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Capturing an Architect’s Vision of Liberty Bridge in Greenville South Carolina: Architectural Video

Capturing the Majesty of Liberty Bridge: A Stunning Architectural Video by MILLER+MILLER

At MILLER+MILLER Architectural Photography, we are photographers who thrive on capturing the beauty and complexity of infrastructure, bridges, industrial projects, and construction sites. The more unique and challenging the project, the more it ignites our passion. So, when renowned bridge architect Miguel Rosales of Rosales + Partners entrusted us to create an architectural video showcasing the iconic Liberty Bridge in Greenville, South Carolina, we were beyond thrilled.

The Beauty of Liberty Bridge in Greenville, SC

Nestled in the heart of Falls Park on the Reedy, the Liberty Bridge is a masterpiece of modern engineering and design. This pedestrian suspension bridge, with its striking twin towers and elegant cable system, spans the Reedy River above the breathtaking Reedy River Falls. The bridge’s unique curved design and open-air amphitheater views make it a standout landmark, blending seamlessly with the natural beauty of cascading waterfalls and lush greenery.

Whether you’re a local or a visitor exploring downtown Greenville, the Liberty Bridge is a must-see attraction. It’s not just a bridge—it’s an experience, offering panoramic views of the falls and a serene connection to nature. As one of Greenville’s most iconic destinations, it draws photographers, families, and tourists alike, making it a perfect subject for our latest architectural video project.

Crafting Cinematic Beauty

To do justice to the Liberty Bridge’s architectural elegance and its stunning surroundings, we employed cutting-edge cinematography techniques. Our cinematographer husband & wife team captured the bridge in High Dynamic Range (HDR) 4K 60P quality, ensuring every detail—from the sleek cables to the shimmering water below—was vividly portrayed. Using a combination of aerial drone footage, timelapse sequences, and gimbal-stabilized shots, we created a dynamic and immersive video that highlights the bridge’s unique design and its harmonious integration with the natural landscape. Our goal was to showcase not just the structure but the story it tells—a testament to innovative architecture and Greenville’s commitment to creating spaces that inspire. Working with world-renown architect Miguel Rosales, whose visionary designs have shaped iconic bridges worldwide, was an honor and an opportunity to push our creative boundaries.

Why Liberty Bridge is a Greenville Gem

The Liberty Bridge is more than just a pedestrian pathway; it’s a symbol of Greenville’s vibrant culture and forward-thinking urban planning. Located in Falls Park, the bridge offers:

Breathtaking Views: Overlook the Reedy River Falls and the surrounding park, perfect for photography enthusiasts.
Unique Design: Its curved, cable-suspended structure is a rare architectural feat, making it a standout among pedestrian bridges.
Community Hub: A popular spot for locals and tourists to walk, relax, and take in the beauty of downtown Greenville.

For anyone visiting Greenville, South Carolina, the Liberty Bridge is a must-visit destination. Whether you’re capturing Instagram-worthy photos or simply soaking in the serene atmosphere, it’s an experience you won’t forget. Plan a visit to Greenville! The Liberty Bridge is a popular tourist attraction. The bridge is located in downtown Greenville South Carolina at the Falls Park on the Reedy River – a picturesque park with waterfall views, a curved suspension bridge, & many acres of gardens! Learn more about the park, town, events, shopping, downtown Greenville, and more at: https://www.greenvillesc.gov/167/Falls-Park

Partner with MILLER+MILLER for Your Architectural Photography Needs

At MILLER+MILLER, we specialize in transforming architectural marvels like the Liberty Bridge into captivating visual stories. From bridges and infrastructure to industrial complexes and construction projects, we bring creativity, technical expertise, and a passion for excellence to every shoot. Our services include:

High-quality architectural photography and videography
Drone photography for stunning aerial perspectives
Timelapse and motion-based cinematography to showcase projects dynamically
Customized visual storytelling for architects, engineers, and developers

Ready to showcase your project with the same level of artistry and precision? Contact Ryan and Sarah Miller of MILLER+MILLER Architectural Photography today to discuss your vision and let us bring it to life.

Explore Greenville’s Liberty Bridge Through Our Lens

We invite you to watch our latest architectural video and experience the Liberty Bridge in all its glory. From the intricate details of its design to the natural beauty of Falls Park, our video captures the essence of this Greenville landmark. See more commercial photography, drone aerial photographs, and video examples in our portfolio section and see why we’re passionate about architectural storytelling.

Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy, Downtown Greenville Bridge Shoot
Project Address: 601 S Main St, Greenville, South Carolina, 29601
Bridge Architect: Miguel Rosales, Rosales + Partners
Cinematography & Video Edit © By: MILLER+MILLER Architectural Photography, Chicago & Nationwide Traveling Cinematographers Ryan + Sarah Miller

RISE at Riverfront Crossings Iowa City Photography

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This blog post features images from our exterior RISE at Riverfront Crossings Iowa City photography architectural shoot. The two-tower, mixed-use complex development rises 15-stories high. The new, high-rise towers make for an attractive, modern update to downtown Iowa City’s expanding skyline.

The metal and glass, duo-tower architecture, modern skyscraper development is home to two new businesses in Iowa City Hyatt Place Hotel Iowa City Downtown and off-campus student housing residential apartments RISE at Riverfront Crossings. Focusing on the building’s exterior photography, the building shoot of the two-towers highlights the property’s mixed-use, and façade construction design. The new construction Iowa City project is both an urban residential, student housing development, mixed with hotel hospitality downtown in Iowa City. The Rise at Riverfront Crossings development achieved LEED Gold Certification for sustainability.

Chicago-based photographers, we travel to Iowa, around the Midwest, and we are often booking travel architecture shoots Nationwide! Upon final construction completion, our client who is the manufacturer and installation construction company of the glass and metal building enclosures, requested portfolio marketing architectural images looking for us to highlight in photography the modern architecture’s metal & glass. The high-rise property and Iowa architectural photography shoot included capturing both day and night exterior building photographs of RISE and the Hyatt Place Hotel in Iowa City. The photos focused on construction marketing portfolio photos to showcase the final construction of the large mixed-use property site capturing both the hospitality and luxury apartment student housing complex towers. The location offered an excellent setting for adding drone aerial building photos, in additional to the daytime, and eye-catching sunrise or night dusk exterior photography of the property. We are photographers who have photographed several luxury apartment and condo development photography & similar architecture designed development student housing projects.

The modern luxury, 2-story high-rise and mid-rise Iowa development property with underground parking garage is located in downtown Iowa City within the downtown’s university area. The mixed-use development complex is steps away from the University of Iowa campus. RISE is the University of Iowa’s new student apartments and premium upscale housing, off-campus living apartment community. Offering brand new, stunning interior design and rooms inside, these apartments feature the latest in upscale student housing trends and amenities. Our photography client continues to be building Nationwide, constructing numerous luxury, and upscale student housing developments with unique, incredible modern architecture & building design. The mixed-use development and RISE at Riverfront Crossings incorporates all the extras expected in luxury dorm, off-campus living. Unique to other student housing projects we’ve photographed, for this Iowa City development’s design it offers the convenience of an on-site Hyatt Place hotel for student’s parents and visitors to rent a hotel room in the adjoining tower near by.

Capturing exterior building photography of the two, 15-story and high-rise towers that create the new Iowa City downtown skyline, our shoot includes photos of the property’s outdoor facade, multiple entrances into the mixed-use development, the residential rental courtyard with pool deck for student’s pool-side lounging featuring an outdoor Jumbo-Tron to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes play where fire pits and grilling stations are nearby. With a long list of amenities on the Rise at Riverfront Crossings, student’s apartments tower, which go above and beyond standard student living, it was easily recognizable these apartments provide a luxury living space that gives University of Iowa students a comfortable, chic retreat from the hustle and bustle of academic life. The Rise and the Hyatt Place Hotel Iowa City twin towers offers both a luxury housing apartment building and luxurious hotel. Both are a great location near downtown Iowa City’s shopping & restaurants, and an easy walk to the U of I campus. The two-tower luxury student residence and hotel are located close to the Iowa River in downtown Iowa City. For hotel guests or student residents needing a break from studying, the nearby Iowa River waterfront park has walking & biking trails and opportunities for students who enjoy river boating & recreation too. Additional exterior building perks include the convenient, on-site parking garage located under the building.

Development & Construction Management by: CA Ventures
Architect, Planning and Interior Design Firm: Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture
Construction: Beal Derkenne Construction
Engineering: Pierce Engineers
Hyatt Hotel Operator: Janko Hospitality
Investor, Developer and Rise Students Apartments Operator: CA Ventures

RISE at Riverfront Crossings 435 Linn Street, Iowa City, IA 52240 | Hyatt Place Hotel Iowa City Downtown 255 E Court St, Iowa City, IA 52240

MILLER+MILLER Architectural Photography is a Chicago-based and Nationwide traveling architectural photographers booking a variety of photography commercial construction, developments, high-rises, warehouses, hotels, retail, interiors, and more for construction, design, property management, acquisitions, apartments, student housing developer, real estate development investment firms, and architect client’s portfolio of images. Having the luxury of traveling around the Nation to capture exterior photography shoots of student housing construction, we have captured several similar built, high-rise modern property’s photography. From photographing several award-winning modern university housing construction college campuses in our Midwest region of Chicago, to Madison Wisconsin and Iowa City, to traveling easily to Portland Oregon, and Tempe Phoenix Arizona, and beyond. Our architectural photography company quoting our entire client’s portfolio and traveling Nationwide, beneficially produces a quality consistent set of photographs for your portfolio to comprehensively represent your brand across the country from location to location.

Looking to Book Both Exterior + Interior images for your photo shoot? Click here to visit our Interior Photography portfolio section.

Scottsdale Developers Optima Kierland Development Photography

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Scottsdale developers Optima created Optima Kierland which provides multiple living options for residents in Arizona. The Optima Kierland development is a community that caters to desert dwellers who love modern living arrangements, an abundance of amenities, and appreciate the desert landscape & innovative location in which to live. This post features example photos from our exterior building photography project shoot taking place at the brand new Arizona development. A North Scottsdale Developers Optima & Optima Kierland Development photography shoot.

The Arizona desert landscape was looking beautiful and the Fall season was perfect fit our October building photography shoot in Scottsdale. For this project, our client contributed to the construction of the building’s structure, providing the metal and glass within the windows, walls, unit shades, balcony terraces, and doors enclosures for the stunning Optima Kierland community towers. The IAP Enclosure Systems company is a global, custom glass designer, with fabrication manufacturing, and installation glass and metal enclosure services. The photography shoot’s focus was on exterior elevation building photos (no interior shots) of the recently completed construction of the building. We photographed architectural building photos of the finished 7160 Optima Kierland building tower plus a few shots of 7120 East Optima tower, the community’s 2nd building under-construction. Although this shoot focused on exterior construction building photography of the development only… keep in mind, our architectural photography company also photographs residential interiors and interior photography of condos, apartments, homes, luxury residences, and more. Browse through our blog and visit our Portfolio section for interior photo examples.

Our architectural photography company has locations in Chicago & Phoenix and the ability to travel Nationwide allowing us to cater specifically to each photography client, to often supply images for a company’s entire portfolio. We believe in the marketing power of strong images for an entire portfolio and photographing a series of projects and buildings locally to traveling nationwide for a multi-state shoot. One of our niche architectural photography services is exterior building photography for new developments, architects, developer, new construction photos of buildings, and design build construction company’s finished projects for a business’s marketing portfolio.

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The Scottsdale architect’s award-winning design, by developers Optima, Inc., designed the Optima Kierland Development in North Scottsdale into a distinctive community composed of four towers and 4 phases of construction. Each glass tower has its own unique address and amenities. Optima Kierland is located on 9.5 acres at the desirable intersection of Scottsdale Road and Kierland Boulevard. 7140, 7180, 7120 and 7160 East Kierland Blvd in Scottsdale Arizona. Optima is the Community Designer, Developer and General Contractor, with properties in Arizona and Illinois.

The Optima Kierland community floats over an exquisite desert landscape & park-like landscaping setting. The garden community towers span 12 stories. Lower levels residences offer a sense of quiet closeness to nature with intimate views of the lush sculpture gardens and sparkling fountains. Higher-level residences’s glass windows and terraces offer unforgettable vistas with the rugged Arizona desert mountains surrounding. The building’s vertical landscaping integrates the tower with the natural beauty of the environment, from the ground all the way to the rooftop Sky Deck. The Optima Kierland community sets a new standard for luxury and has a building design incorporating the City of Phoenix’s newly adopted International Green Construction Code. The premier green construction building development’s next-gen design and sustainable elements incorporates advanced building materials to maximize longevity, unique garden landscaping, and an efficient shading system to keep homes cool and increase privacy according to the Urban Land Institute of Arizona.

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The buildings all share the architectural aesthetic design and beauty. The towers incorporate a theme in the signature style designed by Optima. The buildings incorporate vertical landscaping with greenery hanging from each floor’s balcony terraces paired with an innovative glass modern building architectural design style. The 12-story modern building incorporates strong geometric shapes, open flexible floor plans, concierge, rooftop gardens, vertical landscaping, and floor to ceiling glass construction for breathtaking mountain views proving for a perfect harmony and luxury living in Scottsdale. Lush, vertical landscaping is strategically integrated within the tower elevations. With the natural beauty of the environment, and the communities integrated lush landscaped park-like setting, sculpture gardens and fountains, the esthetic is unique with so much greenery and landscaping climbing the façade of the glass building for Arizona development. Plants and landscaping was a focus during the development planning. We photographed the buildings & landscaping from each angle and from the ground all the way to the rooftop Sky Deck and aerial photography.

Unparalleled, luxury urban living in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. 7120 East Kierland is North Scottsdale’s luxury high-rise condominium tower with luxurious condo homes for sale priced from the low $300,000-$3.1M+ penthouses. The 7160 Optima Kierland tower offers 1 and 2-bedroom luxury apartment homes with leasing rates starting from about $2K – $3,500 + a month.

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North Scottsdale luxury living is found at Optima Kierland providing the best of luxury on-site amenities in the Arizona desert. Real Estate Daily news feature describes the development and its exclusive indoor and outdoor amenities that truly set Optima Kierland apart, room lush gardens and water features on the lower levels to stunning mountain and cityscape views from the rooftop sky deck. Vertical landscaping and private outdoor rooms in each home integrate the condominium tower with the natural beauty of the desert environment. Sports and exercise enthusiastic residents enjoy the exercise facilities include a fully equipped approximately 16,000 square foot indoor/outdoor fitness center, indoor basketball and golf simulator. Optima Kierland’s exclusive Sky Deck, with its 360-degree rooftop view, has a heated lap pool, steam and sauna rooms along with spacious common areas and the chance for relaxed social gatherings around sundecks, barbecues, fire pits and a covered outdoor bar. Residents can enjoy a wide variety of entertainment and dining options within convenient, walking distance to Kierland Commons and Scottsdale Quarter, along with a wide range of outdoor recreation to suit diverse lifestyles.

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The award-winning Optima, Inc. company is lead by architects David C. Hovey and David Hovey Jr. who are developers with an architect’s vision. Optima have built in Arizona Scottsdale’s Optima Sonoran Village, Optima Kierland, 7160 Optima Kierland, 7120 East Optima, and Optima Camel View Village. The developers Optima, Inc. are additionally building luxurious residences in Illinois with luxury modern apartment developments in downtown Chicago’s Streeterville. Optima Chicago Center is a 42-story, high-rise in 200 East Illinois St, Chicago, IL 60611. And Optima Signature is a 57-story skyscraper located at 220 East Illinois Street in Chicago.

Miller + Miller Architectural Photography is Chicago Phoenix Scottsdale photography company traveling nationwide photographing buildings, hotels, interiors, exteriors, luxury, multi-family, condominiums & apartments, residential, mansions & private estates, hospitality, hotels & resorts, commercial, architecture, skyscrapers, industrial, new construction, custom design build, aerial, drone, and more.

With family residing in the Phoenix, Scottsdale area for the past twenty years, our photography company has traveled between two office locations in Chicago and Phoenix. With our working locations in both Illinois and Arizona, we cater to a variety of clients traveling between Chicago & Phoenix a couple of times a year. We are also able to travel Internationally and around the Nation. Since the start of our company in 2006, our architectural photography company has commissioned photography jobs Nationwide in numerous major cities around the US to include photo shoots in Scottsdale, Phoenix, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco Bay area, LA Metro area of Los Angeles, Southern California, Reno, Las Vegas, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Nashville, and more.

Our husband-wife photographer team of Ryan and Sarah Miller have no limits with our list of services to quote endless… aerial drone photos and video, skyscraper architectural photos, day or stunning evening night building photography, luxury high-rise condominium photography, 5-star hotel interior photography, boutique hotel, resorts, business plazas, retail, restaurants, lavish desert estates, ranches, homes and mansions, spas & resorts, commercial properties, industrial, or residential high-rise properties, and more. Contact us to discuss your business, marketing, and photography project.