All around us, architecture shapes attitudes, facilitates experiences, provides comfort and safe haven, and even stands as an impressive statement of expression and design. For our architecture, real estate, interior design, and destination club clients, expressing these environments is key to selling an experience, an atmosphere, or a property by creating an emotional connection with the audience. Some of our most memorable experiences have come from traveling the world, photographing luxury architecture in some of its most picturesque corners.
ERIC RUSSELL PICTURES
PHOTOGRAPHY & MOTION FILM PRODUCTION
TRAVEL LIFESTYLE | RESORT & HOSPITALITY | INTERIOR DESIGN | COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
The challenge of traditional workflows
Managing the budget, logistics, and scheduling for a resort’s visual updates is a daunting task. When these assets are vital for driving bookings, finding a team that balances creative excellence with operational efficiency is rare. Too often, production hurdles overshadow the ultimate goal: capturing the high-impact imagery needed to build your brand and convert guests.
- Disruptive Multi Room Blocks
- Limited Weather Windows
- Delayed Post Deliverables
With over a decade in Resort, Architectural, and Lifestyle film and photography production, we are proud to offer a production model that is designed to ease the burden of rushed, stressful production and is guaranteed to take the visual imagery of your property to a whole new level.
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- TRADITIONAL
- 6-10 person crew
- Extensive gear and grip equipment
- Weather dependent limitations putting your investment at risk
- Disruptive, intense room block schedule for shoot and crew
- Delayed 2-3 week post production deliverables
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- STRESSFUL, INTENSELY PLANNED, HIGH IMPACT PRODUCTION DAYS, LARGE CREW / RATES
- PROGRESSIVE
- 2-4 person crew
- Lightweight, specialized speed light package for precise light painting
- Less Dependency on weather conditions/Ability to capture weather events
- Less disruptive, prescheduled, minimal room blocks
- On site post work/on site delivery of signature shots
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- LESS STRESSFUL, PERFECTLY PLANNED & EXECUTED PRODUCTION DAYS, MANAGEABLE CREW
The Proven Techniques and Technology
Managing the budget, logistics, and scheduling for a resort’s visual updates is a daunting task. When these assets are vital for driving bookings, finding a team that balances creative excellence with operational efficiency is rare. Too often, production hurdles overshadow the ultimate goal: capturing the high-impact imagery needed to build your brand and convert guests.
- Timelapse
- Motion Control
- LED (SP / Panel)
- Generative AI (limited)
Managing the budget, logistics, and scheduling for a resort’s visual updates is a daunting task. When these assets are vital for driving bookings, finding a team that balances creative excellence with operational efficiency is rare.
ERIC RUSSELL
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Eric Russell is a Director of Photography specializing in commercial production for Travel Lifestyle, Architecture, Product brands and agencies. His background in Advertising as a Creative Director and owner of his own Design and Production Studio combined with over 20 of production experience has become a valuable asset for his clients, as well as the crews he works with.
ERIC RUSSELL
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Eric Russell is a Director of Photography specializing in commercial production for Travel, Lifestyle, Architecture and Product brands and agencies. His background in Advertising as a Creative Director and owner of his own Design and Production Studio combined with over 20 of production experience has become a valuable asset for his clients, as well as the many crews he works with.
Shoot, eat, sleep...and repeat.
We’re two decades in…and while the lion share of our work takes place on location, the creations born from our own studios and the unique production spaces we have the privilege to work in consistently contribute to a great experience for our clients and the overall success of a shoot.
Analog soul, digital hustle.
For us, the creation of still and moving pictures is really about the study of light, composition, and visual storytelling rather than the acquisition and command of vast amounts of gear. A lot of experience, pride and care has gone into the acquisition of the right tools and resources to craft deliverables with care, and deliver at speed.
Old rules, new tools.
Our curated gear kit strikes a balance of proven craft and modern efficiency. Each piece is chosen to support the essentials: light, composition, storytelling—while keeping pace with today’s production demands. While our gear kit is ever evolving to keep up with modern efficiency, it is also designed around the core principles and techniques of commercial photography / cinematography production.
LIGHTING / MODIFIERS
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SINGLE POINT LEDS (APUTURE)
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LED PANELS (APUTURE)
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LED TUBES (APUTURE)
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FLASH STROBES TTL (PROFOTO)
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HOT SHOE FLASHES (CANON)
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SCRIMS & FLAGS (MANFROTTO / IMPACT)
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SOFTBOXES (APUTURE / PROFOTO)
LENSES
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CINEMA PRIMES (SIGMA)
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SLR LENSES (CANON)
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MIRRORLESS (CANON)
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VINTAGE / SPECIALTY (HELIOS)
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ANAMORPHIC (ATLAS)
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MACRO (CANON / MEIKE)
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SPEEDBOOSTERS / EXTENDERS
CAMERAS
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FULL FRAME / SUPER 35 CINEMA CAMERAS (RED, CANON)
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DSLR CAMERAS (CANON)
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DRONES (DJI)
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FPV DRONES (DJI)
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ACTION CAMERAS (GOPRO / DJI)
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MEDIUM FORMAT FILM CAMERAS (CONTAX)
MONITORING
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DIRECTORS MONITOR (OSEE)
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WIRELESS TRANSMISSION / MONITORING (VAXIS)
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IN-APP MONITORING FOR PERSONAL DEVICES (iOS)
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ON CAMERA MONITORING (SMALL HD)
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FIZ UNIT MONITORING (TILTA)
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CLOUD BASED COLLABORATION (FRAME.IO)
MOVEMENT
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MOTION CONTROL (EDELKRONE)
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JIB ARM (EDELKRONE)
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HANDHELD GIMBLE (DJI)
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EASY RIG (EASY RIG)
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DRONE & FPV (DJI)
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ROTATION (EDELKRONE / DIGITALFOTO)
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