Architectural notes/Chapter 8 notes

-Architectural photos are indirect portraits.

-Not just shooting a building, trying to show personality to a space.

-Cropping is a big key in photos

-Color contrast draws viewers in

-If you use people, make sure they don't draw too much attention away from the photo

-In 1853 one of the first Architectural photos were taken

-Popular because you can find principles of elements of line, shape, and form in every Architectural photo.

-Fred Evans used emotion in his photos and took most photos of cathedrals in London

-Evans primarily worked in platinum papers

-This gave more level of detail then other photographs

-Platinum papers were used in bombs, so the price got higher

-Evans gave up photography because his medium was taken away

-Light is a very importaint thing

-Big picture shot, Detail shot, and interior shot are the 3 types of Architectural photos.

-Ezra Stroller was forst an Architect but loved taking photographs of Architectural buildings.

-Apply artistic emotions to Architectural phots so that its not just a photograph.

-Personality and relationship!

-Patterns dominate almost every picture.

CHAPTER 8 NOTES

-indirect portraits - buildings materials, styles and scale provide clues to who the people are that built them where and what their lives were like.

Thinking artistically: 

-Lines - can be used to lead the viewers eye 

-pattern - the repetition of any of the elements and adds complexity

-color=Setting and emphasize color

-texture=tactile or touchable quality of a surface
-black and white=Texture, value, and shape

Camera Settings

-Make as sharp as possible for interior so very detailed and clear

-Bigger camera format-provides more detail

-Smaller f stop

The Big View:

- aka overall view, wide-angle view

-Shadows

-straight forwards shot creates a 2-dimensional image

-perspective distortion:

-appears as strong converging lines in a building

The Detail Shot

-detailed architectural elements of buildings exterior or interior
-want to use telephoto lenses because you can stand at street level 

Interior Views
-can create a image of the of the people who use the room

- detail shots and up close pictures
-higher f-stop the more depth of field you get

-wide-angle lens