Ch.8 Architecture and Urban Landscapes (pgs. 179-197)

• Architecture photos are indirect portraits
• Charles Négre 
• artist and painter 
• used photography to create studies for his paintings 
• liked photography so much that he turned away from art to focus on photography 
• Use line to lead the viewer's eye through an architectural image
• A structure's setting is an important consideration, look to tell a story
• Look for patterns, they can help enrich and strengthen your photographs by adding visual complexity
• CAMERA SETTINGS
• want to see the smallest details
• select a smaller f-stop to bring more of the scene in focus
• the bigger the camera format, the smaller the f-stop has to be for the most depth of field
• the bigger negative, the more detail it will capture
• use slower ISO such as 100 ISO or less forming sharper prints
• Value= most important element
• determines the shapes of objects
• used to emphasize certain parts of an image
•  Contrast= the difference or range of values
•  Texture enhances the 3-dimensional quality of a photo
• Architecture photos can be divided into 2 types
• commercial
• magazines, brochures; color
• artistic
• usually in black and white
• Wide angle lenses are useful 
• Shadows make an interesting subject rather than a building try to capture the shadows it casts
• THE BIG VIEW
• wide angle used to capture the whole seen rather than zooming in
• shooting from the side creates 3-dimensional views of the building
• THE DETAIL SHOT
• features individual elements of a buildings interior or exterior 
• INTERIOR VIEWS
• can record shots of a whole room or focus on smaller details
• Bernice Abbot (1898-1991)
• age of 20 moved to Paris to become a sculptor 
• was a photographer assistant
• pursued portrait photography with her own studio
• later was introduced to agricultural photography through Eugène Atget
• devoted the rest of her time to agricultural photography