Architecture Blog Notes

• Indirect Portraits
• Pictures of buildings and homes that can portray the people who live in them.
• 3 Methods
• the Big View
• Details
• Interior
• Architecture was a primary subject for early photography because:
• Early film was notoriously slow, often needing hours to expose.
• buildings were staitionary = more detail, varied tones and values, cameras could expose as long as needed.
• Pattern is a part of every image especially through architecture.
• Settings to use while shooting architectural shots:
• Wide angle lenses useful.
• Tripod needed for detail heavy shots.
• Smaller F-Stop
• Slower film (100 ISO or less)
• More detail.
• Value helps to determin the shapes of objects.
• Contrast: Difference in value range.
• High: greatest difference between black and white.
• Low-key: middle range of value.
• Commercial photographers prefer to shoot in color.
• Artistic photographers choose to shoot in black and white
• Lighting for Architecture:
• Deep Blue 80A filter can be used for incandescent light
• FL-Dfilter can be used in flourescent light..
• Perspective Distortion:
• Strong converging lines in a building where the sides of the building angle in toward each other instead of looking parallel.
• Shooting from the side of a building creates a 3D feel, shooting head on creates a 2D image.