architectural photography

• not just a sense of line shape or form
• want a sense of the place, sense of personality, what people do there, etc.
• not just shooting a building
• cropping a a major point
• semetrical balance
• if people in photos, make sure they are not taking anything away from the shot
• buildings a perfect subject for old films because photos don't move
• elements you need in photos are all already in architecture buildings
• Frederick H. Evans
• he didn't just shoot buildings, he focused on bringing out emotion in his photographs
• worked primarily in platinum papers
• platnotype: gave deeper value to photographs and level of detail than previous photography methods
• took away platinum; only could be used for bombs now in WW2.
• gave photography up forever
• detail shot:
• focusing in on a specific portion of the architecture
• big picture and interior are the other 2 types of shots
• ezra stoller:
• originally an architect, switched over to photography
• focused on line space shape and light
• you can focus on the full view of the space and the emotions connected to it
• like a portrait
• you can also focus on the idea
• personality of the space and relationship of the building
• patterns dominate almost every part of the image