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PE Architecture Photography: IntroductionArchitecture Photography: IntroductionWelcome to the #projecteducate Architecture Photography Week!Boy oh boy! I've been preparing this for a few weeks now so I gathered quite a few articles for you guys! To begin with, I will introduce you to the Architecture Photography Gallery on deviantART with all its sub-categories. Then we'll move on to the basics in Architecture Photography in order to help you take successful photographs. We will also see some of the trends around the Gallery with inspiring examples, just to give you a taste of what you can do and encourage you to give it a try as well!Along with all these articles, I've also prepared interviews with remarkable architecture photographers within the community, but also outside deviantART! I hope you'll enjoy to get to know these people better. There is an Architecture Photography Critique Event plan
PE Architecture: SubjectArchitecture Photography Basics: SubjectThe central element of every architectural photo is the building. The sheer size of buildings makes them very different from almost every other type of photographic subject. An architectural photographer can not only photograph the subject from outside, but can also step into the subject and capture images of its inner life. Additionally, a building is immovably connected to its environment, which means that the photographer has to make the effort to visit the subject.The building as primary subjectTypically, all elements surrounding a building play a secondary role in the composition of an architectural photograph, resulting in an image with univocal message. The significance of each individual building in images that contain more than one major structure can vary.Sometimes a single building will dominate due to its size or central position, while the other times, the arrangement of
PE Architecture: Interview with Sigurd QuastArchitecture Photographers:An interview with Sigurd Quast~Sigurd-Quast, formerly known as eViLKoRnY on deviantART, is a German photographer who has won several National and International Awards, including Germany's Best Digital Photographer in 2008 and has been in the Top 10 of the Sony World Photography Awards in the Architecture category in 2009. Born in Nürtingen, he has pursued his studies in Geoinformatics and is now part of the academic staff at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences.StellarHow would you introduce yourself in a few words?My name is Sigurd Quast, living and working in Stuttgart, Germany. I’m a self-taught photographer in many subjects such as architecture/landscape/wedding photography. Besides that I have graduated with a master’s degree in Ge
PE Architecture: Low-TechArchitecture Photography Trends: Low-Tech"The fact that a (in the traditional sense) technically deficient photograph can have greater emotional impact than a technically flawless picture probably comes as a shock to those who are naive enough to believe that technical excellence alone is a measure of a value of a photograph."- Andreas FeiningerWho said you have to have an expensive performant camera in order to take beautiful Architecture photographs? Artistic architecture photography can very well be about experimentation and low-tech gear such as toy-cameras, expired film or Lensbaby lenses can give your clichés a completely new look. These experimentations withdraw the very objective feel that most viewers find in architecture photographs and the results can have a lot of personal attitude compared to the traditional views.Enjoy these few examples of Low-Tech photographs from the Architectu
PE Architecture: Composition (1/2)Architecture PhotographyBasics: Composition (1/2)One should always consider the composition and framing of an image before shooting. You can crop/rotate an image later, but the cornerstone of a successful image is always laid before the shutter button is pressed. It is essential to consider how to interplay between objects, shapes, lines, and spatial relations in an image can be brought together to for a suspenseful but effective whole. The aim of a good photo should be to captivate the viewer using a composition that complements the overall effect of the image.'Porto, Portugal, 2011' by ~philipzThere is no simple formula for composing a great photograph. Locating the subject in the center of the frame produces a balanced, but often static-looking image. This type of composition is often used by documentary architectural photographers. A central location is essential if you want to produce a p
PE Architecture: Interview with Vincent WernhardtArchitecture Photographers:An interview with Vincent WernhardtVincent Wernhardt, also known as ~vinxibit on deviantART, has one prominent gallery within the Architecture Photography category. His photographs, through creative use of camera angles and well-thought composition, take any architectural element to pure abstraction and leave us with a gallery full of shapes and colours.Today Vincent will answer a few questions for us to get to know him better! AndalusiaHow would you introduce yourself in a few words?I am somebody who likes to be unique in what he does. The photos I take are a reflection of the character traits I am most proud of. How did you first get your hands on a camera?The first time I got interested in photography was only a few years back. A c
PE Architecture: Interview w/ Johannes HeuckerothArchitecture Photographers:An interview with Johannes HeuckerothJohannes Heuckeroth is a 27 year-old student in Design at the Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule in Nüremburg (Germany) who is absolutely passionate about Architecture Photography. There are many articles and interviews I could find online, but most of them are in German — needless to say I couldn't find out a whole lot about him! So I thought it would be a great opportunity to have him talk a bit about himself, his work, and his passion for Architecture Photography.Kunstmuseum in Bonn, GermanyHow would you introduce yourself in a few words?Addicted to photography and design, always searching for new inspiration. How did you first got into photography and w
PE Architecture: Composition (2/2)Architecture PhotographyBasics: Composition (2/2)One of the greatest differences between architecture photography and other photography styles is the large scale of an architectural object and its implantation in a context. This makes architecture interact with its surroundings and it is thus important to consider in advance whether you want to include the surroundings in a photo or whether they should be excluded. I'm talking here about static objects such as trees, streetlights, walls, and signs, as well as moving objects such as people, cars, clouds... Including the context makes it easier in some cases to interpret the building, but it can also have the opposite effect of overcrowding the image.'the tunnel' by ~andrea-hIf you're going for a clear, clinical look, you might want to reduce all distractions to a minimum. Some familiar object could keep the object at scale, but I'm not sure it really matt
PE Architecture: PerspectiveArchitecture Photography Basics: PerspectiveTaking photographs is basically capturing a 3-dimensional space in two dimensions. The main principle governing this transformation is the principle of perspective, which represents the effect of a subject's space and depth in a 2-dimensional plane. The perspective effect in a photo is determined by the position it is taken from and the direction the camera is pointing. In other words, you can only change the perspective within an image by changing your standpoint. 'Godspeed' by ~Sigurd-QuastVanishing points play an important role in the portrayal of architectural forms. If parallel lines in 3-dimensional space extend into the distance, a photographic image will represent them as intersecting on a defined vanishing point. If you point your camera directly at the horizon, all vertical lines within the fram will actually appear vertical in your image. This is an
PE Architecture: StaircasesArchitecture Photography Trends: StaircasesThe staircase is one of the most vital parts of a multi-story construction. The first step in the design of such a building is to find the perfect position of the staircase, the rest of the project would result from this as spaces will find their place around it. Architecture photographers love staircases just as much as they give opportunities for stunning images with very intriguing visual effects. Check out these wonderful examples of staircases in Architecture Photography gallery!'Stairs of Art' by =Nightline'05 blue' by `gnato'y h' by `gnato'y star.' by :devgnato''Life is Golden' by *Matthias-Haker'Rise 02' by =Nightline'rise and come down' by ~ChristineAmat'stair confusion' by ~kraftseins:bigthumb2
PE Architecture: It's a Wrap!Architecture Photography: It's a Wrap!The #projecteducate Architecture Photography week is now over! I would like to thank everyone who participated, the interviewed people that kindly accepted to answer my questions, as well as everybody else, who left comments, added the articles to their favorites and those who participated at the Critique Event on Wednesday! All your support was greatly appreciated! I hope this week was indeed educational! I wanted to feature some more Architecture Photography Basics and Trends, but some technical difficulties have gotten in my way, so feel free to watch my personal Journals, because I might continue submitting them outside the #projecteducate week, as well as a few other kinds of articles. And now I leave you with a summary of everything that has been submitted this week! Monday
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