Height alone does not guarantee a strong picture. As soon as a production happens behind glass, reflections, differences in brightness and the right moment become the deciding factors.
The camera position follows the curve
In the Franziska, the bar follows the curve of the Henninger Tower. So the camera position was chosen to let the counter, the window axes and the skyline run into the depth together. Small lamps along the bar carry the eye, while blue hour balances the interior against the city.
The view outside is not a backdrop
Terraces and hotel rooms with a view follow the same rule: what lies outside must not look like a background dropped in afterwards. Furniture, light and architecture have to keep their connection to the city. Often it is better to show only part of the skyline and leave the interior enough weight of its own.
What a picture from above should say
The result is a set of pictures that does more than prove a place sits high up. They carry what it actually feels like to spend an evening above Frankfurt.
