In workplace design, there are some spaces that are just inherently difficult to capture cleanly no matter how you approach them. That was the case with this space at the Khoros office designed by Austin’s Urban Foundry Architecture, where they created a dynamic work environment with multiple breakout and collaboration spaces mixed in with the workstations themselves. These spaces were given separation through the implementation of screen walls which help visibly and physically divide the functions, but while doing so, make a particular challenge for us photographers. To add to the challenge, this shot in particular was created towards the end of a very full day of interiors, which led to our pushing through the photography as quickly and efficiently as possible. After coming up with a comfortable way of arranging the existing furnishings to our selected composition, we proceeded to capture a variety of flash frames attempting to isolate varying sections of the space in a way that made sense to me when thinking down the line of how I would approach the compositing in post-production. This led to thinking of the space as a foreground, divided into two - left and right, a middle ground, and the remaining background information. The lighting within the space was very challenging, so choosing to light the majority of the two nearer spaces with supplemental lighting was a no brainer, but the nature of the screen walls meant that this would be quite the challenge once back to the computer.

In this video, you will see as I struggle through piecing all of these sections together to create a clear image that describes the spaces and their connections well.