How to shoot architecture?

Photography to find children, it is inevitable that you will encounter the shooting of buildings. Whether it is the courtyard attic of ancient scenic spots or the high-rise buildings in modern cities, they all have different classical beauty and design beauty. Shooting buildings can not only be reproduced as real records, but also produce different artistic effects. The color, lines, light and shadow of the building and the design of details all provide rich shooting themes for photography. Different from other subjects, architecture is static, which can give photographers enough time to observe and shoot. Different seasons, different times and different angles can get different shooting effects and expressive force.

Skills of shooting buildings with SLR camera

Due to the height of the building and the limitation of the site environment in the city, professional photographic equipment is generally needed when shooting the building, especially when it is used in business, and it is necessary to truly shoot the proportion and appearance of the building. Both large-format cameras and shift-axis cameras are used for professional shooting of buildings, because they can greatly adjust and correct the perspective distortion of buildings, keep the buildings vertical and horizontal, and ensure high definition. However, these professional equipment are expensive and not everyone can have them, so we use 35mm SLR cameras to shoot buildings.

In order to shoot a complete building, we have to shoot the back, but this will inevitably distort the photographed building and produce a sense of instability. In order to photograph a building with normal scale and no distortion, you can choose a certain height parallel to the building to keep the camera level. Usually, a high angle of view is easier to show the environment around the building and has a wider field of vision. Try to use a lens with focal length, such as a standard lens of 50mm, because 50mm is the closest to the visual proportion of people, and it can also maintain the clarity of depth of field, so that even the buildings photographed by ordinary SLR cameras can not be distorted by the naked eye.

In order to keep the building vertical, you can find a height parallel to the building and try to keep the original height and proportion of the building.

Use wide-angle lens to increase artistic effect

In order to better shoot buildings and increase the artistic effect of shooting, a wide-angle lens can be used. Due to the optical principle of wide-angle lens, the object will be deformed, especially when using overhead camera, the deformation will be more serious. Because the appearance of the building is mostly vertical lines, it will have an effect of being big at the bottom and small at the top. Although this is a shortcoming in shooting, if we make good use of it, the photographed building will have unexpected effects. The perspective deformation of the top and bottom gives people a straight feeling, which can better show the grandeur of the building.

The effect of wide-angle lens swinging back can make the building have a sense of depth from bottom to top, and make the building more straight.

The deformation effect created by wide-angle lens makes the visual center of the picture focus on the center of the picture, forming an exaggerated visual impact.

Pay attention to the lines and perspective in the building.

No matter the appearance outline or internal structure of the building, the city is composed of different lines, which just conforms to the concept of photography aesthetics. If these lines are found and used to formally master the photographer's skills, then the points, lines and surfaces of the building will naturally form a perspective relationship.

If the building itself lacks lines, we can observe the surrounding environment and find some lines that can be used. The stone steps in front of the building form some interesting lines against the reflection after the rain, and also form a perspective relationship, which leads people's attention to the main building.

The details of shooting architecture can not be ignored.

We are used to shooting the overall appearance of buildings, and we try our best to pursue the integrity of shooting. Sometimes we often ignore some details and local expressions. But it is often these details that are the designer's intention, which can reflect the designer's ideology and represent the identity of the times. Therefore, some details in the building are good shooting subjects, which need to be excavated and discovered with heart.

In addition, there are various ways to express architecture, such as the reflection in water and the reflection on the wall, which can be used to express architecture, making the picture more vivid and interesting and adding artistic flavor.

Some sculptures in ancient buildings are not only full of scientific and technological beauty, but also represent the age and history of the building.