Looking back · 1840’s Charles Negre
o Began to use photography to create studies for his paintings.
o He used to paint, but then he turned to photography.
o He started to see photographs as an end in themselves.
· Federick H. Evans
o Photography made from the late 1890s and 1920s are filled with emotion and light.
o Advice from him to other photographers:
§ “Try for a record of emotion rather than a piece of topography.”
· Eugene Atget
o A former actor and sailor turned to photography in his late 1890s
o When in his 40s he was a self-taught photographer and used lenses that were considered old-fashion.
Photography the Built Environment
Think Artistically
· Can be a visual recording of a building’s appearance.
· Key Ideas
o Use the corner of a room or the curve of a walkway or stair you can use line to lead the viewers eyes through an architectural image.
o Vertical and horizontal lines at the edge of buildings
o Observe the space that surrounds the objects or buildings in your photograph.
§ Can reveal a great deal about its “personality”.
o Patterns
§ Bricks
§ Designs in a carpet
§ Wallpaper
§ Arraignment of windows
§ Helps by strengthen your photography.
· Camera Settings
o Small f-stop gives a greater depth of field
o Bigger format
o Bigger negative the better detail it will capture
o Slower film
· Film
o Color Films
§ Emphasize color and setting
o Black and white
§ Emphasize value, shapes and textures
· Lighting
o Color of lighting is important in interior architectural photography
· Lenses
o Wide-angel
§ More distraction you get
· Filters
o Black and white
§ Include sky and clouds
