The Key to Better Photographs of Beautiful Buildings and Architecture
It is surprisingly difficult to get a decent shot of large buildings or architecture. Maybe you have tourists in your photo, or your lens isn’t wide enough, or your photo just doesn’t fit the scene. For the best shot, focus on the details rather than the big image.
Photographer Mark Beltschug of PhotographyLife shares his own experience on a recent trip to Casa Mila in Barcelona. There were too many tourists in Belchug’s frame, and he could not fit everything in the frame. His photographs still look good, but he took amazing photographs when he learned to separate parts of the work as a whole:
While I realized that it would be impossible to photograph GaudÃ’s work in its entirety, I decided to start separating the complex and exclusive aspects of his work in such a way that everyone appreciates the individual parts as well as the whole …
In conclusion, it is quite difficult to photograph places known for their architecture without people in the frame or without any other distractions such as a modern fence. However, my own conclusion was that if you can’t get to the photographic location you want first, then focusing on detail is just as important and can be just as creative and satisfying.
In other words, instead of trying to capture the entire scene in the frame, just focus on one beautiful, smaller detail. Of course, this tip allows you to take a completely different kind of photo. However, this is useful if you are just trying to get a cool picture of the place as a whole. It’s also useful for iconic locations – almost any photo of Stonehenge or the Sydney Opera House will be beautiful, but if you want something different, try focusing on the details.
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How I Learned to Separate Parts | PhotographyLife