Houston Photographer Patrick Bertolino » Houston Skyline

The Fun Job

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:55:08 +0000

I was asked by a client if I had any photos of Houston’s beautiful skyline laying around. Since I didn’t I suggested they check stock photography for their needs, or hire me! Well, after a day of what I expect was unsuccessful or out of budget searching, I got the call. It’s one thing to get paid to do what you love, it’s another to get paid to do something you would literally do for fun! Enjoy…

Downtown Houston Skyline

Downtown Houston

The Savoy Hotel : Not the explosion I was hoping for

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:09:54 +0000

I heard two words: “building” and “demolished”

That’s all I needed. I did a horribly lacking amount of research to get the start time. 12 midnight.

“Well, I have to wake up at 6am for an early shoot – but how many times do you get to photograph one of the oldest buildings in downtown Houston go kaput?”

Plus I had an advantage on vantage point – 19th floor balcony of the Houston House Apartments. The ingredients are all there – camera, tripod, building, view, etc.

My lack of research? Well, with more research I may have found that they weren’t going to implode or explode the building with all the magic of C4 – like a glorious end to an old icon. No, they were going to tear it down with a crane – a slow, painful death. One we don’t have time to watch. One that doesn’t do much for the camera.

At the stroke of midnight – they started laying down planks for the crane. That’s about it.

At 2am my interest went in REVERSE. Feeling sleepy and defeated I gave up – but decided to create an explosion of my own:

Here’s an update on the state of the building:

Tree Installation at One Park Place

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:57:55 +0000

I photographed the installation of a bunch of huge palm trees onto the 8th floor of the new One Park Place Apartment building adjacent to Discovery Green. They had to build these monstrous cranes to hoist them up and block off 4 streets!

David Copperfield

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:40:04 +0000

Hocus Pocus! These two images are actually the SAME image! This is what happens when you have to get a shot – against deadline – and someone has parked their car illegally in front of the building you need to showcase. I just wave my magic wand and voila! The car disappears!! This is Terry Stanfield’s new downtown office for Heritage Texas Properties.

Discovery Green

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:47:36 +0000

It’s funny how much pretty places can look at twilight. Especially with some interesting lighting. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to pull this shoot off – there were what seemed like thousands of people there to ice skate…on a Monday. Discovery Green is a breath of fresh air in a concrete jungle. It’s a great start – I certainly hope there is more of that kind of city planning on the way….

The moon WAS bigger!

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:38:17 +0000

My good friend, John Hall, informed me that the moon was going to appear larger in the sky due to it’s proximity to the earth. Check THIS LINK for more info on that. Anyway, I thought it may be a great opportunity to photograph the moon coming up behind the downtown skyline – because from where I live, I see it rise from there many times a year… Well, I didn’t account that the moon will not always rise in the same place, so what you are looking at is my interpretation – enjoy.