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On Assignment – Corporate Photography

This section of the blog features a collection of posts related to assignments and commissioned work in corporate photography.

On Assignment: Retail Architecture Photography – Griffintown Properties for First Capital Realty

Following last year's assignment for First Capital Realty at Place Viau, I was commissioned with a fresh batch of properties to photograph this summer. As usual for this type of project, the most important aspect is to try and show the property: at a busy time of the day, with people walking around and with buses (if relevant) and cars. For the first property on the list, a Pharmaprix store, I wanted to highlight how close it was to another property and the fact that a bus...

On Assignment: Retail Architecture Photography – Place Viau Supercentre

Earlier this year, I was contacted by First Capital Realty to create a series of the Place Viau Supercentre located in St-Leonard on the Montreal island. This shopping centre was built in 2014 and designed by the Montreal based architecture firm MSDL. For this specific project, the client requested that the images delivered follow a format with a ratio of roughly 2:1. It was also important for the photos to be lively and feature cars and/or people. Finally, the focus had to be on major retailers. For the overall...

On Assignment: Corporate Architecture Photography – Capital One Office Building for Montoni Group

To complete this series of corporate architecture photography projects photographed for Montoni Group in 2017, I thought I would share pictures of a new Capital One building located in Montreal. Shooting the facade was straightforward, I arrived on location late afternoon to capture the sunlight illuminating the facade and stayed for the evening to capture additional dusk shots. As you can see below, although the exterior is pretty simple architecturally and very functional, it does features some interesting design elements. However, what impressed me the most about this building were...

On Assignment: Corporate Architecture Photography – Lumenpulse Headquarters for Montoni Group

Another definite highlight of this summer was getting the opportunity to photograph the new Lumenpulse headquarters in Longueuil (east of Montreal). I already had the opportunity to collaborate with The Montoi Group earlier this year and I was thrilled to be chosen for their latest completed project.   This project was rather straightforward, however the main challenge here was to be able to capture the entirety of the rather long building. In those situations, the best approach is to switch the camera to portrait orientation and shift...

On Assignment: Corporate Architecture Photography – Volvo Trucks Repair Center for Montoni Group

  There is no secret to architecture photography. It's all about being there at the right time, no matter how early it has to be. Although in most cases, I shoot blue/golden hour photos at dusk, it does happen once in a while that I have to do it at dawn. In this specific case, considering how this main facade of the Volvo Trucks repair center (built by Montoni Group) was oriented (south and east), I had no choice but to get up at 3am in order...

On assignment: Hospitality Interiors Photography – Novotel Hotel Montreal II

  A couple of years ago, I was commissioned by Novotel to photograph their Montreal hotel. It was a really fun shoot and although this new shoot with them was short and didn't include lifestyle photography, I had a great time capturing the new rooms which look amazing with their neutral colors and modern look. As usual, for this type of photos, I used my 24mm Tilt Shift and merged vertical images into a panorama. Thanks for viewing! David Giral is a published Montreal/Toronto based editorial and commercial professional photographer specialized in architecture, interiors,...

On assignment: Retail Interior Photography – Accessories Store Montreal

After a busy winter, I thought you'd enjoy a little update on some interesting projects  I've shot lately. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to photograph a beautiful accessories store in Montreal. For this short shoot, I decided to plan the project at dusk as I wanted to minimize reflections from outside. I really like how it makes the interiors stand out. Thanks for viewing! David Giral is a published Montreal/Toronto based editorial and commercial professional photographer specialized in architecture, interiors, portrait and travel photography. Blog | Flickr | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | LinkedIn | Email | Fine Art America Text, photographs, and other media are...

On Assignment: Hospitality & Lifestyle Interiors Photography | Novotel Hotel Montreal

A few months ago, I had the pleasure to have been commissioned to photograph the Novotel Hotel in Montreal. Hotel photoshoots are among my favorite assignments as they mix lifestyle and interior photography. One of the challenges of this shoot was to make sure to follow the guidelines from the client and produce slightlty overexposed high key images with some blown highlights. Gear-wise, most of the interior photos were taken with a 24mm Tilt Shift lens and most of the lifestyle pictures were taken using a  Nikkor...

On Assignment: Commercial Interior & Food Photography for ARK Vegas Restaurants at Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino

It seems that Las Vegas  is slowly becoming my second home with two assignments there during this year. Having worked with ARK Vegas in the past, it was a pleasure to oblige when they asked me to shoot their newly redecorated restaurant, the Yolos Mexican grill. This time was a bit different from last time as we started with some food photography before moving onto more classic commercial interiors photography. Just like last time, the assignment was exciting and challenging, however the client's help and feedback was invaluable. Check out...

On assignment: Architecture Photography – Real Estate Portfolio for Manulife Financial

This last year's highlight was definitely being chosen to shoot Manulife's financial real estate portfolio. This assignment brought me to more than a dozen locations in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. The shot list included  hero shots of the exteriors and for some locations, lobby shots were taken. Here are some of the best pictures taken during this assignment. 55 Murray Street, Ottawa 55 Metcalfe, Ottawa 150 Slater, Ottawa 2000 Peel, Montreal Manulife Headquarters, 200 Bloor Street East, Toronto Lansing Square, 2551 Victoria, Toronto Yorks Mills, Toronto Thanks for viewing! David Giral is a published Montreal/Toronto based editorial...