What I've been up to lately...

Darren Bradley

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In addition to being completely swamped with my "day job" lately, I also agreed to do a photo job last weekend for an architect who was just finishing up the design of a new restaurant here in downtown San Diego. Just finished processing the photos. Here are a few...





 
I bet its very satisfying having nice photos of somthing like that after you have just finished putting the final tweaks to it?!
Very nice shots as usual! Just need some people now ;)
 
Super shots, Darren. The compo in the 2nd one is cool, in particular the two foreground chairs, which make you just want to sit there with someone you like and have a chat. (And of course a drink!) Also, I love that soaring cieling in the 2nd one.


On the big screen,...that image is something you put there in PP? (Or maybe that's not a big screen but a painting?)

In the 3rd image,...I take it that's a mirror we're looking toward and you PP'd yourself out of the image?

Very cool stuff indeed!
 
Thanks, guys.

Hamish: Yeah, it was a lot of work. I usually take very spontaneous shots, without the benefit of scouting the location, setting up lighting, or lots of time to think about it. That usually means I just get what I get and have to do a lot more PP to get something I like. But in this case, I had the luxury of all that planning and people helping out, so I did most of the work before I ever pressed the shutter. There wasn't much processing needed. Doing the work up front is very different and more physically taxing... I was exhausted at the end of the day. I did tell them I'd go back when it opened for some shots with people in them. That'll be more my usual thing.

Brian: Thank you, sir! That image on the big screen is already there. I didn't add it. It's just a backlit photograph. On the third shot, those aren't mirrors, but photos of women burned into metal sheets. So I didn't have to PP myself out of the shot. It was already like that but just hard to see what it is because of the lamp in front of it. There are other shots where I did have mirrors I had to deal with, however.
 
They are all luscious, but the composition on #2 is outstanding.

Whats the restaurant?
 
Thanks, Chris. The restaurant is called Red Light District Dining Room & Social House. It's on the corner of 4th and F Street in the Gaslamp District. It opened on Thursday.
 
Might have to give it a try then - did you get to sample the food?
 
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