Inside the Bay Area restaurant phenomenon, Burma Club, in San Francisco's Mint Plaza. This photo shoot was a rare treat, a chance to photograph inside an architecturally fascinating space, filled with an entire gamut of textures, colors, lines, and lighting. But this chic and elegant space was also challenging to shoot. I wanted to capture the brilliant sunlight streaming in through the floor-to-ceiling windows on one side of the restaurant, while also keeping the inner rooms dark and moody. Managing this extreme range of exposures was a real balancing act. I also had to make sense of all the lines going through the scenes, arranging foreground and distant objects in the frame in a structured, pleasing way that shows off the architecture and ambience of the space in the best possible composition. A mistake I see many beginning architectural and real estate photographers make in a complex lighting situation like this is to over-light the scene by using too much flash, or by editing the photo too light, resulting in blown out highlights with no detail and shadows that look too light and weak. While this may result in a photo where technically you can see every detail, it won't capture the emotional feeling of the space, which is what we interiors photographers always strivie for. In these photos, I restrained my use of flash in order to preserve the moody ambience of the space, but I did use some flash to manage the hazy fringing around the windows from the strong incoming sunlight, and to bring out texture in the would and tile. What do you think of the new Burma Club? Have you been? Have you tried their famous tea leaf salad? For more architectural photos like these, check out the link to my online gallery in my bio. #BurmaSuperstar #BurmaLove #Restaurant #Burmese #Food #Hospitality #Bar #SanFrancisco #CommercialPhotography #ArchitecturalPhotography #InteriorDesign #Architecture #Cuisine #Culinary #Salad #Cocktail #Lunch #Dinner #Eat #Family #AnthonyBourdain #TeaLeafSalad #Tea #RealEstate #RealestatePhotography #Foodie #chef #sf (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDNS9BXDsif/?igshid=1hjjsidjjtgia
