In this interview with Winter Park Photography photographer Steven Graffham, goes into depth about his passion for aerial drone photography. You have been shooting photography for years now, what led you to first get started in aerial photography?Whenever I see a video I am always studying to see how it is captured, and what type of equipment they might be using. For instance, I am studying it to see if they might have been using a boom or a smooth wide shot. A couple years back I saw a video that was filmed at a local wedding venue I knew. The video started off like any other video would with a low shot over the ceremony chairs as if they were using a crane; but then the video kept progressing, over the beach and then eventually to where it was about ten feet over the water. I was stunned and could not […]
Pursuing the Experience – How Hiking the Pitons Gave Me Insight Into Life
Everyone has a to-do list for life. Climbing a mountain was never on my to-do list, at least not until my long time friend and occasional assistant Steve told me it was. And so, the Pitons came into view. To-do list amendment (apparently) For over a decade now I have been lucky enough to travel to some very exciting locations to photograph hotels and, when I’m really lucky, the overall destination too. But all too often I fly in, focused on the job at hand and fly out immediately after without the chance to explore a whole lot. That is perhaps how it should be. However, while on a photo shoot in Barbados in late 2013 with Steve, he got chatting to one of the cleaners at our hotel about where she was from. (He likes to ask questions and is a generally curious man, so he usually finds out […]
Why the Right Hotel Photographer Makes a Difference
Choosing the Right Photographer All my life, I’ve loved soccer. I played as a kid, watch it every weekend, coached a team as an adult, and currently have season tickets for Orlando City Soccer. So when I was first invited to photograph a professional soccer match by a group of experienced sports photographers, I was thrilled and confident that I would walk away with amazing images. I had never really photographed the game before, but I was a good photographer and I knew the game inside and out. After the game, however, I was disappointed in what I had captured. Sure, I had a few good frames, but for the rest, my timing was off. I seemed to always have just missed the action while all the seasoned sports photographers were spot on almost every time. My inexperience was painfully obvious in comparison in both timing and the handling of […]
On Location with Cruise America RVs
Who, what, why If you’re not already familiar, Cruise America RV Rental is a company that not only rents, but also sells RVs meant for cross country road trip adventures. For online and printed marketing, they often update their images and video to reflect new models for rent or for sale. For Cruise America’s introductory, sales, and safety videos, local company Graft Inc. was brought in to capture every inch of three different RV models as well as them driving through scenic parts of the American countryside. Winter Park Photography was brought in to simultaneously photograph all three RV models for web and print materials, effectively rounding out the portfolio of useable marketing materials for the client. Two days, two locations Now, here’s the fun part. Day one was set in Central Florida’s Wekiva State Park. We arrived at 7am in 52 degree weather and within the first 30 mins, […]
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