28 August 2025

Locations that survive a second setup

A beautiful square at 8:00 can be a crowd at 11:00. We recce for the whole plot, not the first still.

Recce notes include sun path, power, toilets, and whether a 12K can enter the lift. Romance is for the treatment; logistics are for the PDF.

We photograph the space at the hour we intend to shoot. A dusk recce does not prove a noon still.

Permits name stills and motion. A photography permit that forbids ‘filming’ will stop the second unit.

Neighbors and security get a one-pager. Surprise is not a production value.

Weather cover is a real interior, not a café we have not asked. If rain is likely, the interior is already in the call sheet.

Dgti produces commercial photography and motion from Lublin. Stills and film share one plot so a campaign does not arrive as two vendors, and a lookbook does not argue with a cut in public. The rooms on Krakowskie Przedmieście hold tabletop, a compact cyclorama, and a colour desk. Clients review tethered stills and a calibrated picture in one visit. Product and grade are not two appointments. Location days stay on the plaster we recce. Bounce and a quiet key match the lane; we do not gel a postcard onto a grey street. If the weather turns we wait or we rewrite the shot. Agencies come with a media plan. We name masters for print, 1:1 and 9:16, keep a working project for the revision window, and hand an archive another team can open a year later.

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