Here's a couple of pre and post photos from a recent project in Los Angeles. What once was a massive rail yard is now housing. Taylor Yard After Taylor Yard Before Stephen Schafer HABS/HAER Architectural Photography www.habsphoto.com Related articles Architectural Photographs PRE and POST
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PRE and POST Architectural Photographs
A couple more "Before and After" photos from a local project for Shea Apartment Communities in Oxnard designed by Architects Orange … and yes, it really did rain the day we did the photography. Artisan Apartments, Oxnard, CA in the rain.
Ventura Botanical Gardens Photography
Just giving back… here are some photographs that I donated to the upstart Ventura Botanical Gardens for use on their website…
Architectural Photographs PRE and POST
A friend of mine was looking at the little before and after photography gallery on my phone and reminded me that I should put some of the "PRE" and "POST" images on my blog and website to show how and what I do to make a picture of a building into what I call a…
Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects new website features Santa Monica Reststops
RNT Architects just announced their new website and one of the portfolios featured is the award winning Santa Monica Beach restrooms. We photographed these in November 2011 when they were just completed. The sides of the restrooms are perforrated stainless steel panels and at a distance they form a halftone pattern that depicts scenes of Santa…
Acronym Day: New HABS HAER HALS album on APT website
Just uploaded a few choice Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) photographs to the Association of Preservation Technology (APT) website. Stephen Schafer is a HABS Photographer based in Ventura, California. 805-652-1000
Architectural Photography = A busy 2014
2014 started out clickin'… Some challenging architectural photography projects sent us around the state of California to photograph apartment buildings and pools in the Bay Area… Elan Apartments, San Jose, California. Shopping centers on the Monterey Peninsula… The Dunes Shopping Center, Marina, California. We spent a couple days…
Chicago Theater Photo Lesson
If you're in Chicago with all your camera equipment… …And you can get a hotel room across the street from the Historic Chicago Theater… on the 7th floor… above the 'L' tracks… and you've talked the theater owner into turning on the marquee lights even without a show… and nobody parks a truck in front… and it…
A Day In The World Book Selection, Oxnard Documentary Photographs
Costco-Oxnard is famous now. ADAY.org book inside spread. Photo: Stephen Schafer. On May 15, 2012 a non profit organization, Expressions of Humankind based in Sweeden, set out to document the world by encouraging photographers of all skill levels to document a 24 hour period on one day, May 15, and upload the photos to be…
Nikon D800E – For Architecture + a Moiré Hunting Safari (Updated 5-’14)
11 things a still photographer found out about the Nikon D800 and/or D800E when it showed up yesterday. And a link to full size photos on Flickr showing uncorrected D800E moiré.