Photographing Architecture: Lighting, Composition, Postproduction and Marketing Techniques

by John Siskin

Overview

Essential for professional commercial photographers but with appeal for anyone who enjoys architectural photography, this book explains how to build better light indoors while finding the optimal positions for capturing images. Beginning with advice on understanding angles, controlling perspective, and becoming familiar with the tools necessary for capturing interiors, this guidebook then progresses onto explanations of various types of light, methods for manipulating them, and circumstances  under which different lights should be utilized. Also included throughout the book are example shots of homes, businesses, and public spaces followed from start to finish, illustrating the challenges of the shoot, how these problems were solved, and any work that required editing after the shoot.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608953004
Publisher:	Amherst Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/06/2011
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

John Siskin"is a photography instructor and a fine art and commercial photographer whose work has been published in a number of magazines including "Photo Technique," "Shutterbug," and "View Camera." He is the author of "Understanding and Controlling Strobe Lighting." He lives in Agua Dulce, California.

Editorial Reviews

"This guide for photographers offers color photos on every page illustrating techniques for planning the shoot, choosing the right gear, mastering shooting angles, lighting interiors, and shooting exteriors." —www.BookNews.com

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