Facilities Fusion

Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail, Office, Education

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If you have made it to this section of my visual endeavors you will undoubtedly have noticed that I create photos & videos of Facilities of all kinds. I have worked on over 100 Healthcare projects over the last 20 years but have shot Nuclear Waste Repositories as well as Intel Production Facilities.  My experience is diverse.

 

The visual stories I create with still and video say something about a specific place.  How, What and Why are questions I ask myself and others before Production begins. This fusion of work revolves around 4 cameras.  The Canon C300/C100, 5D4 and the GoPro.

 

Advertising and Marketing imaging requires a diverse list of capabilities.  Being able to capture stills for publication as well as excellent broadcast quality video is the essence of my work today.

Timelapse shot a very long time ago with a few Canons & GoPros.  Not my best but still like it.

TimeLapse & HyperLapse

SmithGroup still and video shoot.  This was really fun to shoot with panoramas,  dollies and slider moves galore.

The importance of these two techniques to tell a story about a structure and how people use it can't be understated.  Having spent a lot of time with this style of shooting I see more and more uses everyday.

 

While there are many different approaches being used ultimately I believe the GoPro will be the capture device of preference.  Currently the camera has many drawbacks for Lapse use.  It's still poor in low light for instance compared to any DSLR and exposure control is lacking.  Nevertheless I see these problems being non issues in a few years.  The future for action cameras and TimeLapse are bright.

 

The Scottsdale Library video on this page uses Canon DSLRs and older GoPros v2s.

Video and Fluorescent Lighting

Shooting under fluorescents was always challenging with film.  While easier with digital, shooting indoors with a ballast that cycles either at 50 or 60 Hz can cause flicker problems.  Being out of sync with shutter angle/shutter speed combination can cause major headaches in post production.

 

I have found CMOS cameras are very sensitive to flicker in video footage.   In an office available light environment using a 180 shutter can be a problem or not.  I point the camera at the lights and stop down and send it to a monitor for review.  So far this has worked pretty well but shooting at 23.98 seems to cause more problems than 29.97.  Changing the shutter angle to 144 can help on some cameras.   Testing on site seems the only solution.

 

Getting good video color reproduction in interiors under fluorescent lighting is bit more complicated than shooting stills.  Aging ballasts also contribute to the complexity of shooting video.

 

 

Many of the A/E/C videos I produce use lots of timelapse to tell the story.  This one is about flooring.

I travel with 3 GoPro cameras and 3 Cinema/DSLRs for all A/E/C projects.  Typically I run 3 cameras simultaneously.

360 VR video has potential for complex interior architecture stories.  This is a moving hyperlapse shooting technique.