Round rooms seem made for a fisheye lens. This is the inside of the green glass globe at Martin University. You can catch a glimpse of it while driving westbound on the north side of Interstate 70 coming into downtown Indianapolis. It is an interesting, unusual teaching space that seems perfectly suited for it’s use as a Nasa Lab. Taken with the camera mounted on an 18′ extension pole and a remote trigger.
Work
A Second Architectural Photo Published – AIA Architect Magazine
Just getting around to posting this second photo published in Architect Magazine last year. It is project photo number 4 of 10 “Cultural” projects awarded last year.
Here’s a link to the article: http://www.architectmagazine.com/cultural-projects/cultural-facilities.aspx
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is the 4th photo in the slideshow
See this post: https://dadartphotography.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/capture-indy-photo-3/ for another photo of the monument.
Vincennes Photos Published
Photos of the new Vincennes Roger’s Clark Middle School were published in “American School and University-Learning by Design” magazine.
I took these at two different times; on a blazing hot summer day as construction was finishing up preparing for school start-up in and again after a few weeks of school. This is an interesting project for many reasons but one of them is that it was fun to photograph. Lots of color, big swooping terrazzo floor graphics, and nice details. It’s also very energy efficient which is why it was awarded “Outstanding Project” in the Sustainability and Learning” catagory. Here’s a link to the online digital edition of the magazine http://issuu.com/stratton/docs/lbd_fall2011?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222 . The Vincennes article is on printed page 38 or page 40 of the thumbnail pages.
More photos of this school can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmidtassociates/sets/72157626830637829/
Urban Times – Mass Ave Tree Lighting Photo
A photo I took of the tree adjacent to our office at Schmidt Associates has been published in Urban Times. Two credits here: 1. to Brian because I shot this (handheld) with his 70-200 2.8 VR lens, and to Jennifer for Photoshop cleanup and removal of some icky stuff in the photo.
Soon there will be lots of similar trees on Mass Ave as other businesses add lighting prior to the Super Bowl. There is a link to the online article below this snip.
http://www.urbantimesonline.com/2011/09/lilly-day-of-service-to-transform-mass-ave/
Photo featured in AIA Architect Digital Magazine
This photo of Plainfield High School was featured in Architect Magazine. Here’s the photo and a bit of a story:
The hostas were in bloom and it was a hot morning so I was looking for some shade. Unfortunately the hostas were still wet with morning dew and there were several tall weeds towering above the hostas and grasses. I carefully climbed up onto the planter and pulled the weeds which much to my chagrin came up with huge clumps of dirt attached to the roots. Then brought the tripod and camera up, waded into the corner and got fairly wet from the plants. It was a little awkward trying to ‘get real low’ without sitting down in the plants and it created an audience gallery at a big window to the left of the photo (unseen here). Afterward, a teacher thanked me for my weeding efforts and said I could come back anytime… It’s nice to be recognized as being good at something. This was my favorite shot of the day. I was happy to see it picked as the ‘cover photo’ of the articles slideshow.
Below is a snip of the webpage and a link: http://www.architectmagazine.com/education-projects/educational-facility.aspx
Here’s a snip of the slide and text from the article:
This project (along with other photos) was also featured in the 2009 Architectural Portfolio of SchoolDesigns.com http://schooldesigns.com/Project-Details.aspx?Project_ID=3678
Even more photos of this incredible Schmidt Associates project at Plainfield High School can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/schmidtassociates/sets/72157626954548646/
Portraits Published! well, sort of…
I’ve been taking portraits of folks at the office recently. A few of them were recently posted on our “Sustainable Stan Journal” blog. Mugshots of the six member Sustainability Committee are featured at the bottom right side of the page http://sustainablestan.blogspot.com/
Regarding my foray into portrait shooting, a big Thanks to Paul D’Andrea for his friendly mentoring and helpful tips regarding lighting for the shoot http://pdaphotography.com/.
Auditorium Photos
I am priviledged to take Architectual photos of projects for Schmidt Associates (where I work). I love taking photos of Auditoriums. Not sure exactly why but they always turn out to be some of my favorite shots; somehow they tend to look better than I expected when composing the photos.
Here are a couple more examples.
New Plainfield High School Auditorium
ISU – Auditorium Addition and Renovation at Bayh College of Education building
DADart Photography 