolio of colour and black and white images for submission to the BIPP. I never submitted them. I was never happy with them.
This is the black and white interior set, which to be honest I found in the draft folder of my Squarespace Blog.
My architectural photography work has come on a lot since then, and I am looking forward to publishing my new portfolio submission when I can.
Another of those photos created using Plotaverse.
An interesting question. Well interesting to me that is!
As these are in effect video files they are uploaded to YouTube, from where links are inserted into posts on my Squarespace photography website.
This is a very clever way of adding video to my photgoraphy blog without adding to the storage space needed as it is held somewhere else, courtesy of YouTube/ Google!
This is one of my favourite photos taken at Poole Quay, looking towards Sandbanks and Brownsea Island.
The image was captured using my Canon 6D and Canon 17-40mm lens.
Handheld, 9.05am one lovely January morning.
This was one of those sunrise moments which I am delighted to have captured - this is definitely one of my favourite photos of Poole in lovely Dorset.
Rick McEvoy Photography - Poole Photographer
A smattering of snow with a few flakes floating around in the air.
Which it is looking like it won’t. Not that that will stop us all from overreacting and talking about it constantly - we are British after all!
Construction product shoot, West Sussex
Architectural shoot, West Sussex
PIpework installationin plantroom, Poole, Dorset
Hospital corridor, Poole, Dorset
Cove Fish, Lulworth Cove, Dorset
Gravel being unloaded, rail siding, Dorset
Bar, Sopley Mill, Dorset.
Construction product shoot, Wiltshire
Building refurbishment, Hampshire
Portland Bill Lighthouse, Portland, Dorset
Dining area refurbishment, Hampshire
Construction product shoot, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Sopley Mill, wedding venue in Dorset
Santorini Hotel at sunrise
House, Dorset
This is the set of 16 images you can now view on my home page.
This set of images is representative of me and my work as I write this post in March, 2018
This is me walking over the Twin Sails Bridge in Poole. Filmed in 4K using my iPhone 7 Plus with my new DJO Osmo Mobile which I am trialling.
Rick McEvoy Photography - 4K video in Dorset
More trials with my DJI Osmo Mobile, this time walking along the Twin Sails Bridge
Rick McEvoy Photography - Poole Photographer
Bournemouth Pier and Sandbanks Beach by Rick McEvoy Bournemouth Photographer
This picture was taken from near the location where yesterdays picture of Boscombe Pier was taken, but looking towards the other way, towards the west.
The main subject of this picture is Bournemouth Pier, and above the pier you can see the beach at Sandbanks.
I take it for granted, but do speak to people who are surprised that Poole and Bournemouth are so close together - they actually merge from one into the other.
And you might have noticed a bit of a theme to my pictures of Bournemouth - the sea. No boring buildings....
And tomorrow I carry on that theme.
The last image in this series of architectural photographs is this picture of a stylish new house in Poole.
This is what I say about this image on my architectural photographer web page.
"Finally a picture of a very stylish new home in Poole photographed for the architect Kendall Kingscott. This project was the construction of a pair of new homes on a plot not far from the sea. Nice.
The houses were constructed by Spetisbury Construction.
The is the front elevation of the left-hand building. The picture was taken with my Canon 6D on my Manfrotto tripod from eye level. I do have an alternative version taken using one of my specialist bits of high access photography equipment.
My Harris painters pole. With a special adaptor.
You can view the image taken from the right-hand side of this building on my home page.
But back to this image, and the story I have to tell. Another example of finished works being subject to debate, and in this instance half an hour in Photoshop removing stuff!
Removing stuff is my Photoshop specialism. Things I have to remove regularly include chewing gum, loose gravel, builders’ debris, hosepipes, rubbish, the odd person. And the odd van.
And stuff sticking into an image from the side - one of my pet hates.
Cleaning up my images is an important part of my digital processing workflow."
That is the set of 12 images published. I am going to post all 12 images in one post - let me know which is your favourite image of the 12 please.
Rick McEvoy Photography - Architectural Photographer
Rick McEvoy Photography - Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks, London, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
A bit of a break from my series of architectural photography images today.
Something different.
Not sure?
I am still wondering about this.
The App is called Plotagraph. And with it you can add motion to still images. There is a full blown version of Plotagraph for the PC, which costs a lot more than the App for the iPad.
I am trying this out on some of the images on my architectural photographer page which have sky that warrants the injection of some motion, like this picture of Poole Police Station.
Rick McEvoy MCIOB, LBIPP
Architectural photographer – Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks, London, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
Kitchen by Rick McEvoy Sandbanks Photographer
Kitechn by Rick McEvoy interior photographer in Sandbanks
Black and white picture of a kitchen in Sandbanks by Rick McEvoy Poole photographer
Interior photography of a light bright sunny classroom in Poole
"A sunny new school classroom in Poole
This really is all about the light and the orientation of the space. This is a classroom with a west facing sea view. It is a fantastic space for a school, which I photographed for the architect, Kendall Kingscott.
This was the third visit to this extension to a school in Poole. I do not often get the opportunity to return to photograph interiors in better light, but as this extension was being submitted for an LABC award I managed to find a bit more time, which was a luxury I was delighted to have."
Local knowledge helped me here, with the time and direction of the sun.
I wanted that big burst of sunshine illuminating this lovely new interior space in a school, so got this shot on the second visit.
To get ths starburst effect I used the minimum aperture on my Canon 17-40mm lens, mounted on my Canon 6D which was sat on my Manfrotto tripod, squeezed (literally) into the corner of the room.
I wanted to get the teaching board on the left, as well as both rooflights on the right, and the sun beaming in through that large south facing window in the center of the composition.
Interior Photographer – Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks, London, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
Kitchen by Rick McEvoy interior photographer in Sandbanks
I know. This is the kitchen. The kitchen of a spectacular house in Sandbanks.
On my interior photographer I explain one thing;
"This is a picture of a stunning private residence with sea views from the kitchen. Well all the rear of the house really. This picture was all about the view and the bright open spaces in the kitchen and adjoining rooms.
One skill as an interior photographer is to represent a space in best way to suit the purpose of the shoot. This picture was taken as part of a shoot to produce a portfolio for the sale of the property.
I took the picture on a day when it was not actually sunny, but wanted the room to look warm as though it was taken on a sunny day. To do this I used a special filter to warm up the scene, giving the impression of warmth from the sun even though it was a cloudy day. This is acceptable image manipulation – I am just representing the space in the best way I can without changing anything.
Such adjustments to images need to look natural and realistic - quite often it is subtle changes that make the difference."
It is important to me to represent interior spaces the best way I can.
I also have a page dedicated to my work as a photographer in Sandbanks. Sandbanks is a great place, and not far from where I live in Poole. I am very fortunate to have such a place on my doorstep, with all those fantastic and ever changing houses.
As well as the houses there is a great beach and one of my favourite hotels, the Sandbanks Hotel, which is going to be redeveloped in the near future.
If you have not been to Sandbanks it is worth a look - the ever changing ultra modern buildings, and of course you can drive through and get the chain ferry onwards into the lovely Dorset countryside.
Rick McEvoy Photography - Interior Photographer in Sandbanks
Rick McEvoy Photography - Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks, London, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
Yes it has been a while coming, but my interior photographer page is complete, and live on my photography website right now (ok it went live on Saturday if I am being completely honest).
And then write all about it!
As you can see there is quite a lot of work to do to create a new web page. And there is the time spent selecting the images and then researching my work and finding links etc and a bit of background information.
Why am I rewriting all my pages?
Images on their own have very little value in SEO terms to Google. This is why I am doing one page at a time, one after the other, until my work category of web pages is complete.
And some of the pages are quite old, with quite old images. I have better work that I want to display on my website.
On the plus side, now that I have a set of 12 images and accompanying text, this does give me 12 days of blog post material which is always a bonus, so starting tomorrow you will see each new image one by one, along with a few words about the image.
And I might throw in the odd black and white version as well.
Once I have got this little lot out of the way it will be on to the next web page, which I think is going to be my architectural photographer page.
I will start the process all over again, with my starting point being the set of 12 images that I choose for this particular page. And after that another page. Until I am done.
But that is for another time, probably July.
Back to my interior photographer page. I have produced a set of 12 images which hopefully show a good variety of my interior work, covering a range of subjects, environments and lighting.
Tomorrow I will post and write about one of my favourite interior photographs, which is a picture of the interior of Bordeaux Cathedral, a fantastic building in, erm, Bordeaux. But more about that tomorrow right here on my photography blog.
As a photographer, the pictures I take are the single most important thing to me. Backing up my digital files is crucial to my photography business. My photographs are my business.
I have a rigorous process for managing my images, and how I back them up.
This is what I do. And when I say do, I really do! All the time.
I have a card holder with blank, formatted memory cards. I take memory cards from here for every shoot I do. Each memory card in this folder is empty, and has been formatted in my Canon 6D.
I have another card holder where I place a memory card after each and every shoot. For my ease these two cases are different colours!
I know which cards are blank, and which have those important images on them. And if I am travelling, the memory cards with my images on stay with me.
When I am back in my office, I import the images into my Lightroom Catalogue. The images are added to my Western Digital external hard drive. A duplicate copy is created on my Dell PC hard drive. I do not delete the images from the card. Not yet anyway.
My Lightroom Catalogue is stored on my PC.
I also back up my Lightroom Catalogue very day to my PC.
I use Backblaze for my cloud back up. This is an automated cloud backup, which runs in the background all the time. It backs up everything on my PC hard drive and me external hard drive. This includes the images on my hard drive and my Lightroom Catalogue.
I have a 4TB external hard drive, which I update at least every month. I save all my images and my Lightroom Catalogue to this external hard drive. This hard drive is stored off site.
I have a separate wallet where memory cards are placed after I have imported the images into Lightroom. Only when I have done my monthly external hard drive back up do I delete the images from these cards. I then format them in my Canon 6D and place them in the card holder which lives in my camera bag.
Having updated my external hard drive, and placed it back in its off site location, I delete the duplicates of my Lightroom imports from my hard drive.
This is how I manage my digital images. The images are always in three separate places.
I have both the images and the edits I have done saved in all three locations.
I you have any questions about backing up your photographs, and looking after your valuable digital images get in touch with me.
And for all my clients, you can be reassured that your data is safe and secure should you ever need your images in the future.
Photographer - Bournemouth, Poole, Sandbanks, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, London
I hope that the series of construction product photography images that I have posted over the last couple of weeks have been of interest to you, and have provided you with an insight into the variety of construction products that I have photographed.
I hope that these posts have also demonstrated how I may help you by taking photographs of your product on a construction site.
Wherever or whatever the product is that you require photographing, please get in touch me with me if you have a construction product/ product that you require photographing.
You can get in touch with me either through my contact page, by phone or by email - just head over to my home page where these are both prominently displayed.
For those of you who are new to me and my professional photography work, here are 10 reasons why you might like to contact me to photograph your construction product, construction site or finished building.
Well anything related to the built environment at all really.
(And Chartered Construction Manager by the way) – I have proudly held the professional designation MCIOB for some years now.
I was delighted to achieve my Licentiate in the British Institute of Professional Photographers a few years ago
Note - These two on their own are enough for some people - which is why I start with them – I know you are all busy people out there so if this is all you need to know get in touch with me here and forget about the next 8 points, as good as they are.
I managed to pass the health and safety test with flying colours recently (phew)
My collection of PPE is suitable for most construction sites. I had to purchase high visibility trousers recently to complete the luminous clothing set!
I am comfortable working on construction sites of all shapes, sizes and complexities, and more importantly I am more than comfortable working with construction people at all levels (talking of all levels I am fine working on roofs, scaffolding, in excavations – anywhere on site – you just provide a safe place for me and I can be there taking photographs).
My photography equipment has evolved over the years and my work in a wide range of live site environments to allow me to quickly and efficiently photograph any construction site. It is durable enough to withstand the rigours of live construction sites any time of the year.
I am highly skilled in digital image processing, producing technically accurate and correct images. No architect likes their building to look wonky in a photo after all do they?
I can also produce images that are consistent in style from different shoots in different locations on different days.
I am the only person you deal with from start to finish - I answer all enquiries, develop the brief, produce the quote, agree the scope, plan the shoot, take the photos, edit the photos, issue the photos and submit the invoices. There is no one else – just me.
Don’t tell anyone but sometimes I have been asked to provide a next day service which I have successfully done each time it has been asked for, once producing the fully edited images for a 9am deadline the morning after an afternoon shoot (this is subject to some sensible restrictions such as if you want 300 individually hand edited images it might take me a little bit longer - I am good but not that good!)
I always find that people who enjoy what they do produce better work than people who don’t, and I seriously enjoy taking photographs of construction products and construction sites, buildings, architecture, interiors – anything that is built basically.
On my construction product photography page you can view the selection of 12 images that I have posted recently on my photography blog. I have other pages on my website which may be of interest to you, many of which are due to updated soon with new images and new text. These web pages are specific to the commercial photography work that I do, and are as follows
Industrial photographer (coming soon)
Product photographer (coming soon)
I have a very specific equipment set-up which I use for my commercial photography work, consisting of my trusty Canon 6D along with a selection of Canon L series lenses (including my Canon 24mm tilt shift lens). I take most of my images using my Manfrotto tripods with Manfrotto geared head, and have other bits of kit that I have picked up along the way to photograph challenging situations. This specialist kit includes a painter’s pole – trust me this really gives me an unusual view on many scenes.
I pack all the gear for a shoot in a backpack, the Peak Design Everyday Backpack, ensuring I am mobile and nimble (well as nimble as a 40 something Northern builder can ever be).
I also have a boot load of other gear just in case…
I also have lots of other images on my website that show a wider range of my landscape and travel photography work which may be of interest to you.
I pride myself on providing high quality, technically correct images. I have a number of repeat clients, and I am able to reproduce the look of images from one shoot to the next.
I am highly skilled in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop, and process each and every image individually.
Finally – I have photographed the built environment for architects, major construction companies, developers and product manufacturers. I have also photographed industrial sites and plant, all of which give me a diverse range of experience in the construction photography and industrial photography environments.
Thank you for reading this post, and I look forward to hearing from you whatever your construction related photography enquiry.
Construction Product Photographer
Me taking a picture of Durdle Door
Yes. A picture of me. That makes two. The one on my profile here and on my website, and now this one.
This is a picture of me taking a picture of Durdle Door with my Canon 6D and Canon 24-105mm lens. Edited on my iPad Pro using Lightroom Mobile.
Wearing my special Animal hoodie, branded with the town where Animal is based, Poole in Dorset.
I processed this picture of me myself - well I would do wouldn't I!
Rick McEvoy Photography
Tuesday 6th June 2017
KRend is the UKs largest independent silicone coloured renders manufacturer.
This is the case study showing one of the images I submitted to the client.
It might sound easy photographing render but there is quite a lot more to it than meets the eye. The render was white, so had to appear white. Which on large flat areas is no mean feat, needing all the technical image capture excellence that my Canon 6D gives me. That and some precision image processing in Lightroom and an amount of tidying up in Photoshop.
The images looked great and the client was delighted – a good job all round. I wanted an ultra modern look which I have achieved here. One thing I need to point out is that these are the backs of the houses!
Rick McEvoy Photography