How to shoot a good building

In addition to natural scenery, architecture is also a subject that many photographers like to shoot. Do you have any good suggestions for novice friends to shoot architecture? How can I take wonderful photos of buildings? Let's take a look at the following six common shooting techniques.

1. Find the line texture and shoot the abstract effect.

Looking for interesting lines of architecture with photographic eyes.

Many distinctive buildings, especially those related to art and design, as well as buildings with unique appearance and materials, are very suitable for taking photos with abstract effects. First of all, observe the appearance of the building carefully with your eyes and look for some interesting patterns, lines and textures to shoot. Be careful not to be too greedy and avoid including too many objects. Sometimes "simplicity is beauty".

If necessary, you can also use telephoto lens combined with filling composition, or trichotomy and shallow depth of field to take beautiful abstract photos.

Photograph reflective surface

Many modern buildings will contain many reflective materials. At this time, with the help of external light, interesting reflections can be found as shooting objects. But pay attention to the shooting angle and find an angle that can make the objects in the reflective surface clearly present.

Step 3 use contrast composition

If your photo always contains only a single building, it will look dull, so you might as well pay attention to whether there is anything around the building that can be contrasted, such as the contrast between the old and the new, or adding people and vehicles as the foreground to make the photo look richer.

Use different lights

Following the light, you can shoot a building with balanced light under the blue sky, but the atmosphere will be slightly dull.

Light is very important for photography, so is shooting architecture. The same building will have different reflective surfaces, shadows, material sense and so on. When shooting at different times.

Capturing the light and shadow effects of buildings with black and white effects will have different flavors.

When is the best time to shoot buildings with light? There is no standard answer. The midday sun, which is generally not conducive to shooting, can strengthen the shadow of the building and make it more beautiful when shooting black and white effects; Smooth light (direct light on the building) can make photos have the best details; Sunrise, dusk and other prime time can make photos have beautiful colors. So different light will produce different effects, so try more.

5. Maintain or correct lens distortion?

The lens distortion caused by fisheye lens shooting has an interesting effect.

When shooting a large building with a wide-angle lens, lens deformation is likely to occur in the building. In fact, "deformation" is not necessarily a bad thing. Under the wide-angle lens, appropriate deformation can make the building look more magnificent, or make the photo more tense. However, if you want to shoot a documentary theme or the normal shape of a building, you can use a shifting lens to shoot, or use post-software to correct the lens deformation.

Shoot a silhouette

In the fourth point, it is mentioned that we can shoot buildings in different time and light. One of the shooting methods is to shoot the silhouette of buildings, especially some buildings with special contours, such as churches and temples.

postscript

For novice friends, architecture is a good photography theme. You can shoot at any time and anywhere. By changing the angle, composition and subject, even the same building can produce all kinds of beautiful and wonderful effects. It is the best choice for training photographers.