Moving into The Genre
Over the past few years, I have been looking into architectural photography, since I had strong backgrounds in both Architecture and Photography, it made sense that I would have an interest in the genre. Being in architecture as a career, you're constantly exposed to the principles of design that often bleed over into photography; some of those being repetition, leading lines, lighting and color science to name a few. Practicing these principles has actually helped hone my design style as an architect, putting focus on specific elements as part of the experience of the user, as well as creating dramatic moments as you enter and explore the building. It's done the same for my photography, celebrating architectural elements to create a tone and feel to my photographs.
I have also been digging into some of the greater photographers in the genre, such as Mike Kelley and Casey Dunn, who are well known in these circles, with a large body of work that have inspired me as well as taught me how to improve my own photography. After extensive researching and studying, I finally got my chance to start out in this field myself, and fortunately for me, it was incredibly close to home.
The Body of Work
Starting out, the work wasn't too difficult, I understood the compositions, and getting the exposure right, but I was limited by my lens. The realtor I was working for offered to get me a lens in exchange for capturing a few properties, which I happily agreed. Once I acquired the lens, a 12-24mm wide-angle, I noticed a drastic improvement in my images. Being able to capture so much more in one shot versus stitching them together was such a welcome relief on my workflow.
As I have worked on over a dozen properties now, I am starting to see where my skills are strongest, which is capturing the built environment. Don't get me wrong, I still love portrait work and capturing my family life, but I can see that I have a talent in architectural photography. Another thing I had learned as well was that houses designed today greatly lack character and interesting features. Homes built 10-15 years ago and older were designed with intent to create something unique to that house, whereas today, houses are uniformly designed with a few small variations, regardless of site and climate. I'm not sure what caused this to happen, but it is alarmingly clear that we as a society view our home as a box that we eat and sleep in, instead of being an outward expression of our personalities.
Lone Star Roads
Thank you for reaching the end
THank you so much for making it to the end of this post, I know it's been a while since I released anything, and I appreciate your patience. My hope is to start picking this back up later on this year, as my time slowly starts to become more and more available. If you, or someone you know are looking for a photographer, fill out the form below, so we can talk about your photography project. Thank you again, and God bless.
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