Recently, I was commissioned to complete various gas station photography images of the new branding of Tempo gas stations in Southern Manitoba. The goal was to create images that really stood out to the consumer. Colorful, inviting images that represented the feel of the new brand through photography.
I really wanted to make the images of this gas station stand out. I have a competitiveness in my photography. I want to take the best image. I will study other examples and figure out how I can do better. It is just the way I am. To achieve this, I took multiple image during different times of day, over several days.
A lot of architectural photography is just waiting around. Waiting around and more importantly, planning. You want those perfect conditions to really make the property stand out. I feel like these images of this gas station do just that. To some this might just be a gas station, to me it is everything. You set a high goal, you plan and you prepare until you achieve that goal.
Below are a few of the resulting images photographed this summer.
Gas Station Photography:
Moving cars create streaks of light in the background. © Robert Lowdon
Gas pumps photographed in the early evening. © Robert Lowdon
A vertical of the gas station at night. © Robert Lowdon
Early twilight with the sun setting in the distance is featured in this gas station photography. Conditions are really essential in these images, in the a nice moderate sunset is very complimentary, where a more dramatic one could take away from the image. © Robert Lowdon
An aerial image of the Tempo station gives contest to the community that surrounds it. © Robert Lowdon
Daylight adds a different feel to the property. © Robert Lowdon
A wide angle shot of the gas pumps, gives depth to the image. © Robert Lowdon
Wide angle, straight on. The changing colour of the trees in the background are complimentary to the yellow in the Tempo logo. © Robert Lowdon
Sun rising behind the gas pump, with a motorcycle in the background, priceless. © Robert Lowdon
Close up of the Tempo logo on a pump with the sun rising in the background. © Robert Lowdon
And that wraps our gas station photography shoot.
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