Common Trend's in Architectural photography 18/9/2008

Common Trend’s: Architecture:

Within the industries there are many common trends that are used over and over again by the best of the best in their respective industry professions. Many architectural photographers with websites and magazines tend to have a night or evening shot of the outside of the building as the first page.

It’s not uncommon for most of the shots to be taken using a specially designed lense called a tilt shift. They produce a relatively low angle shot to keep the vertical lines of the building straight.

Another common trend for industry architectural photographers to use is the wonderful wide angle lense. These lenses are great; they have a specially designed lense curve which allows for a great degree of capture. Theoretically it makes the room or house look bigger then it really is. It’s not uncommon to see architectural images taken using the wide angle lense.

Most shots use the lighting systems from the actual house to provide extra light in conjunction with evening or late afternoon light. Sometime’s the use of flash is required in order to bring out details in areas where their isn’t sufficient light. A lot of architectural images are usually lit with some sort of flash at some point during a shoot.

Panoramic Prac 15/9/2008

Here is the lastest on my recent test shoot for my Panoramic Architectural Folio for this year.

Problems i seem to be incountering are exposure and the nodel point.
The building shots where coming out flat and the sky was pretty boring. After speaking with Lindy and Melita it has been recommended that i shoot just after sun down to get a better a affect.

In regards to the nodel point i'm still struggling with getting the camera into the right postion but i am making progress, with check point due tomorrow i have already produced my first test image with the full layout organised.

In comparison to my very first shoot, this one has progressed considerably. I have began practising with different layer options and are very close to the beginning of shooting my first of the three final images that will be used in my folio.