10 Places to Chill // INFLUENCE Magazine
10 Places to Chill // INFLUENCE Magazine
INFLUENCE Magazine asked us to photograph a feature on the best places to decompress during Florida's legislative session. The piece, written by Chelsea Workman, covered ten different locations across Tallahassee, and for us that meant ten mini-sessions in a single production window. Every location needed to feel distinct.
One of the advantages we had on this assignment is that we actually live here. A lot of the people reading INFLUENCE during session are in Tallahassee on a part-time basis, so they might not know about a place like Lichgate on High Road or the quiet courtyard tucked between City Hall and the Capitol at British Olympic Courtyard. We already had a sense of what makes each spot special and what time of day the light would work best, which saved us a lot of scouting time and let us move quickly between locations.
The range of settings made this one interesting from a photography standpoint. We went from the 22nd floor of the Florida Capitol, where you can see all the way to St. Marks on a clear day, down to the patio at Ology Power Mill, then over to the rolling fairways at Capital City Country Club. Each location called for a different approach. The interiors at Bar 1903 and the library at Governors Club have completely different character than the open green space at Lewis Park or the trails at Lafayette Heritage Trail Park. Our Canon mirrorless setup let us move between those environments quickly without a lot of gear swaps, which matters when you're covering that many locations in a tight window.
What we like about assignments like this is that they show a side of Tallahassee photography that goes beyond the Capitol dome and session coverage. This city has so much texture, from historic spaces to local breweries to parks that most visitors never find. Getting to capture that range for a single feature is the kind of work we love doing as editorial photographers in Florida.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Spring 2021 issue and was written by Chelsea Workman. The Workmans are a husband-and-wife photography team based in Tallahassee, Florida, and we work with publications across the state of Florida, in Washington D.C. and around the United States. You can explore more of our editorial photography in the archive, see more of our work across our website and connect with us on how we can best serve you!
