ARCHITECTURE

“If You Build It…”

… someone is gonna need a photo of it.

Architecture is a very viable and strong segment of commercial photography. It has its own language and challenges, and as well, its own total niche.

Our assignment is to fully document a historical building in your town or the newest building in your area. Yeah, the time of year may not be the best for your specific region, but it is what it is. Consider that part of the challenge if you will.

Whether you choose historical or new is your choice.

We need one overall shot and 2-4 closeups. I only want you to submit the overall shot, and one of the detail shots (yes, you can show more if you are a classic overachiever… heh).

I will caution you that this is not simply a drive up and click shoot. This shot has to be amazing. It has to be as well crafted as a still life.

You can light it or not, shoot it at night if that is best, do HDR if that helps, or get up in the wee hours to catch that early morning light.

I would imagine that scouting the shot before actually committing would be a good idea. You may even go back to the building at different times of the day.

If you do not have a new or historical building, shoot the library or the town offices or the post office or whatever cool building you have there in your town.

This is a case of studying the building and the light, figuring the best lens choice and time of day.

Then MAKE this shot awesome.

And here to discuss a bit of architectural photography is a good friend of P52 – David Giral.