Archictecture photography
For years, architecture photographers have carted around heavy bags and cases full of equipment all around the globe. One case held the camera rig, stands, film holders, a loop, dark material and an assortment of lens boards. Inside duffel bags a large tripod, light stands,gobos, gaffer tape, gels, flares and reflector cards.
This was a rare kind of photographer. They spent numerous hours adjusting minute increments. Correcting vertical lines. And adjusting perspectives beneath a dark-cloth as they carefully checked the photograph's sharpness. Their eyes bulged out, as their brains figured out the upside down, revolved image before them. They were forever meticulous down to the millisecond of natural light required for the correct exposure.
Ultimately, a film holder would be inserted in the shoot as they lifted the A-slide disclosing the film to the inside belly of the 4x5 camera. A press of the plunger cord opened the aperture to its exact coordinates letting light gradually fall across the film and then closing it off. After that, the A-slide was pushed down as you flipped the film holder, opened the B-slide and exposed the second sheet of film. Repeating as necessary until you felt you had the shot. Before moving your camera to the following location to set it all up once again and fire off one or two sheets of film.
Fast-forward a hundred years into the digital era of photography and you'll find a new breed of architectural snapper. No longer restricted to a film case and 2 sheets. No longer strapped down to an eye-loop beneath a dark material, architectural photographers are starting to devise new systems using software interfaces. They are no longer without a darkroom as your digital darkroom in the shape of a laptop PC can be by your side during each shoot.
However the challenges involved in design photography - making an attempt to capture the essence of a great piece of architecture, the lines, the light, the surroundings - are just the same. The art of capturing the picture is different, the type of equipment is more modern, however the same sense of what makes a great picture stays essentially the same.
This was a rare kind of photographer. They spent numerous hours adjusting minute increments. Correcting vertical lines. And adjusting perspectives beneath a dark-cloth as they carefully checked the photograph's sharpness. Their eyes bulged out, as their brains figured out the upside down, revolved image before them. They were forever meticulous down to the millisecond of natural light required for the correct exposure.
Ultimately, a film holder would be inserted in the shoot as they lifted the A-slide disclosing the film to the inside belly of the 4x5 camera. A press of the plunger cord opened the aperture to its exact coordinates letting light gradually fall across the film and then closing it off. After that, the A-slide was pushed down as you flipped the film holder, opened the B-slide and exposed the second sheet of film. Repeating as necessary until you felt you had the shot. Before moving your camera to the following location to set it all up once again and fire off one or two sheets of film.
Fast-forward a hundred years into the digital era of photography and you'll find a new breed of architectural snapper. No longer restricted to a film case and 2 sheets. No longer strapped down to an eye-loop beneath a dark material, architectural photographers are starting to devise new systems using software interfaces. They are no longer without a darkroom as your digital darkroom in the shape of a laptop PC can be by your side during each shoot.
However the challenges involved in design photography - making an attempt to capture the essence of a great piece of architecture, the lines, the light, the surroundings - are just the same. The art of capturing the picture is different, the type of equipment is more modern, however the same sense of what makes a great picture stays essentially the same.
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