Dallas Photographer High Vis Goes to Frightening Heights Across Downtown for His Rooftop Photo Shoots
Daniel Rockey
High Vis, his crew and I leave the elevator and head toward a stairwell to access the roof. Thankfully, we have to head up only one set of them to gain roof access. High Vis pokes his head into the hallway and back into the stairwell. High Vis is taking to the latest of one of God knows how many high-rise roofs to shoot photos and videos from some very precarious and breathtaking angles. This time, he's on the roof of the Mosiac to shoot dancer and entrepreneur Lejin Elaha, who met High Vis while he was doing photography work for the Dallas Mavericks, where Elaha worked as a model and dancer. As Elaha dances to the sounds of"Stick" by Dreamville, High Vis circles around him.
High Vis' only identifying info that he's willing to release is the degree in graphic design he received from the Art Institute of Dallas. He worked for a local agency and lived downtown, so he spent a lot of time walking around the heart of the city. He says he had some private photography accounts on Instagram but wanted something more public and eye catching."That's when I was trying to come up with a name for myself and the whole 'High Vis' thing," he says.
"I started seeing rooftop photographers on Instagram but not here in Dallas," High Vis says."I remember going to the parking garage that's now the Drake building, I believe, on Elm. Every day after work, I was going on the edge and getting the nerve to climb on the edge and hang my legs off of it. You have that adrenaline rush, and that's the reason to do it. That adrenaline rush and the pure rush of doing it. Those 10 days back and forth, it was definitely scary.
"To be honest, in the beginning, people really didn't care," High Vis says."I didn't really get caught too much because it wasn't a thing. Getting on the rooftop, it was pretty easy to just go up and down and I kind of always put that as a thing. I never wanted to leave any trace that I was there. I just wanted the photos I took. I didn't break and enter, but these buildings had security flaws, left a back door open or didn't have cameras or key fobs in them.
"It was spontaneous," High Vis says about his Comerica building shoot."It wasn't planned. It was just a thing and helped me get to the thing where I needed to take as many photos and angles and things because I'll probably never get up there again. It definitely made me a better photographer." "We do not condone this behavior and are not interested in discussing the story," Graham wrote in an email reply."Thank you."
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