HILTON Resorts
/HILTON RESORT Chicago
/Overview
HILTON
Hilton Hotels & Resorts is a global brand of full-service hotels and resorts and the flagship brand of American multinational hospitality company. As of December 31, 2018, there were 586 Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties with 215,623 rooms in 85 countries and territories across six continents.
Services Rendered
01/ Photography
Back Story & Approach
A few years ago, I was retained to photograph a polo match for the magazine Hawaii Polo Life. I was interested in using the built-in focus tracking capabilities on an old Nikon D4 I was using for these shots. During the morning matches, I set about doing motion tracking shots while also using a shutter drag - all in camera.
A year later I received a call from a company in New York who had a client (HILTON Resorts) that wanted to purchase the image for use in a new resort in the Chicago area.
OUTCOME
/Results
After a few phone calls and emails with the agent in New York, I resized the image and inverted the image (so the horses were running from right to left), the photo was installed in the lobby of the HILTON Resort Oak Brook.
HILTON Resort Oak Brook Installation
Installed image in the hotel lobby.
HILTON Resort Oak Brook, Chicago.
/Challenges
/Solutions
01/ Photography interpolation of the original image.
I shot the core image at 16.2 MP thinking that it would be reproduced for a 8.5” x 11” sized magazine. When the image needed to be resized to be 34 feet length and a 5 foot height we had to interpolate the original image size. This was something I had never done before. After a bit of trial and error (and increasing the amount of installed RAM on my iMac), we were able to export the correct image for installation in Chicago.
HILTON Resort Oak Brook Installation
Original image shot for Hawaii Polo Life and now installed at HILTON Resort Oak Brook, Chicago.
Mokuleia Polo Field, Oahu Hawaii.
.WORK /HILTON RESORT Chicago