Architectural Photography is the latest challenge I’ve faced in my career as a photographer. Definitely a quieter and more peaceful process, unlike fashion, or editorial projects where you have moving subjects and a crew to direct. These factors have made this style of photography special, as it allows me to reflect and understand the amazing energy and details of Architecture Design. Concentration and planning are essential, especially when you don’t like to crop, and rather use every single pixel the sensor has to offer to make the composition at the moment you take the shot, vs fabricating it post-editing.
My approach to a massive operation like this one is to simplify what I’m looking at, in order for my brain to process things easier.
I start by setting my camera in monochrome to avoid getting overwhelmed by the variety of existing bouncing light, and then I use the good old squinting technique which tends to pull out more visual contrast, by doing this I can:
Expose better.
Avoid getting distracted with the overall lighter and brighter parts of the composition.
Deal better with mix tricky lighting.
Identify the segment and parts of the visual space better.
In conclusion, by taking all these extras away, I feel that the structure is the only one that remains.
“New ideas often need old buildings”
