I was hired to shoot architectural interior and exterior photos of Fogo de Chao’s newest location at Santana Row in San Jose, California. There are several challenges to this spot – it’s on a high traffic location (both foot traffic from the mall and cars from the main roads), it has a stoplight and streetlight right in front of it, and the way the building is oriented – both dawn and sunset shoots don’t provide ideal lighting. I ended up shooting at dawn on two different locations, mostly to minimize the foot and car traffic. Shooting a large building without room to back also presents challenges (without using a distorting wide angle lens) – which means using a specialty architecture lens like my trusty 24mm tilt/shift Nikon. I love that lens, and I use it for all my architecture shoots.
Exterior of Fogo de Chao
Outside patio with tables set up
Fogo de Chao exterior shot from across the street at dawn
Creative shot of Fogo de Chao’s entrance and signage shot with a tilt-shift lens
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