https://apalmanac.com A resource for working professional photographers and design industry professionals featuring news, commentary, equipment resources, and original articles Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:18:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 156681027 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/shelter-the-streaming-platform-every-architecture-nerd-needs-179710 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/shelter-the-streaming-platform-every-architecture-nerd-needs-179710#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=179710 Launched in the summer of 2020, Shelter is a self-described streaming platform for design nerds. Founded by Australian actor and producer Dustin Clare and his wife, Camille, the couple describes Shelter as being part of the next wave of streaming.  Rather than casting a wide net focusing on general entertainment (e.g.,]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/shelter-the-streaming-platform-every-architecture-nerd-needs-179710/feed 0 179710 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/architectural-filmmaking-part-2-creating-a-strong-foundation-and-not-biting-off-more-than-you-can-chew-178269 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/architectural-filmmaking-part-2-creating-a-strong-foundation-and-not-biting-off-more-than-you-can-chew-178269#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=178269 IntroductionIn my previous article on beginning your journey into architectural filmmaking, we weighed the pros and cons of delving into offering video services to your clients.  If you’ve decided that pursuing motion work is indeed the direction that you want to follow, let’s now identify and explore the initial steps you need to take in order to execute your first architectural video.What]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/architectural-filmmaking-part-2-creating-a-strong-foundation-and-not-biting-off-more-than-you-can-chew-178269/feed 1 178269 https://apalmanac.com/gear/3-reasons-photographers-need-a-camera-cage-178214 https://apalmanac.com/gear/3-reasons-photographers-need-a-camera-cage-178214#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:34:13 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=178214 Camera Cages are just for videographers, right? In this review I am going to show you why I love a cage for my hybrid work between architectural photography and videography. From day one I put my Canon R5 into a camera cage and only let it out of there for trips with the family, where I want to carry minimal equipment.]]> https://apalmanac.com/gear/3-reasons-photographers-need-a-camera-cage-178214/feed 6 178214 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/architectural-filmmaking-why-you-should-or-perhaps-shouldnt-start-the-journey-177319 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/architectural-filmmaking-why-you-should-or-perhaps-shouldnt-start-the-journey-177319#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:31:13 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=177319 Last year my fellow writer, Veeral, put together a fantastic article entitled, ‘Getting Started in Architectural Filmmaking’ which focused on the new opportunities the medium provides and showcases some beautiful examples of videos that take a more sophisticated and minimalist approach to capturing architectural space. ]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/architectural-filmmaking-why-you-should-or-perhaps-shouldnt-start-the-journey-177319/feed 6 177319 https://apalmanac.com/potw/learn-how-david-bewick-made-his-film-of-the-windermere-jetty-museum-138265 https://apalmanac.com/potw/learn-how-david-bewick-made-his-film-of-the-windermere-jetty-museum-138265#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=138265 We’re shaking things up with this Project of the Week by geologist turned photographer/filmmaker David Bewick. At the risk of turning this to Architectural Video Almanac, this week we are diving into the creative process behind this captivating piece of film featuring the Stirling Prize-nominated Windermere Jetty Museum.Dave]]> https://apalmanac.com/potw/learn-how-david-bewick-made-his-film-of-the-windermere-jetty-museum-138265/feed 2 138265 https://apalmanac.com/interviews/dmitry-tkachenko-teaches-us-about-his-architectural-time-lapses-17479 https://apalmanac.com/interviews/dmitry-tkachenko-teaches-us-about-his-architectural-time-lapses-17479#respond Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=17479 Dmitry Tkachenko is a photographer based in Oslo, Norway. I came across his amazing time lapses on Instagram and wanted to interview him about his process when making these videos. Kyrre: Hi Dmitry! Thank you for taking the time to chat with me.]]> https://apalmanac.com/interviews/dmitry-tkachenko-teaches-us-about-his-architectural-time-lapses-17479/feed 0 17479 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/footprint-where-the-towers-stood-a-film-by-sara-newens-about-new-york-citys-national-september-11-memorial-17597 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/footprint-where-the-towers-stood-a-film-by-sara-newens-about-new-york-citys-national-september-11-memorial-17597#respond Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=17597 As we approach the twentieth anniversary of the attacks carried out on September 11th, 2001, I continue to be affected by the ability of architecture to encourage the public’s memory to endure and, in the best examples, help them heal as well. The National September 11 Memorial in New York City is one such example.Based]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/footprint-where-the-towers-stood-a-film-by-sara-newens-about-new-york-citys-national-september-11-memorial-17597/feed 0 17597 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/rural-studio-love-stories-a-documentary-by-filmmaker-dave-anderson-and-photographer-tim-hursley-16913 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/rural-studio-love-stories-a-documentary-by-filmmaker-dave-anderson-and-photographer-tim-hursley-16913#respond Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=16913 With Independence Day in America having just passed, I was feeling nostalgic when considering what I wanted to share with our audience this month.  I decided to go back to my academic roots.  Being from the South, I recalled how nearby Auburn University’s Rural Studio, and in particular its visionary co-founder, Samuel ‘Sambo’ Mockbee, were so inspirational to me during my architecture studies way back when. ]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/rural-studio-love-stories-a-documentary-by-filmmaker-dave-anderson-and-photographer-tim-hursley-16913/feed 0 16913 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/eames-the-architect-and-the-painter-16664 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/eames-the-architect-and-the-painter-16664#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=16664 Icons of the modernist movement, Charles and Ray Eames, taught us to see the world differently.  “Eventually, everything connects – people, ideas, objects…the quality of the connections is the key to quality” Charles Eames famously stated.  Over their remarkable career, the Eames cultivated a design process where ‘learning by doing’ was their mantra and who vowed to never to delegate understanding. ]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/eames-the-architect-and-the-painter-16664/feed 0 16664 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/harmonizing-visuals-for-kengo-kuma-a-short-animation-by-brick-visual-15857 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/harmonizing-visuals-for-kengo-kuma-a-short-animation-by-brick-visual-15857#respond Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=15857 I have always viewed architectural visualization and architectural photography as two sides of the same coin.  They bookend the architectural representation process, the former being created at the very outset, while the latter wraps up the project’s design and construction journey. ]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/harmonizing-visuals-for-kengo-kuma-a-short-animation-by-brick-visual-15857/feed 0 15857 https://apalmanac.com/videography/getting-started-in-architectural-filmmaking-15452 https://apalmanac.com/videography/getting-started-in-architectural-filmmaking-15452#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=15452 In an architectural photography group I’m part of, there are always questions being asked in regards to getting started in architectural filmmaking. Even though I have covered architectural filmmaking through interviews with other photographers, there isn’t anything directed towards architectural photographers who are interested in making the shift to this medium.]]> https://apalmanac.com/videography/getting-started-in-architectural-filmmaking-15452/feed 11 15452 https://apalmanac.com/interviews/peter-marko-talks-about-his-deakin-law-building-short-film-15125 https://apalmanac.com/interviews/peter-marko-talks-about-his-deakin-law-building-short-film-15125#respond Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=15125 Over the past couple of years, I have been following the progress of the Deakin Law Building part of Deakin University in Burwood (Victoria, Australia) which was designed by Woods Bagot. Towards the end of the second lockdown in Melbourne, I had my chance to take a stroll around this building.]]> https://apalmanac.com/interviews/peter-marko-talks-about-his-deakin-law-building-short-film-15125/feed 0 15125 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/filmmaker-hao-chen-brings-us-the-sights-and-sounds-of-the-breathtaking-alila-yangshuo-14102 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/filmmaker-hao-chen-brings-us-the-sights-and-sounds-of-the-breathtaking-alila-yangshuo-14102#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=14102 What do you get when you bring together a hotel brand known for producing design excellence to traditionally less-traveled locales, a gorgeous, geographically-unique location, and an architecture firm known for designing some of the most extraordinary cultural buildings in the world’s most populous country? ]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/filmmaker-hao-chen-brings-us-the-sights-and-sounds-of-the-breathtaking-alila-yangshuo-14102/feed 0 14102 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/moshe-safdie-another-dimension-of-architecture-a-short-documentary-film-by-jia-li-13348 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/moshe-safdie-another-dimension-of-architecture-a-short-documentary-film-by-jia-li-13348#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=13348 Israeli-Canadian architect, Moshe Safdie, first visited China in 1973.  Little did he know then, that nearly five decades later, he would realize one of the largest, most audacious architectural projects not only in China but on the entire planet. ]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/moshe-safdie-another-dimension-of-architecture-a-short-documentary-film-by-jia-li-13348/feed 0 13348 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/these-videographers-risked-their-lives-to-film-1920s-new-york-skyscrapers-12054 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/these-videographers-risked-their-lives-to-film-1920s-new-york-skyscrapers-12054#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=12054 It’s incredible to think about what people in the 1920s went through to put food on the table. The title of this video describes how the men in the film risked their lives to build iconic skyscrapers in New York. The likely truth is that they risked their lives for their families and futures and not for New York itself.]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/these-videographers-risked-their-lives-to-film-1920s-new-york-skyscrapers-12054/feed 4 12054 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/personal-projects-by-two-singaporean-photographers-explore-the-city-states-diverse-heritage-and-collective-identity-11946 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/personal-projects-by-two-singaporean-photographers-explore-the-city-states-diverse-heritage-and-collective-identity-11946#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=11946 As the pandemic brought on by COVID-19 rages on, traveling beyond our city limits (or perhaps even our living rooms) remains an unlikely reality, at least in the short term.  Given that many of us are stuck at home, with more free time on our hands than we’re used to, I wanted to share a couple of photographers’ personal projects dedicated to showcasing the role architecture can play in crafting our sense of ‘home.’    ]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/personal-projects-by-two-singaporean-photographers-explore-the-city-states-diverse-heritage-and-collective-identity-11946/feed 0 11946 https://apalmanac.com/interviews/above-sharing-the-story-behind-the-architecture-of-the-estonian-national-museum-10432 https://apalmanac.com/interviews/above-sharing-the-story-behind-the-architecture-of-the-estonian-national-museum-10432#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 10:30:59 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=10432 Since I have started writing for APAlmanac, discovering how other photographers and film-makers using are motion to create a narrative about architecture has been fascinating.  Even the recent ZoomedIn Festival heavily touched on this subject matter as part of their talks.]]> https://apalmanac.com/interviews/above-sharing-the-story-behind-the-architecture-of-the-estonian-national-museum-10432/feed 0 10432 https://apalmanac.com/gear/five-gimbal-movements-to-help-create-beautiful-interior-and-architecture-films-7882 https://apalmanac.com/gear/five-gimbal-movements-to-help-create-beautiful-interior-and-architecture-films-7882#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:09:14 +0000 http://apalmanac.com/?p=7882 I could be wrong here, but the way I see it, the market for filming real estate and architecture is possibly more lucrative than its photographic counterpart. For this reason, I think it’s probably a good idea for us photographers to develop our skills related to filming.]]> https://apalmanac.com/gear/five-gimbal-movements-to-help-create-beautiful-interior-and-architecture-films-7882/feed 0 7882