Ideas of locations
Gunwharf, tall buildings with querky designs
Southsea front, could use reflections from the water
Gunwharf, tall buildings with querky designs
Southsea front, could use reflections from the water
From looking at other photographers, i really like the idea of playing on the use of harsh shapes in architecture, using harsh light and contrast to play on the edges. This i feel gives the photograph a great deal of depth.



I have found a photographer called Paul Freeman who uses really nice lighting and editing techniques to bring a certain mood to his images. He seems to desaturate the image but leave the high exposed areas of the image, in colour. Which i love the effect of and hope to try some of these techniques in my final shots.
http://www.architecturalimages.co.uk/architecturalimages/galleries/01%20exterior/index.html
I would like to use reflections in some of my architecture shots. I feel it gives a great dimension to a shot. I want to capture the look that some of the following images have grasped:
http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/03/22/50-stunning-examples-of-architecture-photography.html



A large factor in architecture photography is to grasp the scale of some of the subjects being shot. A popular shot that many photographers have been known to take are shots of large scale, tall buildings looks directly up at the subject, such as this photo from the website:
http://www.lightstalking.com/architecture-tips
This is a look that i want to capture when taking some of my shots for architecture.
I need to think about what lens i will use, i need a wide angle lens to capture to whole scale of the building, and also need to think about lighting on my subject.
I need to think about the direction and harshness of the light on the subject, whether it be a building or inside a structure. I can use lighting to emphasise the angles and shapes of the building or structure.
Using a wide lens can help me get across the size and structure of my subject. A lot of architecture photographers use wide lenses.
Use the white balance menu on the camera to really pull out some of the shapes in my subject, especially when working inside of a building, as this can help to pull some fake light to grab the same impression as if i was using natural light outside.
If the sun goes down and i can no longer use natural light for my subject, use this to my advantage. I can create silhouettes as my subject. For this i need to set my exposure for the sky, and make sure my subject is inbetween me and the sun/ light source.
Unlike a lot of other categories of photography, with architecture photography i can use all types of weather to my advantage. I can make a scene moody or happy, using the weather as my mood setter.
Reflections can be used to create an extra dimension to my photographs.
Use my subjects height. Exagerate a large building or a small subject.
http://digital-photography-school.com/architectural-photography
I have now started to finalise what i want my final photo series to look like. I have decided that i want to focus on 2/3 core subjects out of all of the categories. My first category will be architecture. I have already taken 1 photo for the set, but need to research into the category more before i go to take my own photos.
Now that i am starting to think about my final images, i need to start thinking about what core subjects i am going to be choosing. I have already looked at architecture, portraiture, abstract, seaside, and urban, and have also done a small amount of studio work. The subject i most enjoyed exploring was architecture. Along with the subjects i am chosing i also need to think about how i am going to display my work. When brainstorming some architecture ideas, i thought of a great idea on how i could present my set of photos, if i was leaning more towards using the architecture subjects as my main focus. I was thinking that if i was to choose architecture, my display would have to be creative, my idea comes from the old came "Slot Together". Slot together consisted of pieces of card, plastic or wood, which had slots in which enabled you to make your own sculptures. My idea is that i could mount my final images on some mount card that i have researched into, and found that i can buy cheaply. After mounting the images on the mount board, slot each photo together to create an architectual piece using my final pieces. This is something i will have to look into when finalising my ideas of which core subjects i will be choosing.
This is probably my favorite of the 5 images i have taken. When i saw portrait in the categories i knew straight away thats what i wanted to chose. I have used my friend in many of my photos and find him very easy to work with. I wanted to try getting some smoke in the shot. I shot the photo in raw and then played about with the effects to get a strong contrasted black and white shot.
This is the photo i am least happy with. I have always liked the iphone camera apps like instagram and wanted to try create the effects they use. To get the effect, i edited the RGB channels of the image in the curves menu, making an S shape in each of the RGB curve channels.