Tadsen Photography

This week Tadsen Photography got to indulge one of its favorite specialties - photographing large scale industrial equipment. A company in a nearby town needed images of burners, devices that combust fuel and blow it into a boiler in order to heat water. The burners are about as high-tech as I can imagine, with built in computer control and regulation of every aspect of operation and even aerofoil-shaped louvres to facilitate air intake.

We Photographed the product from many angles using specialized lighting techniques and later cut out all of the images from the background.  Post-production is every bit a part of the photographic process in today’s world and Tadsen Photography prides itself on being post-production as well as image capturing experts.

Today Tadsen Photography had the pleasure of photographing an industrial concern in Kenosha from a helicopter.  Helicopter photography is fantastic - there are no altitude restrictions like there are with fixed wing aircraft, and you can bob and hover in the air at just the right spot needed to get the shot.  Doors are removed for glass-free shooting.  The low altitude gives a great angle on the subject.  Fixed-wing shooting would create an image with way too much roof.  Onward and upward!

The new Alexander Company website, designed by Planet Propaganda, features the work of Tadsen Photography in the section which details the staff. Go to http://www.alexandercompany.com/ then to “company” then to “people” to see the work of Planet and Eric Tadsen. The photos were created by doing three separate shoots of real and mock meetings. The lighting looks natural but is the result of carefully placed strobes wirelessly synced to the camera to allow mobility, giving Tadsen Photography the ability to create an editorial/documentary feel in commercial photographs.

Tadsen Photography is very excited to be photographing meat products today.

Next week we will be doing a traveling job, creating architectural imagery for a huge condominium complex in northern Wisconsin.

Tadsen Photography encourages everyone to attend the Fete de Marquette next weekend at Yahara Park here in Madison. Look for Tadsen Photography wandering around and checking out the scene.

Tadsen Photography spent a rather pleasant day puttering about the Milwaukee Museum of Art on Sunday.  Milwaukee is starting to have a cosmopolitan edge to it and the museum is looking very nice.  I can’t tell you the artist on this piece, but the photographs one can get of it are startling.

Tadsen Photography was privileged to document the collection of Bull Semen for an article that appeared in In Business Magazine. The process is very interesting, though I’ll spare you the details.  This documentation was done at ABS (American Breeders Service in Deforest, WI).  ABS has over 1000 animals, all male, and takes its business very seriously.  There were a lot of great opportunities to capture the bulls and the bull wranglers.

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Tadsen Photography is Eric Tadsen, a free lance photographer based in Madison Wisconsin.  Eric focuses on Editorial, Lifestyle and Architectural photography although he considers himself a generalist and likes to do almost all kinds of photography.  Eric has over 15 years of a experience as a free lance professional and has worked with a number of large clients and ad agencies.