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Why Choose a Professional Photographer over Cell Phone Cameras?
Photography is a powerful tool. Photographs can tell customers who you are and what you do without using words. In a world of short attention spans, this is crucial. But, it is a bad idea to use a random photo you find on the Internet. Firstly, most professional...
How to Make an Old Building Look New with Video
Drone Video is The Ultimate Record for Construction SitesFor many decades, the only way to capture aerial video footage was by hiring a full-sized helicopter and a licensed pilot to navigate a camera crew. This process was incredibly expensive, meaning aerial video...
How to Capture Great Wildlife Photos
So, what’s the secret to achieving great wildlife photos? Unfortunately, the best answer to that question is to invest in a 300-millimeter zoom lens. This piece of equipment is one of the best investments in equipment I have ever made. A recent trip to New York’s...
Photography Tips for the Construction Battlefield
Ted DeCagna has been shooting construction photography since 1997. I have a current contract shooting the progress construction of the State Attorneys Building in Brooklyn New York which is undergoing major renovation. While shooting on a construction site can be...
How to Shoot Product Photography that Communicates
We’ve all seen phone product shots that save money and look like amateur photos. Ted DeCagna shoots dynamic product photography for web sites that pop off the screen and communicate a message. Ted was recently given the assignment of shooting a metal chain to...
9 Great Tips for Shooting Construction Photography
Ted DeCagna has been shooting construction photography in New York City for 24 years. Recent assignments include the Verrazano bridge renovation, Bronx High Point Tower Museum Restoration and Shirley A. Chisholm State Office Building in Brooklyn. Several basic but...
High Contrast Lighting? HDR Is The Solution
Did you ever find your real estate subject is hit with bright sun light on one side and extreme dark shadow on the other side? This is a common problem when shooting outdoor real estate especially when a 3-quarter view of the building is simply the best angle of the...
Ted DeCagna Moves the Statue of Liberty
June 2021, Ted was recently commissioned by a large UK tanker company, Suttons International to capture one of their tanker trucks just outside the Bayonne, NJ container terminal and requested that The New York City skyline and Statue of Liberty to be in the...
Happy Accident Great Photos Happen!
It doesn’t happen very often but once in a while a happy accident photo opportunity comes along. Above is a recent construction photo Ted was assigned to take at Newark International Airport. What he captured was four construction workers pouring cement for a new...
Ted DeCagna Shoots Brooklyn State Office Building Construction
Ted DeCagna was awarded a 24-month contract shooting the restoration of Shirley A. Chisholm State Office Building at 55 Hanson Place, Brooklyn. The 106-year-old state building, erected in 1914 is badly in need of exterior stone and brick and restoration. ...
Photoshop Retouching Can Save the Day
Often photographers are given challenges to get a good shot but there are obstacles that are in the way or out of our control. Recently Ted was asked to shoot a roofer demonstrating a roof safety clamp product on a typical house roof. Ted was able to capture the...
The Excitement of a Construction Photo Shoot
Why Settle for Boring Industrial Product Photography
Ted DeCagna Receives 2 New Photography Awards
October 14, 2019, Ted DeCagna has received 2 new photography awards from a highly respected national design organization…American Graphic Design and Advertising, Ashland, KY. The 2 photographs will be published in a design annual titled American Graphic Design...
Ted DeCagna Shoots Verrazano Bridge Renovation
Ted DeCagna was selected by a major New York Metropolitan bridge builder, Kiewit Infrastructure, to shoot their majorrenovation work on the 55 year old, Verrazano Bridge, linkingBrooklyn, New York with Staten Island. The Verrazano is the longestsuspension bridge in...
Ted DeCagna Receives 2 New Photography Awards
August 2, 2019, Ted DeCagna has received 2 new photography awards from a highly respected national design organization…American Graphic Design and Advertising, Ashland, KY. The 2 photographs will be published in a design annual titled American Graphic Design and...
Ted DeCagna Shoots Exciting Robotics Product Photography
Ted has been shooting all types of product photography since 1997, from Italian ice to cancer treatment machines, but a recent assignment may top the list for exciting product shoots… robotics used for pharmaceutical and biotech purposes. This shoot included...
Ted DeCagna Shoots Bridge Collapse Evidence, Elizabeth, NJ
Ted DeCagna was recently called upon by a private construction company to document serious overpass/bridge concrete slab failure and collapse in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The City of Elizabeth discovered a one eighth mile section of...