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Hello all – I’m new here, so I hope that this is a very helpful forum! I am getting into Arch. Photography with my company, and am wondering a few things on the lighting/ eiditing issues that come with shooting.
First off, I shoot houses, both exterior & interior, as well as offices and such. I have recently purchased a SB-600 flash for my Nikon D70s, and it works great. I have seen other architectural photos of model homes, for instance, that have multiple highlights (from flashes) on the exterior. My assumption is that they are composed of multiple images that are then overlaid in Photoshop or something. That is how I do it, any way, by moving my flash around to highlight what I want, and then shooting each iamge seperately. I am wondering if there is another technique to this though. Anybody else do this kind of work?

Also, when I bring my images into Photoshop, I open each file individually, pick one as my base, and then overlay each image I want using the SCREEN blend option. I find, however, that I am getting a bit of digital noise in the blends, and my final product does not look as professional as I would like. Anyone have any tips/ pointers on how I could do this entire thing better, including my lighting/ shooting technique?
I would really appreciate the help!

I just found this article on the internet

http://photography.about.com/library/we … 00603b.htm

which makes the arguement that photographs of buildings on “permanent public display” are not subject to copyright, however “any photograph of the Eiffel tower at night is subject to the copyright” by virtue of there being a copyright on the temporary features – such as the night-lighting display.

I was wondering if anyone has any more knowledge of how this applies in the UK particularly.

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I was wanting to ask the Architectural Photographers in the forum the different ways they correct for color in both interior and exterior shots.

I learn most of what I do by trial so i’m not sure if my method is the right way but I typically use a 18% grey card for RAW balancing interior shots and manually adjust for color in RAW for sunny exteriors.

What is the official architecture institute in Spain? For instance, U.S.A. is AIA and England is RIBA.

A recent conversation with a younger employee still in school brought up the issue of design vs real world practicality and the incoporation of MAYA as a requirement for use by architectural students (in lieu of AutoCad). It’s really an animation program but the conversation was directed to the idea that more firms are using this type of software. I would love to hear anyone’s thoughts on this issue. Myself, I have never been a fan of computers surrogating as architects.

mx2.5

Have you been to Rio de Janeiro? Do you have some favorite buildings there?

What are your top suggestions for architects to visit? Have any photos to share in our wiki?
http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Rio_de_ … %2C_Brazil

I recently finished a little report on the duration between graduation and licensure in NY State. The Board gave me a little data on the 15,000 licensed architects and I charted how long it takes to get licensed.

If you’re interested in such a subject, The chart for NY State is posted at http://www.stairwaytoarchitecture.com

It’s a 4meg pdf, linked at http://www.stairwaytoarchitecture.com/i … REPORT.pdf

It looks like this:


enjoy. I’m one of the dots in there somewhere… I guess I could find it if I looked…

please let me know if there is anything unclear in the charts or the information. Thanks.

So I often find living in Phoenix that I’m attacked by bad architecture. As former fastest growing city in the country, much of Phoenix can be seen as a sprawling monster, with endless earth tone identical homes spreading out. However, the desert is a beautiful place, and some homes embrace it.

Here is one example of a home I really enjoy looking at… its in Paradise Valley, a wealthy suburb in the middle of Phoenix.

http://www.azarchitecture.com/property_ … uto_id=621

I would like to hear the opinions of as many people as possible. What is in your opinion the best architect in the world? Antonio Gaudi, Frank Lloyd Wright, Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry, Ralph Erskine, Alvaro Siza, Herzog & de Meuron…I would like to know who is the best architect in the world, and his masterpiece, in your opinion. Here goes mine. In my opinion the best architech in the world is Antonio Gaudi and his masterpiece is the cathedral
La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.