Architectural Photography

Ive been hired to shoot Building projects for my uncles construction company, they include un-open malls/offices/warehous​es/general buildings/schools. and so on, this is my big break to earn some cash, i need all the help i can get, i can even purchase a new lens or flash head to help out.

So, any idea how i should get started? i begin next week.

First thing i would do is make sure that your uncles construction company can use the images you take for publicity purposes. Some clients may not like their buildings used in this way.

Have a look at some architectural photographs and see what can be done.

Then sit down with your uncle and try to figure out what he wants from the photos. Are they a record of projects or does he want them "arty"?

After that try to find out if there are any special features of the buildings (innovative construction methods/materials etc) that the company might want to emphasize.

The only purchase i would possibly make is a good flash unit and a PC cord or other remote to allow lighting remotely from the camera.

Now go make some money!!!

Oh dont worry, the clients just want a photo showing off the architectural highlights of the building, Very easily achieved (i hope) and i saw all the photos taken of the other projects from freelance photographers, they were...Regular, i think i could do alot better.

I usually use wide angle lenses for this sort of photography, however a wide open lens can and will cause distortion. While this is not a huge problem for showing the visual aspect of the building, the proportions are completely lost.

Canon has a line of Architectural compatible lenses, the MPE-65 or something like that, I believe it is called. It basically allows you to focus on the structure, but by using two knobs on the vertical and horizontal planes, you are able to reduce and reposition the glass elements to remediate that distortion.

It all depends on how pro and detailed the work is. If he just wants photos for updates, then you are good. Many times, if the photos are for catalogs, samples, then you want to present distortion free photographs.

Hope this helps, my 2 cents anyways.

Catalog :]. but its fine, i can deal with it by backing away, cropping the image to a point where distortion is non existent.

The images will be in A4 size in the catalog, so no worries.

Not so easy & cropping won't help with distortion. IF you have the camera back vertical, then you won't have distortion & can crop out the elements you don't want in the shot.

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PhotosGuy wrote in post #5820144
Not so easy & cropping won't help with distortion. IF you have the camera back vertical, then you won't have distortion & can crop out the elements you don't want in the shot.

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Ps: im photographing huge compounds and large sites that have more than 10 buildings, the indoor photographs wont be one until more work is finished up inside.

I'm thinking panorama because extreme WA shots make everything in the distance look too small.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #5827297
I'm thinking panorama because extreme WA shots make everything in the distance look too small.

you mean stitching photos :0?!

Yes. You should have software on the CD that came with your camera & it works well.