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May 05, 2011 18:06 |  #1

Looking for some input as to whether my images are moving towards being good enough for this discipline. These are from a recent walkabout, not the best sky obviously and it adds some CA. The dark shot is just a single exposure, I would make it a multiple if it were for a job. I'd clean up distracting things as well. But generally am I in the right direction here?
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May 05, 2011 18:26 |  #2

The third photo is the strongest.

The first, you'll need the entire scene in focus for most architecture shots.

The second, the lines lead me off frame, and I'm not sure what the center of attention is.


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May 05, 2011 18:37 |  #3

Great points, thank you!


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May 05, 2011 18:58 |  #4

You have some keystoning going on. Fix that in photoshop or get a tilt-shift.


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May 05, 2011 19:25 |  #5

Sp1207 wrote in post #12354988 (external link)
You have some keystoning going on. Fix that in photoshop or get a tilt-shift.

The first thing I noticed was what a good job you did of avoiding vertical convergence/keystoning​. It is only slightly evident.
Lens, a ladder or is it Photoshop?
You will also need to build up or purchase a sky and cloud bank to use in your shots - you said it yourself....the sky is bad. Use the bank to replace these white or overcast skies.




  
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May 05, 2011 19:42 as a reply to  @ Spike44's post |  #6

I'd suggest picking up a book or magazine dedicated to architectural and real estate photography, then glean some ideas from that. That should tell you what works and what doesn't, and what clients are typically looking for.


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May 06, 2011 08:09 |  #7

Sp1207 wrote in post #12354988 (external link)
You have some keystoning going on. Fix that in photoshop or get a tilt-shift.

The lines were converging upward, so i tried to fix that in photoshop, going from what i've seen on architecture photographers websites. I used rulers to make them vertical, although not with too much precision I suppose :) No TS right now, unfortunately. First time I saw images of buildings taken with a wideangle and with fixed perspective, I thought they looked a bit weird and heavy on the top, which looks like keystoning at first, but this seems to be the way to do these shots, and i'm getting used to this look.

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The first thing I noticed was what a good job you did of avoiding vertical convergence/keystoning​. It is only slightly evident.
Lens, a ladder or is it Photoshop?
You will also need to build up or purchase a sky and cloud bank to use in your shots - you said it yourself....the sky is bad. Use the bank to replace these white or overcast skies.

Thank you. I have a regular non-shifting wideangle 10-20, so i fixed the distortions in photoshop, no ladder for these shots either. Great point on replacing the sky, I have not thought of that yet, will definitely get on that!

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I'd suggest picking up a book or magazine dedicated to architectural and real estate photography, then glean some ideas from that. That should tell you what works and what doesn't, and what clients are typically looking for.

I've been checking some websites, but thanks for the advice, magazines are gonna be my next step and maybe a book or two after that.


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May 06, 2011 08:30 |  #8

I'm no architect person, by no means, but I would think, for this kind of photography, you would want to really draw the eye to interesting elements of architecture, like the pattern of balconies in #3? So not so much the entire building. I may be a ra-tard here...dunno.


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