Architecture Intro

Tips:

1. You don't have to only take pictures from the outside of a building, go inside and see what you can take pictures of.
2. Use the weather to your advantage to change the tone of a building or make it more intriguing.
3.  Reflections can add more depth to the photo and you can have fun getting different distortions of the building.

Miguel Michan

I chose this photo  because I like you can see the main subject, the biggest building, really clearly but you can still see the rest of the city as well and does't make it seem so isolated. It was also taken at night so the light from, the buildings has little flares that adds depth to the photo. It also looks like a building is grabbing the main building from the angle it was taken and that adds more interest to the photo. Te lighting is coming the lights on the buildings so from around the subject, and it was taken at night. The lighting looks good because the buildings are all illuminated but some places look a little over exposed. The photo was taken from above looking down at the building and a little to the side so you don't see the entire from of the building. I like the angle the photo was taken at because the entire building is in the picture and you can see its environment. There is framing around the main subject with another building. He could have moved a little bit so the subject was more in the rule of thirds but i don't hunk it really needs it since you can see some of the other buildings around it.

Sam Javanrouh

I picked this photo I liked how the buildings aren't in the the front, they are more in the background of the photo so it creates a different tone. The weather also isn't the best and you can see the frozen water and it all adds to the dreary, dark tone of the photo. I also like seeing the different heights of the buildings because it adds different angles and the different colors of the buildings make it stand out from the grayness of everything else. The lighting is coming from above, through the lights and onto the ice and buildings. I think the lighting is really good for this picture because it adds to the mod. The angle is just straight on since the photographer is standing straight across from the opposite shore. If he was standing at another spot he could have different buildings in the photo and it would look completely different. The depth of field is in the background and he also has a neutral foreground as gray and the sky is also gray so the buildings, which has color, stands out.

 Suryo Tutuko

I chose this picture because it looks like it could be multiple different things and i really like the spiral shape. The shadows add depth and the lights add more interest since they all look different. I also like the shape that the stairs make because its not a tear drop or a perfect circle. It is an interesting shape that draws my eyes in. The lighting is mostly in the top of the picture with shadows on the bottom half. the light looks like it is coming from behind the photographer so he probably brought his own light source. The angle was taken from the photographer lying on the floor and look up to the ceiling. You could play with how far you lie down and create different photos. The photo has lines which draw the eyes up to the center of the photo but the center of the spiral is a little off center so it adds more interest.

Spreng Ben

I chose this picture because I like the different colors of the building and how one of them contrasts from the others. I also like that they are different shapes and the create interesting angles and have reflections on them. The background is also nice and clear so you know the only subjects are those building. The lighting appears to be coming from behind the buildings because around the buildings is a lighter blue than as you get farther out. I think the lighting is good and it doesn't need to be changed. The anne appears to have been taken from the ground looking up slightly and works really well for the picture but i would like to see what it would look like if you took the photo from above or more straight on and just backed up a little. The background of the picture is just blue so its nice and clear and the building that is a different color from the rest is off to the side.

1. Bob Bullock Museum
2. Around the UT campus
3. Shops around South Congress  
4. The 360 bridge
5. 6th street

A tilt-shift uses camera movements on small and medium format cameras where you can rotate the lens plane. http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/lenses-flashes/tilt-shift-lenses

• tripods
• fish-eye lens
• lighting sources