Just Struck a Job

So I just got a job within my work to take pictures of our finished products...schools, jails, courthouses and various gov't buildings. My current setup is the kit lens, nifty fifty and the 70-200L. I don't want to use my kit lens, at all(Ive been spoiled with 'L' quaility).

Can anyone give me some tips with shooting this type of envioronment? Should I just bite the bullet and pick up a wide angle lens? (it will double as a freebording/skateboard​ing lens as well) or should wide angle not be used for architectural shooting?

Any comments or suggestions would be awesome! Thanks

Wide angle can be very good for building shots but what you need to worry about is barrel distortion. This is effectively, a fish eye look and people don't usually approve of this for architectural photography. For buildings you usually want straight lines, straight.

http://www.dpreview.co​m/learn/?/key=barrel+d​istortion

T&S lens

Yeap, T&S lens.

T&S Lens?

tilt and shift.
http://www.the-digital-picture.com …lt-Shift-Lens-Review.aspx

I read that. I kind of understand it.

Can anyone post some example shots of that and why it is good for wide angle architecture?

Grab the Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L for building shots.

If you need more artictic shots, go for a UWA but remember about distortion.

Here's a link...click here.

elysium wrote in post #6026365
Grab the Canon TS-E 24mm f3.5L for building shots.

If you need more artictic shots, go for a UWA but remember about distortion.

When you talk about distortion coming in where is that going to be most prevelant.

Say I was using a Tokina 12-24 on a 400D. At 12mm is it going to have that distortion? Or more towards 24mm?

dinanm3atl wrote in post #6027086
When you talk about distortion coming in where is that going to be most prevelant.

Say I was using a Tokina 12-24 on a 400D. At 12mm is it going to have that distortion? Or more towards 24mm?

the distortion runs to around 16mm.
at least thats all i can tell looking through the lens right now.

dinanm3atl wrote in post #6027086
When you talk about distortion coming in where is that going to be most prevelant.

Say I was using a Tokina 12-24 on a 400D. At 12mm is it going to have that distortion? Or more towards 24mm?

5D+Sigma 12-24 @ 12mm (building in the bg just to the right of centre. Its not supposed to be that distorted.

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^^Also look at the guy on the right...see how his head is distorted.

inthedeck wrote in post #6027342
^^Also look at the guy on the right...see how his head is distorted.

I think that happens from being on POTN for so long. (was from a POTN meetup)

hehe...DOH! I can see the deformations when I look thru the cam. using a fisheye, in a mirror. Gotta get my eyes checked...hehe.