Exploring a Preserved 1965 Midcentury Modern Home by Architect Thomas Tomasi

I love architecture in a broad sense, but if you press me to pick a favorite style, I’m going with Midcentury Modern every time.

This beautifully preserved 1965 MCM home is on the market near me and still owned by the Tomasi family. Architect Thomas Tomasi designed and built it for his own household, and the personal touches throughout are what make it truly special. The front door was hand-carved by Tomasi himself, and the surrounding stained glass was custom created specifically for this home. Those kinds of original, one-of-a-kind details are exactly what I look for—and they were important to capture in this video.

I haven’t done a ton of architectural video yet, so this was a fun experimental project. I hired some muscle, rented an Aputure 1200X (a surprisingly heavy continuous LED light), too see how its output would compare to the 600w/s Godox strobes I use for my still photography work. The guy at the rental house (CFG in Emeryville, CA) called this “the biggest of the small lights”. It amounts to nearly a hundred pounds of extra gear, but man it was a good time fooling around with it for a day. I’ll be doing it again.