Friday, October 14, 2022

Bedroom interior photograph

 If we've worked together, wether I assisted, you assisted me, you are the client, etc., It doesn't matter really - You know I am prob the least "stiff" photographer out there. I do take my job seriously, but we are going to laugh at work. Period.

I have taught this to students for years, if someone doesn't like working with you, they won't. It is so true for many reasons, but in photography, working on set has so many extra stresses that a traditional office doesn't. You cannot let those ruin the day or change the dynamic.  One of my assistants recently said to me " Jason, you have a solution for everything!". It may not always be the right solution, but yes I do.  I took that statement as a badge of honor to wear proudly! Even if the solution is just to not lose my mind over a mistake, and just tuck my head down work harder to make whatever happen correctly the next try - that's what I am doing. In most situations, its simply making sure everyone walks away from a photoshoot saying  these 3 things.. 

  1. That was fun!
  2. We love these images!
  3. We'd totally work with Jason again! 
No one is perfect, except Chuck Norris and Jason Statham, (and I'm certain Mr. Statham's parents named him after me). But I strive to be in the eyes of my clients, with a little fun and humor sprinkled on top, and in my opinion it's a formula that works. Don't worry though, I definitely photoshop out any spirits or ghosts that show up in your interior shots if my ace assistant cant ward them off first - at no additional charge!

Have a happy Halloween from Jason Jones Photography!!!

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Supply chain issues, photography, and how I learned to love the uncertain...

Supply chain issues

 When keeping up with current events, and talking about supply chain issues, everyone thinks about baby formula, new car microchips, and other various industrial things / manufacturing. Rightfully so, these are at the forefront, because they are things we depend on across social, religious, geographical, or cultural boundaries.

 No one really thinks about supply chain issues affecting photography. To be fair, I joke with my clients all the time (and for many many years) about how no one asked the photographer's thoughts before they built this house! But I honestly think photography and video production has seen a biased, heavy hit from them. In the last 2.5 years, I can barely remember the number of photoshoots I have rescheduled at least once, due to delay in construction, materials, appliances, or permits. Everyone is short staffed, Appliances get put on the S.S. Black hole at port, only to reemerge when Mercury is in retrograde at the same time Jupiter aligns with Pluto on the second Tuesday of the month.

  Most people would see this as road blocks, or overwhelming challenges that are just too much. I can appreciate that. For my clients, who are dealing with end users and hard deadlines, they have enough on their plate without listening to their photographer complain too! Thats why I see these challenges as just another problem I can solve for them. I have said many times, I am actually a problem solver, who uses a camera, common sense, and time my clients can leverage when thier daily calendar is already full. 

  From photoshopping in missing appliances, to flexible rescheduling without cancellation fees due to these specific issues, I have developed a whole slew of solutions for my clients. While I cannot solve every single world problem, I can make what is in my domain a priority. In any creative role, not just photography, adapting, and overcoming the problems presented is the real goal. Give clients solutions to their needs, when they need them. You'd be surprised how far that goes. So when others are stressing about these issues moving jobs around and causing issues - I am embracing it, and evolving with it. I love challenges and what they do for personal growth. 

  If your Architecture, Design or Construction firm needs a boost in the creative / marketing arena, give me a call or email and let's discuss what I can bring to the table, to help your business succeed... 

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

That went by FAST...

Office tower courtyard
 
  So here we are. Another year gone. When I did my obligatory end of year post for 2020, I said I was going to kick 2021's butt or something like that. I would say mission accomplished!


  I don't think any of us envisioned exactly how this year would go, but we had high hopes. For the most part, those expectations were met. I not only picked up new clients, I was just as productive with my existing clients as I have ever been. December is usually one of my slowest months, and as I wrap up the year headed back home from a shoot in DC, it is all soaking in at just how much WE accomplished. The flights are full, offices are bustling, and people along the way seemed happy for the first time in a long time.


  All that being said, I'll take it. We're never going back to the old normal, and thats actually a good thing. We've adapted, and are overcoming. As an Architectural photographer, adapting and overcoming is a necessary skill, but it's a great reminder there's bigger problems in the world besides the exposure triangle, composition, and access!


  Just like the last 12 years, this one is no different for me at its core. I create images, and handle all the issues surrounding the final product from start to finish. From Dallas to Atlanta, Florida to D.C., and everywhere in between, I have enjoyed your company this year - and the time spent creating images for clients in those places. Architectural and Interior photography is a lifestyle for me. I live and breathe it. As always, let's make next year even better. I'm certainly ready!


Hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Years!

Jason Jones

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Texas Architectural and Interior Photographer

Serving Dallas, Austin, Houston, Atlanta Georgia, Tampa / Orlando Florida, Washington D.C., Boston and Phoenix.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

2021 - A traveling Architectural photographer's bad dream...

 

The Jones Family in Colorado
  Ok, that title was clickbait. It really isn't a bad dream, in fact, it's a pleasant dream compared to 2020. Let's forget that year happened and move on!

  Back to the point - as a traveling photographer, my business, and life was upended in 2020, just like 99% of the rest of the world. We all take things that happen to us personally over the same thing affecting someone else, but at the end of the day, we all have suffered adversities, but have the same chance to rise above this.

  I am a "glass half full" kind of guy. Life threw Covid 19 at me, and I saw a chance to take some much needed time off that I would never have electively taken. Once I got that out of my system, it was back to work. I am extremely blessed to have the best clients in the world. It took some brainstorming, and a complete upheaval of how things had been done in the past, but we found a way. Just the same as taking a curve ball and still getting a home run out of it. Was airports fun in 2020? NOT FOR ONE SECOND... But, let's be honest, they weren't that much fun in 2019, 2018, 2017, etc., either. Did driving to 3x as many jobs as I used to instead of flying make me any less productive? Not one bit. I am an architectural photographer, but in reality, that means 80% of my week(s) is being a weatherman, logistics coordinator / dispatcher, and fireman specializing in burning dumpsters. I problem solve 100% of the time. It's really what I do, but that doesn't look as cool on a business card as photographer, so I picked a fun niche to problem solve in. That has never changed. Solving problems since 2007. Actually "Problem Solver" might be cool on a business card, but I don't want people to think I am a mob enforcer, or the Wolf from Pulp Fiction.. I'll stick to photographer for now.

  Looking back on 2020, it was different, but not too much.We still traveled as a family, despite not having as much freedom, and being much more cautious. It made remote locations more appealing over touristy stuff. It put a new perspective on appreciation. I still had clients who believed in me enough to make things happen, and I did the same in kind. I feel we will never go back to 2019. But that's ok. I am a better person having rode 2020 out, and I look forward to 2021. It's going to be interesting, if not an adventure. I'm already booking travel gigs this year, and working on some new clients to expand my operational areas even further. 

  We may be isolating ourselves from each other, taking precautions we never imagined, and using technology to get things done in new and exciting ways, but as always, I am here, ready to work, however that looks. Let's kick 2021's backside!

Painted desert, AZ


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Monday, March 2, 2020

Contrast is King...

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There is a great joy for me, when clients like to design with bold colors and contrasts, just as much as I like to photograph them.  Pastels from the same sleeve of a Pantone color bridge certainly have thier place, and sometimes a room of complimentary, soft and soothing earth tones are exactly what is needed. However when contrast works, it WORKS.

While I may seem biased, stay tuned for part 2 of this post, where I give love to the soothing, creamy, neutral tones I know many of you love.


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Monday, February 3, 2020

The Devil is in the Details...

Getting some up close shots of design, is just as important as the whole room view. Good design is about every detail, and the sum of those for the whole.

Don't let good things go to waste using the widest lens [insert coolest camera gear mfg.'s name here] on sale last Black Friday for everything. Your design is personal, so get up close and personal with it!


My clients have enjoyed multiple ASID, AIA and NAHB awards for thier designs submitted with my photography. Let me help you get the recognition you deserve .

Jason Jones Texas Architectural and Interior Photographer

Friday, January 4, 2019

Have you ever felt like something had your name all over it?

JJ's Place in West Texas
I have a love affair with West Texas. Even in my first couple of years as a freelancer, jobs in the area past Weatherford, and not quite into New Mexico yet have always found me. It's a place I've always loved to visit, and theres a little something for everyone.

  I have driven I-20 back and forth between DFW and El Paso (in sections or wholly) literally hundreds of times. I never really thought about it, but I can't remember the last time I saw 20 Eastbound in the daylight, which explains why I have never laid eyes on this gem. Coming back from a job in the Permean Basin, I laid eyes on those two rusty steel J's from a mile away.

  For obvious reasons if you know MY name, you know why I stopped. I also happen to be a picking/antiquing/junking aficionado, so this was doubly exciting! The building has seen better days, and I'm sure this place didn't have a good reputation as a clean watering hole for thirsty families on their way to Dallas - and thats ok. It's rough around the edges, and a little more in between. Thats how I like it. I would have waded past some 3 patch bikers and outlaw truckers back in the day to sit on a stool in here when it was open, just to hear some stories and see "Texacana" in the making. Which brings me back to the point of this post....

  As I travel Texas, Ive been diligently photographing things like this and tucking the files away. I don't know what I'll do with them just yet, and honestly I had backed off the passion for doing it a little bit the last year or so because of how busy I've been with traveling to places other than Texas. I have a couple of coffee table book ideas floating around, and some fine art ideas to work on, but this was a great reminder that sometimes things have your name written all over them. Stop and look - It could be just the boost you/your spirt/passion needed.


Monday, June 4, 2018

Was it destiny? Success means different things Part 2.




Thankfully, I havent forgot to bring my
camera to a shoot since!
Getting film developed was a regular task then.
Do you think sometimes "this is what I was meant to do!"? I do. ALL the time. I struggled to find my place for many years in a different career, fighting the urge to quit because I feared the unknown. 

Fear of failure, fear of mistakes, fear of anything actually - has kept many good people from doing what they should be. Once you overcome it, so many possibilities reveal themselves, and the prior path to that point will look MUCH different when it's behind you, than it did in front of you.

Looking back, I think I was always supposed to be a photographer / producer. I certainly didn't run down that path the first chance I had, but it came back around when the time was right. So many opportunities I have had, would not look or be received the same a few years before they actually presented themselves.
My dad had this Yaschica 35mm SLR camera he bought so long ago I couldn't even tell you how old it is. He only had a couple of prime lenses for it, and it is as basic as it gets for a camera. But he traveled the world with it, and going through old photos, you can see the care he put into what he documented. He still has that camera some 45+ years later. Im actually VERY jealous of the simplicity and how it allows you to just focus (bad pun intended!) on the scene and craft. Devoid of all the modern features a $4000 DSLR has to make sure you nail the technicalities right off the bat.

Once I came along, dad didn't hang his camera up. He just drug me along. While it was always a hobby for him, he still took pride in what he did and his photos. Looking through old albums, it's like I was there, or it brought back the memories just as I remember them. I am quite certain (even if unintentional) he passed this on to me. My love for photography, as a job, hobby and craft, is certainly attributed to the childhood he gave me.



Dad in the early 70's, getting ready for
shore leave in Europe.

Friday, May 25, 2018

Success means different things, at different times.


Disappointed they did NOT have an Ansel Adams stamp...

Taken in 2009-ish. I know.. It was a nice
thought though!

Before I finally quit my 9-5, and long before I made a living as a photographer, I knew I wanted to be one. I had no idea my path would lead me to where it has - something I am truly grateful for, and still have no idea where I may end up.

When I was working a "regular job", I barely had time, or the the money (and never both at the same time) to REALLY travel. I did what everyone else does, and dreamed of destinations through photos I saw. I always told myself, and my wife, we would go there someday. In my mind, I knew we probably wouldn't, but it's nice to dream and hope. Fast forward to when I was getting close to quitting the corporate world for a life of freelancing - lofty goals and high expectations, that were quickly shot down by the reality of working harder than I had ever worked before, and learning what "Hustle" truly meant. I still dreamed, I still aspired. Without goals, work is pointless.

I remember reading about Ansel Adams and how he came to be a household name, what his photographs meant, etc.. I had always liked landscape photography, although even early on I knew a career taking only landscape photos was probably not a realistic occurrence for most people. I mean even if it was to sell a few prints here and there for pocket cash, that was fine by me. Sometime in the early 2000's I literally told myself I wanted to be "there", when I saw the picture of Ansel on top of his station wagon in a random book or literature. "There", as in "I made it", was just as much a state of mind, as it was standing on my truck in an iconic location to shoot some amazing photo, just like Ansel Adams did.

As things, and life, go, I went a different way. I still remember that conversation I had with myself, what I EXPECTED out of that goal at that moment, like it was yesterday. What I did NOT know at the time, was that success is not always what we thought, or wanted it would be.

Fast forward to April 2018 - more than a decade later. I walked into the Ansel Adams gallery at Yosemite Natl. Park, bought this post card and jotted on the back an obligatory "here", so as to not mail a completely blank postcard. I mailed it to myself from the Yosemite Park Post office next door to the gallery, which had an added bonus of a Half Dome postmark stamp too. When I came home, and retrieved this postcard out of the mail it dawned on me. I DID make it. I DID succeed. I actually teared up, because I realized what had REALLY happened with my life, and the long hard road of sacrifices my family has made to get me here too.

I've sold several landscape prints in the last few years, that I had taken on my travels that photography paid for. I walked the same path at Yosemite that Ansel did many years before, because of money I earned from MY PHOTOGRAPHY.  In the last 4 years I have taken my family to nearly every state in the lower 48 (many of them multiple times), driven coast to coast, and to 3 countries. In 2015 we drove enough miles to circle the equator, plus throw in a trip to the North Pole from Dallas. I made it before I even realized it, but it took Ansel Adams himself (in a weird name dropping way!) to make me realize it.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Dallas commercial real estate market is HOT!

 I've always said "There's no place like Texas...". No words have rang truer over two decades than that one sentence.

 2017 saw a boom unlike any most have experienced with real estate, commercial and residential. With companies like Toyota, Boeing, and host of others moving their HQ's to the Lone Star State, its sizzling hotter than 1980's junk bonds! The looming decision of Amazon's new headquarters location (with Dallas as a possible contender) just adds fuel and mystique to our fire.

 If you're a broker, principal, agent or property manager, get ahead of the listing and tenant game with top notch photographic representation of your properties.

 Wether it's aerial photography, ground level stills and video, or interiors (OR a package deal with it all!), contact Jason Jones Photography to get the edge and brand recognition you need.

 Servicing commercial brokers, real estate agents, construction, golf course, land and ranch, civil engineering, insurance, oil and gas, and any other industry that needs QUALITY photography and video.

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

My instagram page and feed!

  I have to confess something - I avoided Instagram for quite some time. I keep facebook to just close friends and family members, and just didn't see any need for multiple social media outlets. I really didn't. When I went through my last image / business rebranding (which was long overdue), I decided to give Instagram a go, and see how it played out.

  I was shocked at what I had been missing out on! It was so much more intuitive for a photography business as a regular outlet. I shoot so many photos that never make it to my website, or they are behind the scenes stuff, etc. It's been a great way to share those "live", as I take them, instead of forgetting the image is on my phone for weeks. I do occasionally toss some portfolio stuff out there to remind my audience what it is I am truly passionate about doing - Commercial Photography.

  If you're bored, nursing a paper cut from writing a check to pay the water bill, or truly interested in what I do with my time on and off set, go have a peek at my Instagram!

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Another study...

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I, like many of you, work out of my home. So forgive me if I am a little biased towards a soothing, functional home office / study space. I get genuinely excited when I do a walk through and one is on the shot list!

I think this speaks for itself - so I will shut up and let the image do the talking!












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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

A lake house project...


Stunning lakeside house in Texas.
 It's easy to get distracted or fixated on one thing. I tend to find the "hero" image from a project or shoot, and focus on that for portfolio material or promotion. Of course all the images I create are amazing (sarcasm dripping all off of that comment!), but for every portfolio image you see, I spent a whole day, sometimes several on location, shooting other equally great images. For whatever reason, they just were not the "feature" image.

   This blog post will be a slight departure from the usual, in that I will show you several images from the same project. I think it's worth noting, that many photographers can cherry pick a few images from a few shoots for an impressive website. But when you hire a photographer, you need someone who can shoot every room of the house with the same stunning look as that one hero image. I'll shut up, and let this gorgeous custom home, built by one of my best clients, do the talking - because it is way more interesting than I am!

Soak up the lake view, and morning sun in the formal living area.

Enjoy the breeze on this amazing patio!

The lower level wine room is to die for!

My favorite feature in a house - ever!

This beautiful kitchen is one of my favorites.

This is a home.

     
Even the lot is amazing!


  Texas, Oklahoma, Gulf Coast, Florida, and New England Architectural photographer

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Custom Home by MJ Brown Distinctive Homes

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Personal work - Keeping the spark alive.

Lido Key, near Sarasota Florida.
  I am a worker. My dad taught me to work from an early age. Always rise early, work late, complete the job you were paid to do on time. Things he still tells me today.  30 some-odd years later, I rarely ever sleep in, I cant remember the last time I was in bed by 9pm and I work until the job is done.

  The problem is - all work and no play makes me a dull fellow. I still love photography the same as when it was a hobby (despite the old saying "This job killed my hobby".), but it was rare that I got to do it for myself. Clients will always take precedence.

  About 5 years ago, when my travel work really picked up, and I was literally travelling coast to coast. I knew this was a golden opportunity to do a couple of things, and instead of "burning out" like some people do on the road, I made some solid decisions about my career, life and leisure.

  1. Make my family part of it. They routinely come with me when I travel. We homeschool our kids for this reason, and enjoy every minute of it!
  2. Every destination, after the job is completed, I take a small slice of time to see something off the beaten path, soak in some local culture, or just sightsee for things I'll never find in Dallas.
  3. I continue to have time blocked off solely for personal work. In my case, I absolutely love shooting dramatic landscapes. I do not pursue them as a business or as part of my income. They cost me a fortune sometimes (travel) to take, but are worth every penny in sanity, and relaxation. Sometimes this time is integral with a destination a client has flown me to, sometimes it is just a specific goal I have had. I roll with the opportunities as they come.

I've been extremely blessed to have a large network of friends and clients, who have taken my personal work into their publications, galleries, offices and other places to exhibit, and occasionally sell, solely because they believe in me, and what I am doing. I've never considered myself an artist in the sense of a painter or sculptor (and still don't), but in a world of creating things to other people's specifications, this is my "no rules" outlet. And I love it.

 Below is some of my favorites of the many places that I have been able to travel, and take my family to enjoy with me. I may not be an Ansel Adams or Peter Lik, but if you'd like to spend 4 to 6 figures on a print, I'll forget all about that "not pursuing as a business" thing I mentioned earlier!

Be sure to follow my Instagram as well. It's regularly updated with a mix of personal work, behind the scenes photos, and general photography observations that would never make it to a portfolio site, or have a full blog post made about them.

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde Natl Park, Colorado
Maine

Boston, Mass.
Montauk Point, Long Island NY
Orizaba,  Mexico

Texarkana, Texas


Monday, September 18, 2017

Advertising and Editorial Photography by Jason Jones

  While a good part of my work is  in Architecture and Interiors, there is quite a bit of crossover, and many assignments come in the form of advertising and editorial work.

  I am truly jealous of people who can effortlessly write amazing content, stories and books. Writing, along with painting, are two creative things that helped drive me to the backside of the camera! Just as architecture and interiors crosses over with other photography, writers sometimes need images to round out the concept they are conveying. This crossover is where I come in, and work my magic.

  Whatever story your publication has in the works, I can provide excellent imagery to accompany it. My photography was first published in 2001, by chance, when this was still just a hobby and a dream. Since then, I have had thousands of images published in just about every medium imaginable, across the country, with some even internationally!

   Photography is no longer my hobby, it's my only business. Trust your brand to a professional, and call or email for a quote today.

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Monday, May 22, 2017

Architectural photography.

  While I participate in several genres of photography, my favorite, and first choice is Architectural Photography.

  There is something about the the lines, materials and form that always call my name. I love to take it a step further and add a touch of the human element when I can for comparison to the organic world, and a sense of scale.

  I think my love for Architecture started long before I was involved in photography, but one of the "ah ha!" moments came for me when I was first starting out, assisting a local photographer who was shooting an editorial article on a house in Ft.  Worth, built by the Architectural legend, I. M. Pei. His work was almost entirely commercial buildings, but he did design a couple of residences. Standing in one of them (it is not anything open to the public or easily visited) was an honor. The commercial / industrial influences were very strong in the residential design and it felt very much like a museum, yet still warm and cozy, as a house should be.

  Being able to combine these elements of design was very influential on my eye and tastes when photographing projects. I always want to show form AND function of a space, with scale and human element. Sometimes it is easy, sometimes it is not. I ALWAYS love the challenge, and strive to perfect it.

Call or email Jason for a quote on your next project.

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Friday, May 5, 2017

It's not always the one you'd think it would be.

Twilight / Dusk image of a secluded lakefront property
Real Estate Dusk / Twilight Image Overlooking Lakefront Lot
  In real estate photography there are some givens, and obvious choices. No matter what the property's condition is, or location, a front exterior elevation photo is needed for EVERY listing. This is the curb appeal that every buyer wants to see before they even inquire about a property.

  We also have the kitchen, the master bedroom, a family area, etc.. All the standard rooms that pretty much every house in America has. But as any top agent will tell you - you're also selling a lifestyle when you enter the luxury level market. That lifestyle can be many things, from a full floor media center, a 16 car underground garage for the collector, an indoor half court gym, (all of which I have seen more than once on shoots), or more commonly, the location.

  More often than not, your buyers are looking for properties in locations that suit their lifestyle. Taking a couple of hours to find some shots/angles that sell the lifestyle of the property along with the bricks and shingles that make the home are a guaranteed way to boost your listing's exposure and traffic. That boost equals SOLD. Ask your real estate or architectural photographer about dusk / twilight, as well as community and amenities shots for your next property. You'll be glad you did.

  Contact me to discuss your Real Estate, and Architectural photography needs.

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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Dallas High Rise Office Space...

The gorgeous new office space for the attorneys of the Dallas firm Strasburger has been one of my favorite projects this year. The new build out on the 60th floor of the Bank of America Building in downtown Dallas features only the best finishes and furniture.

The simple, yet functional interior design for this commercial office space is a stand out of the many real estate and design projects I photograph for Dallas' businesses each year. It actually makes my job easier when this is the kind of hard work so many people put into a space before I arrive with my team and gear. Wether it's a new law office for the country's top attorneys, or finish to suit retail space for lease, or anything in between, I can deliver the best representation for your design firm portfolio, brokerage, investor brochures, annual reports or any other reason you need to document your latest project or acquisition.

Contact me to discuss your Real Estate, Commercial property, or Interior Design photography needs and let's get the ball rolling!

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Solar Panel Inspection for Property Management and Insurance Adjusters - Dallas Texas Aerial Photographer

Texas Aerial Photography solutions with drones and unmanned aircraft
  Drones are not just for real estate photography, but a myriad of other industrial uses too. Let's take a look at a case study / practical example.

  An apartment complex with 16 buildings, all of them are 2 or 3 stories tall, with no internal access areas to the roof (stairs or built in shaft), due to the residential tenants, and liability reasons. A storm comes through with VERY high winds and/or hail. This is extremely common in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas during the spring and summer months.

The property management doesn't immediately notice any power issues, but would like to check everything out and get ahead of any problems before it cause an interruption in resident electricity service. A normal inspection would require a 2 man crew, climbing 30+ feet of portable ladders, and repeating that process for all 16 buildings. This could take 2 days, and will certainly present a safety risk to any maintenance staff or contractors with the repetitive ladder climbing. Not to mention the labor cost for 2 contractors, or just the time spent away from other maintenance duties if utilizing property staff.  For a simple inspection, this already is starting to sound like a daunting, expensive task, especially just to confirm everything is ok.

  Bring in a drone. In just a few minutes, the UAV can be airborne from a ground station, and fly each building without ladders, climbing or other unnecessary risk to employee/contractor safety. A previously full 1-2 day inspection job, can be completed in a few hours with an unmanned aerial drone, at a significant cost savings.

  High resolution photographs of each array, single panels and even overviews of the entire complex are easily and quickly obtained. These can also be used when applying for "green" tax and utility credits, to prove technology usage. Inspections can also be utilized for insurance adjusters who are overwhelmed with claims immediately after a storm hits an area, and may take months to get out to each site personally. High resolution aerial photographs of roofing shingles, solar panels, Air Conditioning units, and other building and property damage can expedite claims processing, or be used to justify emergency repairs necessary before an adjuster can even review anything.

  Have a licensed, qualified UAV pilot perform an inspection immediately, the next time there is a "surprise" from mother nature!

Saturday, February 25, 2017

General Tso's Chicken - Dallas Texas Food & Advertising Photographer

  While this dish is a 20th Century creation for the North American Chinese Cuisine market, I am quite confident that Zuo Zongtang, the man who the dish is named after, would be quite proud of it.

  As a food and advertising photographer, presenting simple dishes is harder than it seems. For me, it is a welcome challenge that keeps my mind sharp and creativity flowing. It's one of the things about photography I love so much.

  I would love to discuss your upcoming menu revamp, or new concept, and get you great images to represent your brand. With all the online options such as Yelp, UberEats, and a dozen other delivery and review services, great photos will make that first impression to get customers in your doors, or on your app to order.