Tuesday, January 21, 2014

How To Become A Skilled Architectural Photographer

By Judy Sullivan


When people are living in areas with beautiful scenery, they will normally want to become a good architectural photographer. It may or may not actually come true but it should help a person to have the skills to get good pictures. They should be able to capture the beauty of a building with the use of their camera.

Architectures are surely a good subject for photographers to take. Whether the person is an amateur or not, they should be able to see that this will be awesome when captured by a camera. To those who are interested in leading a career in this field, here are some tips that might help especially a beginner to take good pictures.

First of all, they need to be aware of their focal length. To those who wish to capture a certain subject with a wide angle, they will have to pick their focal length. They have to check up the appropriate wide angle lenses they should use. If they do not possess these lenses, then they should just move farther or closer from their subject.

Stabilizing their own camera is a priority. They should always make sure that they steadily hold their camera when they are snapping a great shot. If they are not steady, the picture will end up being blurred or not in the right position. If not confident about the ability to stay steady, then make use of a good tripod when taking the shot.

Pay attention to the ISO as well. This is the feature of the camera where the person will decide on how much light will travel into the camera. This is normally known as the shutter speed. Most of the times, people will prefer to use lower ISO at this type of photography since the noise is properly minimized.

The aperture is another matter to take into account. If possible, the person should just close the aperture of their camera. This is possible if one's camera is mounted on a proper tripod and when they have the time to leave their camera's shutter open. Their lens error will be greatly minimized with smaller apertures.

Pay attention to the converging lines as well. People might want to achieve a maximum amount of realism with this type of photography and so they try to keep any vertical lines vertical. There are times when this is not possible or desirable, though. In this case, just follow the general convention about converging lines then.

Another thing to pay attention to is the camera position. If the arrangement that one wants require the wide angle lens to be closer to the building to have a dramatic effect, then that is fine. If it is not the arrangement that one wants, then try to move further away and use a longer focal length to bring objects closer together.

Every architectural photographer has a right to take pictures of buildings. However, some building staff will scold those who take pictures because of their own reasons. The person should learn how to stand up to these people and retain the right to pursue one's photography.




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