by Alex Hogrefe | Jul 4, 2011 | Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
Yesterday, while watching golf, I saw a commercial that folded paper out of a book into buildings that turned into a town which then grew into a city, etc. The commercial caught my attention not only because of its execution and concept, but also because the...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 28, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I’m increasingly becoming more interested into architectural photography. However, I’m less interested in the clean, flawless photos, and more about learning new, unique techniques and abstracting the images, similar to my approach with...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
If you have not seen this video by Alex Roman and you’re a student of architecture, watch it now. A buddy of mine in grad school showed me this video in the thick of thesis. The video has become a huge source of inspiration and has influenced most, if not...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been getting a lot of comments to start a Facebook page, so I thought why not. I like this idea because it creates an opportunity to get a community-like atmosphere going. The website currently feels very one-sided, and I’m looking for ways to...
by Alex Hogrefe | Feb 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I thought I would post some pics of my trip to NYC this weekend. I didn’t get off as many shots as I would have liked, but I was able to find time to experiment with HDR and some other post processing techniques. While HDR can bring some life to a dull...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I have not had much free time over here, but jet-lag has has kept me up so I thought I would post some HDR (high dynamic range) photos that I have been playing around with. What is interesting about these particular photos is that I did not use the DSLR camera,...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Check out this website for a huge archive of Photoshop brushes. Ive used this place for years and it has really changed the look of my work. I tend to focus in on the grunge brushes and the dry paint brushes. The effects can be see in the night Jindu rendering...
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The Honduras Project was recently published in Design New England. I was pretty excited to see the renderings make it in as well as the nice write up on the project. The office is hoping to raise money to build the church at no cost to the Guaimaca Mission....
by Alex Hogrefe | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The Krob Competition just posted the winners for its 2010 competition. If you are looking to find some inspiration for final project rendering styles, This is a good place to start. The competition emphasizes more traditional, hand rendered styles, although it...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 7, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I’ve recently been working on some renderings for a new project at work located in Honduras. In an attempt to avoid a computer generated appearance, these renderings experiment with multiple techniques to realize a more artistic painterly look. I’m in the...
