Six tips to get you started in architectural photography

Architectural photography is not only limited to shoot magnificent appearance, canvas prints building internal space layout and decorative furnishings is an integral part of the whole building design, but due to the varying conditions and indoor light display is multifarious, the influence of such factors as interior architectural photography relative to the outdoor filming is often more challenging, especially for the first time contact with the theme of photography lovers will often find it difficult to start. Don't worry; let's start with six simple and practical photography techniques to see how to take a satisfying indoor architectural photograph.

1.Make sure tripod stay with you.

For architectural photographers, there are two main reasons you can't live without your tripod. The first reason is that the tripod can give you unparalleled stability during shooting, canvas prints australia as to basically eliminate the shaking caused by hand-held shooting. As far as architectural photography is concerned, the blurring of any main scene is almost not allowed. Another benefit of using a tripod is the ability to keep your camera level at all times. The second reason you have to use a foot rest sounds like melodramatic, and that's why I can't find a reason not to use a foot rest. To know that architectural photography doesn't require you to constantly adjust the composition or track the subject by moving your camera around quickly, tripods don't stand in the way of photography, but architectural photography is 99.99% still, so how can we get rid of tripods?

2.Use flash as much as possible

In addition to tripods, flash bulbs are another essential feature of interior architectural photography. If you're shooting in an indoor environment without a flash, there's a good chance you'll see shadows wreaking havoc in the room, and using a flash can help balance out exposure throughout the scene. Some basic set flash including placing it on the main points of the distance from the camera a few feet away, adjust the Angle of the flash to light to the ceiling, at the same time to keep proper distance with photograph of a space, so the flash will not direct illuminate is taken on the space, thus creating more soft and uniform light. The flash does not need to be fully fired, so it can be set manually below the full power output gear.

3.Don't rush to use the ultra wide Angle lens when shooting large space

For photographers who have just embarked on indoor architectural photography, one of the easiest mistakes to make is to be greedy for more. When facing a large space, they always want to explain everything in the whole space at one time by using the ultra-wide Angle lens with a wider perspective. But it's not always a good thing to have too many elements in the picture at once. Another drawback of ultra wide Angle lens is the serious distortion of the edge position of the picture, which is also an intolerable problem for strict architectural photography. After testing several lenses with different focal lengths, I concluded that using the focal length between 21mm and 28mm can achieve a balance between wide perspective and low distortion, while ultra-wide angles like 14mm or 15mm are difficult to completely eliminate the effect of distortion even after post-processing.

4.Try to present a super-wide perspective with panoramic view

If encounter narrow space, the wide Angle lens of 21mm above is insufficient to use how should do? Don't worry, even if we don't use 14mm and other ultra-wide Angle lenses, we still have a way to fully display the indoor space, and at the same time, we can avoid serious distortion problems, which is panorama shooting. It's easy to take a panoramic view, so we just set the camera vertically on a tripod and make sure that each shot overlaps at least a third of the previous one. Of course, when we press the shutter, we also need to make sure the camera is always level during the rotation and find the rotation point. It is important to know that no matter the rotation point is too far or too close, the photo will be distorted. For example, in the picture below, the rotation point during shooting is on the camera body, and the result will be a convex deformation after the photo is synthesized.

5.Try to include one or both walls in a photo

Geometrically, the best visual effect is to present two walls in a photo. When more than three walls are photographed at the same time, some parts of the picture become awkward or unnatural, if we don't spend more time on composition.

6. Confirm camera level

Last but not least, don't forget to check the camera's level before pressing the speedway to make sure the camera isn't left, right, or up, or down. You know, it takes a lot of time to correct the slight deviation at the beginning. The following two images show the difference between a level shot and a level shot.

It can be said that horizontal photography has a great influence on the final photo effect. There are several ways to make sure the camera is horizontal in composition and shooting. First of all, most cameras in the market now have built-in level meters. The second method is to buy and install a hot-shoe level that determines the camera's level by looking at the position of the bubbles in the level. I personally prefer to use the second method because I think the hot-shoe level is more accurate than the built-in one.

6.conclusion

No matter what kind of work you take, Modern Canvas Wall Art Print the most important thing for photography to take a good picture is to take time and be patient enough to confirm your composition, exposure and other elements that will affect the final effect over and over again. The good news for architectural photographers is that our subjects don't move, so there's no reason to rush.