Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Chapter 8 Notes- Architecture and Urban Landscapes

Architecture and Urban Landscapes
  • indirect portraits- pics of buildings and homes in neighborhoods, towns, cities
  • pattern- repetition of any of the elements of art, usually part of every image
  • contrast- difference or range of values
  • texture- the tactile or touchable quality of surface
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Film
  • either black and white or color 
  • empahsize color and setting, while black and white films emphasize values, shapes, textures.
  • ex: magazines, brochures almost always in color
Lighting

  • color of the lighting 
  • very important in interior architecture
  • orange colors can be seen when not wanted
  • eyes automatically adjust, flourescent lights better
Lenses
  • doing the big view and wider interior shots, wide angle lenses are best because you can't get back far enough to get the entire scene you want with normal lenses.
Camera Support
  • tripod= slow, fine-grained film and lots of depth of field, you will probably be using shutter speeds slow enough to  use a tripod
  • lightweight tripods better
  • maximum support- only a tripod can give you
Filters
  • filters can improve images in black and white
  • bring out textures in stone and concrete, bring a more tactile or touchable quality to your prints

The Big View

  • big view- wide anle overall view
  • perspective distortion- appears as strong converging lines in a building, where the sides of the building angle in toward each other instead of looking parallel as they are in reality.
Shadows
  • good way to tune into visual world around us
Detail Shot
  •  detail shot features the individual architectural elements of a building's interior or exterior 
  • you can zero into an intriguing element of a photo
  • ex: stainless steel buildings of a city

Interior view
  • more detail than interior
  • seen as concentrating on the presence of the people who live in and use those rooms
  • detail- depth and field and the f-stop on lens
  • reasonably close for interior, 4 feet or so to about 20 feet 
  • closer to subject, higher f-stop

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