Chapter 8 Notes

Architecture Photography

• Architectural photographyare like indirect portrait of the people who live in the buildings being photographed.
• Architectural photography can be a visual recording of a buildings appearance or a casual "sketch" of a place and the emotions connected to that place.
• Pattern, is usually a part of every image in architectural photography.
• it enriches and strengthens photos by adding visual complexity.
• Small f-stops give photos a greater depth of field, slower film gives more detail and the bigger the negative space in a photo the more detail captured.
• Contrast is the difference or range of values.
• Differences in tonal values accentuate texture.
• Film (color) emphasizes the color and setting and is more commonly used in commercial photography in architectural photography, while (black & white) emphasizes value, shapes and texture and is commonly used in artistic architectural photography.

Big View

• Wide angle lens is go to use
• most commercial architectural photographs rely on it, shows the whole building

Perspective distortion - appears as strong converging lines in a building, where the sides of the building angle in towards each other instead of looking parallel as they are in reality.

Detail Shot

• Features the individual architectural elements of a buildings interior or exterior.
• Becomes an indirect portrait of the craftspeople who made them.

Interior Views

• Can be seen as concentrating in the presence of the people who live in and use these rooms.



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Pattern

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Interior



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Small Detail



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Big View

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