Custom Photography

Photography is the first, and one of the most important, steps in creating that perfect backing you need for your set. Although we have an expansive, and ever growing, stock catalog to choose from, we also offer custom photography for site specific backings.

Our offerings for custom photography include:

  • Site and set drawings review from experienced photographer Joe Kitchen

  • Thorough planning to ensure the image produced maintains the correct parallax and scale.

  • Expert photography by Joe Kitchen

  • Crafting of the perfect panorama taking into account overall size, position on set and number of directional views within the backing

  • Expert image retouching covering color correction, digital retouching and alterations

  • Secure and safe image transfers for client review

 

Joe Kitchen, Director of Photography & Art Production

Joe Kitchen, our director of photography and art production, began his career in 2007 photographing architecture & interiors throughout the East Coast. He has worked with numerous architects, interior designers, construction managers, advertising agencies and hospitality firms creating images of the built environment for their marketing. In 2019, he began working with another backdrop firm, capturing the photography for that firm’s backings, before moving on and helping to create Precision Backdrops. Since then he has produced hundreds of images for backings, many of which have been used in narrative productions throughout North America and Europe.

During his tenure as an architectural photographer, he perfected numerous skills that all assist with the creation of backing imagery including:

  • Logistics and planning, especially in regards to site issues and orientations, weather & unique lighting conditions

  • Composing architectural images while maintaining proper vertical and horizontal perspectives

  • Utilizing multiple tripods and shooting positions

  • Foreseeing and working around onsite obstacles and obstructions

  • Editing and post processing images of the built environment

  • Creating a network of digital artists and retouchers for image manipulation

  • Reading architectural drawings and using them to visualize how how interiors and exteriors would look in real life, a skill that greatly helps with visualizing how backings will appear on stage, based on set plans, and making adjustments for scale and parallax accordingly