No gain
Design / Aug. 14, 2009
Another quick photo illustration about the building industry trimming some fat.
Confessions
Design, Photo / May. 15, 2009
Given On Site’s content type and shoe-string budget, we don’t do many pro (or “pro”) photo shoots, but this studio shot was easy and effective.The Business Journal photographer’s hand-me-down camera that we had to use was so resolution challenged that I had to shoot Melissa as tight as possible and fill in the background in Photoshop. Even then we only managed 275 dpi.
And while we’re doing confessions, our “studio” is actually a storage closet which is still used as a storage closet. We occasionally have CEOs and other big-wigs in the office for interviews and still or video shoots. Watching their expression as they realize they’re being led into a closet instead of the photo studio they were imagining is priceless.
On the top of the world
Design / Nov. 14, 2008
Hot spots
Design / Aug. 15, 2008
Cover of the Fall 2008 On Site.
Spanning history
Design / Aug. 15, 2008
This started out as a small box to accompany an architectural criticism of the new Wilson Bridge., but another story fell through and we had some space to burn, so we initially decided to go shoot photos of the other D.C. bridges. Then I thought it would be much nicer and more “architectural” to have Luc Latulippe draw them elevation style. I’m quite happy with the way it turned out.
Mall of shame
Design / May. 16, 2008
Cover of the Summer 2008 issue of On Site. A faux tilt-shift image of the National Mall with cheeky (but common) complaints about the conditional and infrastructure (or lack there off.)
Lost in Space
Design / May. 16, 2008
This spread was an tribute to our now dead big brother, Conde Nast Portfolio — it’s a spitting image of a graphic they did on Nasa’s budget. While Portfolio did outer space, we did local commercial real estate space .
A vision for the Mall
Design / May. 16, 2008
I couldn’t find a map with the scale and detail level I wanted for this graphic, so I ended up drawing the whole thing myself. What are Saturdays for, no?