Week 6: Architecture Workshop

These are the images I took as part of our architectural workshop. I mainly focused on detail as that was the aspect assigned to me to cover. I tried to emphasise the main feature of the building that I thought stood out the most: the repetition of square/rectangular shapes and straight lines. I couldn't really see anything circular in the architecture of the building. I also incorporated ferns in some of the shots as this was also a consistent design feature, as contrastive to the greys and blues of the building.

Parallels not yet straightened:

Paralles straightened in shooting process:

The parallels on the bottom have not yet been corrected:

Week 7: Building Selections

Theme

I'm not sure how many themes we are meant to have (whether we need just one or different themes for different series of shots i.e. one theme for exteriors, one for interiors -I'll have to ask), but so far I am interested in documenting the newer and more modern establishments in Canberra. I love some of the modern architecture, the clean simple sort of look.

Building 1: Exterior at Night

I have found my first establishment:) Love the architecture of this building. I took these on Sunday, they are a little underexposed because I didn't have a tripod with me but I love the lighting so I will go back and shoot these for my folio at this time of day... with a tripod, and a tilt-shift lens. Think I like the first shot the best. The third one is possibly a little too zoomed out. Like the effect of the streetlights. I'm probably aiming for shot one with a slow shutter to get the white and red lights of the cars driving past - so I would need to shoot it possibly on a Friday or Saturday night when it is busier. If I can't achieve that look I'll still be happy with this first shot with no cars, shot properly.

Building 2: Exterior at Dusk

Because these were quick snaps, once again I wasn't using a tripod for these test shots so one is definately needed! But this first shot I will work on, possibly at a different time even though I love the sky in this light. I'll try it to see how it looks with the building and what effect I can achieve. Love the whole street in the second shot, although I don't think including that much in the frame is emphasising as much as the first one.

Building 3: Exterior in Daylight

[Forgot to turn monochrome off in my camera]. This is one building I will attempt to shoot in daylight, like the shape, need to work on composition and try different angles.

Building 4: Exterior in Daylight

Interesting architecture in the shape and form that make up the entrance. Will attempt this one during the day as well, experimenting with different angles.

Week 5: Examples of Architectural Photography

Here are some examples of interior and exterior modern architectural photography. Shot in different times of the day, some including extra light sources (e.g. tungsten lights in example 5)

Source 1:

Source 2:

Week 4: Summary of Lesson

Large Format Cameras

5 Steps to a Wide DOF
(make sure everything is set to 0 BEFORE ANY SHOOTING)

1. Focus on far distance (D2) by moving the camera accross the stand
2. Move the silver nob on the rhs of the camera until the black line meets the white dot. (Note - only move the silver part, not the whole thing)
3. Change he aperture on the lesn to whatever is indicated by the silver rim
4. Focus something in the foreground (D1) with the back nob
5. Now change turn the black knob, adding 2 stops to the aperture. i.e. if it was f/22, change this nob to f/11.


For a Building - rise the front part of the camera up
(Remember - if you rise or fall the back it distorts the image. The front usually doesn't)