Work
Architecture, Cardiff

Prospect Place

2024
Prospect Place

A waterfront scheme in Cardiff Bay, caught on a clear morning with the tide in and the sky wide open.

We worked the building from the water's edge, holding the reflection and the brick together as the light climbed. A second pass through the afternoon added the warmer frames for the campaign.

The set was finished in the studio to keep the sky and the stone in balance across every frame.

From the quay
From the quay
The retouch

Sky and stone, kept in balance.

Drag to compare the frame as shot with the finished plate.

Retouched image
After
Original image before retouch
Before

The brief

The waterfront gives you one good window of light and a lot of moving sky. We planned the shoot around the tide and the sun, then finished the set in the studio so the whole run reads as one clear morning.

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