Photographing mega buildings is difficult. They are so large that a wide angle lens will be necessary, and the chances of the sun being in exactly the right place are remote. So it is of great importance to locate good angles to photograph buildings. It is also useful to find genuine hidden areas and look for interesting patterns, shapes, textures, reflections and angles that can highlight the details of the building that might have previously been missed by others.
Sometimes a specular highlight may add a magical touch to the image of buildings made entirely of steel and glass. In addition to highlights, also try using reflections at modern glass windows. There is something special about seeing art deco buildings reflected in post modern glass and steel architecture.
Most buildings can be shot in overviews and wide angle, including aerial views and panoramic views whenever possible. It's always a welcome to try out different effects with lighting, angles, framing and colors. Architectural photography close-ups and building details can also create fresh angles to attract viewers' attention.
Besides wide angle overviews, low to high perspectives shot from ground level can create astonishing images as well. Apart from that, bird’s eye views, squirrel’s eye views and worm’s eye views will frequently set your portfolio of digital images apart from the rest of the herd’s.
Clean streets and people free shots are sometimes more important in photographing buildings than one can realized. Most street cleaning happens over night and the early morning often finds urban scenes with less litter to clutter the shots. Shots around dawn also have less likelihood of being cluttered by people. It’s amazing how lonely a city can look if you’re able to get a people free shot.
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