My second favorite photo topic is architecture. The first attracton to this type of photography is, of course, the structure's design. The second is the emphasis on use of natural light when shooting the interior or exterior. In addition to architectural photography, I also shoot real estate. The difference, most of the time, is the requirement to use strobes for what I refer to as a "nuclear blast bright" result. I find the style and lighting technique used in architectural photography more attractive although I certainly have not mastered either.
1. Driving home from the mountains I stopped at a ghost town (tourist attraction) to look for photo opportunties. Years before I was at this location shooting a newly married couple. Turned out the only not-so-touristy place in town was the same church at which I'd photographed the newly weds. The location reminds me of an old west movie set... except of course for the pickup truck.
(f/4.0, 30 sec, ISO 100, 18mm)
2. Just north of the Snottsdale :) Mall are apartments surrounded by lush vegetation. I happened by right after a significant thunderstorm and took advantage of the photo opportunity as the sky cleared in the west and the sun set. Not sure why I used f/22 as plenty of depth of field was available at wider apertures without the risk of diffraction. However, I got lucky and was a able to avoid distortion using an awesome 50mm lens.
(f/22, 1/10 sec, ISO 200, 50mm)
3. Tempe Town Lake has many nice locations for photography, if you can tolerate the ever present pot plumes of the losers who frequent the area. This particular evening offered still water which allowed me to capture a clear reflection. Other images from the same area will be shared as this page gets periodically updated.
(f/11, 3.0 sec, ISO 200, 50mm)
4. As with many photographers, I enjoy shooting attractive doorways. I'm just not sure why. This image was taken around the holidays at a resort in Sedona. In the original image, the light on the wall and the wall below the light were slightly overexposed and pulled the attention away from the doorway. So in the editing process, both were burned (darkened) until balance was achieved with the rest of the image.
(f/5.6, 0.8 sec, ISO 800, 50mm)
(f/22, 0.6 sec, ISO 400, 50mm)
6. The main town area of Cave Creek features an old west atmosphere as seen in this shot of the motel. Capturing the many colors against the evening sky without extremely blown out (overexposed) flood lights was a challenge. The foreground of the parking lot turned out too bright so it was burned (darkened) during the editing process. At the time this image was taken, I did not have a wide angle lens. Using one would have resulted in less parking lot in the foreground and a closeer view of the building. Next time...
(f/11, 2.0 sec, ISO 100, 50mm)
