The Hilliard Photographics Group: Blog

We recently photographed this custom built straw bale/cob house for a magazine article on green building. The house is extremely efficient and uses wood heat with the only backup system being a standard water heater.

After spending several days at Eagles Nest, we took off to beautiful Hocking County, Ohio to photograph a beautiful lodge called Eagle Wings built by Jubach Log Homes.

We left October 20th to go to North Carolina to take advantage of the autumn color in the mountains near Banner Elk. We photographed a beautiful residential development called Eagles Nest. Several of the structures there were designed by our friends at Moss Creek Designs.

Check out this cozy cabin we photographed in northern Michigan for Log Home Design Magazine.

We recently had several photos published in one of my favorite magazines, Old House Journal. I restore old houses and this magazine gives great advice on how to do various restoration projects and showcases some beautiful old homes. Here are 3 of our photos from the latest issue.

Joseph Hilliard was recently interviewed by Building Systems Magazine on topics covering what to look out for when hiring a photographer, how to reduce costs, stage homes stylishly, earn coverage in major consumer magazines and the most common mistakes architectural photographers make and how to avoid them. Check out the full podcast HERE.

Our recent trip to Nashville, Tennessee had us photographing the application of an exterior coating product to the outside of a new hotel. The company Sto Corp., is based in Germany and will use the photos as murals on the outside of their semi-trailers in the US.

While we were in Nashville, we also photographed 2 incredible home theaters designed by Donny Hackett of Casa Home Cinema for a home electronics magazine. One of the theaters recreated the homeowners’ love for Paris and the outdoor cafes there.

The other was done for a homeowner who is a drummer and features a full drum kit and rock and roll concert lighting.

Newport, North Carolina is a sleepy little town on the ocean near Emerald Isle and Camp Lejune. We photographed a beautiful waterfront community called Cannonsgate.

After finishing at Cannonsgate, we drove to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to photograph another waterfront community called Waterway Palms.

We just returned from another assignment in beautiful Cashiers, North Carolina. We photographed this home that was constructed using recycled timbers from an old Pennsylvania farmhouse. The old farmhouse, built in 1791, was the only home that survived the Carlisle deluge and was mentioned in the writings of Ben Franklin.

We just returned from spending a week in North Carolina. The trees and flowers were all in bloom as spring was coming into its own.
While we were there we photographed one log home, 3 retail centers, and 1 timber frame home.