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Early films are slow and took hours to develop. It was easier to take pictures of buildings because they are not moving. Fredrick Evans is one of the greatest architectural photographers in history. He captured the emotion of the place he was taking picture of. Line in the picture can help divide your photograph into differnet sections so that the viewer can see the differnet values and textures. Depending on how you take a picture of the building it can share a story. Photographing the building and the things around it can show more about its personality. Pattern is a part of each image in architectural photos. They can make the pictures stronger and add to the visual complexity. To have more of the scene in focus the photographer should have a small f-stop because it gives them a greater depth of field. For 35mm cameras this would be f/11-f/22. For detailed pictures use a bigger camera using f/32-f.64. The more value illustrated in the picture the more three-dimensional the picture looks. Contrast and texture add to the picture. Architectural photographs are divided into two types, commercial or artistic. Commercial pictures are for brochures or magazines and are usually in color. Artisitic photographs are usually in black and white. Black and white emphasizes value, shape, and texture. Color emphasizes color and the setting. For interior architecture photography color lighting is very important. For inside the buildings there are a variety of types of lighting that can be used. Incandescent lights (household bulbs), cent lights (modern spotlights), and flourescent lights are used to produce white light. A deep blue 80A filter can help correct photographs when they come out orange. Don't use more than one type of light source because you can only filter one for each photograph. There are three different types of architectural photographs: big view, detail, and interior view. Every building has a pattern, but to take artistic photos the photographer must figure out how to capture the building to show its personality. The architectural photos can be in black & white or color. For interior design lighting is very important. Using filters can help change the light for the picture. A greater depth of field is required for interior architecture because then everything is in focus. For interiors you will be close to the elements 4-20 feet away and have an f-stop between f/11-f/22. The closer to the element the more depth of field there will be. Put the camera on the tripod and have a slower film with a higher f-stop. For big view wide-angle lens is needed, and the photographer can exagerate the picture by taking it at a low angle looking upward. Remember that the wider the lens the more disorientation you get in the picture. Keep the camera and lens level as often as possible. Tripods help to balance the camera and make it easier to take pictures of the buildings. Monopods, which are single-legged cameras, work for walking arouund and shooting details. Unfortunately, they don't work for interior photographs. For interior photography you would need to be using long shutter speeds and need maximum support such as a tripod. Shadows on buildings or from them can create interesting photographs. The big view picture shows the overall architecture. Usually taken with a wide-angle lens or was taken further away. The farther from the building the photographer is the less disorientation there will be in the picture. Shooting from the side allows for the photograph to look three-dimensional. Detail shots featuer the elements of the building. These details are indirect portraits of the people who made them. Photographing these elements reinforce the importance these craftspeople gave to the work they created. A telephoto lens is most likely needed for the elements above eye level. Below is a picture that shows interior view. This shows a part of a church. Everything in this picture is in focus. Light plays a role in the picture because the picture is framed by the dark iron doorway, but inside the church has light. There is line in the picture too because of the pews. The views eye follows them as they can further away from the doorway. The photographer frames the shot well using the doorway to frame it and keeps the picture symmetrical.

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