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Much of the construction process needs documentation, usually in the form of contracts, blueprints, bidding records, and the like. However, this doesn't provide a complete view of your construction site…
For most of my career I’ve been the quintessential one-man band, doing everything required of a project, above and below the line. I contract with the occasional assistant or two,…
7pm Friday evening through 7am the following Monday. That’s what I was told when asked to shoot time-lapse of an embedded track pour. A finished time-lapse film depicting the work…
THE BIG PICTURE Since 2011, I've worked as a project photographer on many private and public construction sites. From my perspective as an outsider, scale always impresses me, especially when…
A little over a year ago I began producing a series of extremely short films called “Inside the Fence”. The premise going in is that I’m on site for only…
Activities Worth Dramatizing I photograph construction scenes in unique and definitive ways: still photography, time-lapse and live-action videos. For dramatic effect, content is selected based on movement and moment, and…
For me the job of photographing people, project sites and machinery is play disguised as work. Construction is intense, tedious and dangerous. But it's enjoyable to document it and the…
Women in Construction Week – Portraits After all my years in business, it's still thrilling to get an email inquiring about availability. And when that email request involves environmental portraiture…
Quality Week is the time when Walsh employees working on projects across the US gather and get recognized for their hard work, safety regimens and team play. From newbies to…
I had occasion to listen to a conversation between Bob Patterson of Street Photography magazine and Julia Dean, the founder of the Los Angeles Center for Photography. I work as…