9.1 JEFFREY JACOBS ARCHITECTURAL WORKSHOP
Capture Integration sponsors Jeffrey Jacobs Architectural Workshops as part of their Master Series Workshops held in Kalispell, Montana. Capture Integration is a high-end photographic supplier business formed in 2004 in Atlanta with offices in New England and Miami. CI’s president, Dave Gallagher, has an impressive experience of working with… Continue reading
8.3 FEATURE PROJECT: CORNER HOUSE TRINIDAD TOBAGO
In the midst of a conservative well-to-do neighborhood, with ‘architectural cakes’ behind high walls and fences lies this jewel-like quirky ‘corner house’ designed by the late architect Roger Turton. Like its owners the house stands proud, expressing the freedom to have its own authentic character without shame among its… Continue reading
8.2 PHOTOMATIX PRO 4
I concede Adobe Photoshop is an amazing piece of software for users … below sixty years of age! Okay, I confess to have struggled with compositing images with Photoshop layers and masks. Layers and masks still don’t make any sense to me even after I had to write out in… Continue reading
8.1 HOW TO GET YOUR PROJECTS PUBLISHED
In this global world we now live in, it’s interesting to realize that we can bring people together from other parts of the world and share cutting edge professional programs. For many years now I have been following Eric Bobrow of Bobrow Consulting Group ever since I met Eric… Continue reading
7.3 FEATURE PROJECT: ANI VILLAS, ANGUILLA
Overlooking the Caribbean from a bluff on the coast of Anguilla is a stunning project designed by LHSA+DP – Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership out of New York. Anguilla was the northernmost island of the Leeward Islands trip we made in June 2013 and I had planned to… Continue reading
7.2 WEBSITE UPDATE
While my website was slick and contemporary, I had received a number of criticisms about its structure. Expression Engine is not an easy web engine for photographers and so after some considerable research, I came to the conclusion that WordPress was the web engine of choice for photographers. I therefore… Continue reading
7.1 ARCHITECTURE MATTERS
I am due to give a talk at the Annual American Institute of Architects Fall Conference on ‘Architecture Matters’ in Bozeman, Montana in September 2013. I immediately started thinking about how I could make a connection between the theme of the conference and what I have been doing… Continue reading
6.3 FEATURE PROJECT: MELON STUDIO, ST. LUCIA
Perched on a hillside overlooking the suburbs of Castries is a studio occupied by a firm of architects, Melon Design. The studio is a single room with a long white central worktable along which no more than 5 or 6 persons sit at their computers. Above the central table… Continue reading
6.2 EPSON CHALLENGES LUMIS TO PATIENCE
Patience is a virtue. The cost of using sophisticated technology and equipment in the third world and how to deal with complications is an experience worth sharing. There is no way to shorten this story – this is the very abridged version!
I purchased an Epson 4900 ink jet printer… Continue reading
6.1 TIM GRIFFITH WORKSHOP ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY: BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
4 days with Tim Griffith and 16 other participants at the Palm Springs Photo Festival in California. If you think that’s hot – try temperatures rising to 107F and cloudless blue skies!
For me the highlight of the workshop was Tim’s philosophy of architectural photography and then to put this… Continue reading
5.3 FEATURE PROJECT: HEAVEN & EARTH SPA, GRENADA
Grenada has a strong heritage rooted in Spanish, French and British colonial architectural traditions> Today the capital, St. George’s, enjoys a stronger historic tradition than most Caribbean islands. Despite the strong historic preservation movement in Grenada there is, in my opinion, some confusion over design aesthetics suitable for newly constructed… Continue reading
5.2 ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY READING LIST
Books on the topic of architectural photography have been a significant means of learning for me over the years. Limited books on the topic were available in bookshops or public libraries where I live in Trinidad and Tobago. This is by no means a definitive bibliography of literature but they… Continue reading