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Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
Ahoy /p/irates,

I haven't really used my camera in months, thus, I am planning a trip to the Newport Mansions next weekend. Problem is, I'm not sure how I'd go about photographing them. I checked out flickr, but couldn't find any good reference pics (bland photos, or bland photos "enhanced" with HDR).

Any architecture photography tips? Place where I could find good Newport mansion reference pics? Should I just cancel the trip?

old pic I took in Boston just because I have to upload something...
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>> Anonymous
wide angle lens.
>> Anonymous
Use interesting angles, ones that play up the designs of the place, but aren't usually how you'd see them. An easy thing to do with a wide angle lens, stand at the bottom of the building and look up. Besides that, just play around, try and focus on getting shots with a lot of light.
>> Anonymous
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRshift lens
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
Anyone else want to add anything?
>> angrylittleboy !wrJcGUHncE
Go for details. Sometimes, less is more.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>90215
I do this type of shot a lot (because buildings is why i got a camera) and im really really bored of it. With an 11-18 ive got plenty of wideness but I cant find any decent angles to take pictures from.

NEEDS MORE ADVICE.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>90438
What are you trying to accomplish with your architectural photos?
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>90478
I dont think I know, which might be why I cant find anything interesting to do.
>> Anonymous
>>90496

I think you have hit the nail on the head there. You aren't happy with it because you are aimlessly shooting. You need inspiration. Maybe time to get a good photobook or a look in the library? Works for many people.
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
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Play with Angles; look for interesting shots in the windows. Play with light; look for interesting contrasts- get up close, shoot from afar, etcetc. Look for interesting colors, textures and pattern then capture that. You don't necessarily have to get the whole building in the picture for it to be a good photo. Try to capture the essence or "character" of whatever building you're shooting.

I'd recommend instead of looking for reference pics to go off of, just go there and shoot what you see and what feels right to you so you can go in and capture them however you see them, as opposed to how another photographer does. Not that it works for everyone, but that's what I usually do.
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
>>90508

I used to just shoot without looking at other people's pictures too, but I'd see a cool picture of a location and get pissed that I missed taking a picture of it or taking a picture in that way.

Anyway, thanks all. Hopefully I can get a friend to tag along. I'm just worried about lighting since the tour info says we're supposed to leave by 5 PM...
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>90514

sun will be set by 5, 5:30 at the latest, so that shouldn't be a problem. Just bring a tripod with you so you don't have to worry about shaky pictures when the sun goes down.


And you just named the reason i DON'T look at a lot of pictures before I go to a place to shoot. The whole point is to do something different, not a copy of what someone else did before you, you know? JMHO.
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
>>90517
Yeah, that was my reasoning before... but then I noticed my different wasn't as good as their different.

But... in order to develop my creative eye, I will go without look at reference pictures from now on.
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>90518

in the end it's up to you, but someone who's only been shooting for, oh, 5 years isn't going to be as polished and "professional" looking as a photographer who's been behind the camera for 20 years.

If you look at references and try to go in with those pictures in mind, you just get frustrated if you don't get a shot that turns out like the one you saw. It frustrates me all the time I run into others photos of places i've shot, then I look at how theirs are different than mine and go "Oh, damn! why didn't I think of that?" On the other hand, though, if i try to take the same approach another photographer did, i rarely like the shots I end up with.

best of luck on your shoot though ;D
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
Motherfucking tickets sold out :( No one is in the ticketbooth when I wanted it, and when I came back today, the lady said they were sold out T_T
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>90758

that sucks :( can you go through on your own ?
>> Anonymous
i like how some guy just dumped his photos into this thread
>> Anonymous
i hope all your photos get trimmed out by a janitor
>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
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ok bldng time. this is the main building at the sebring international raceway. i like the pic..nothing special though. OP should just take a shitload of pics and try everything while there. i just shoot like crazy then go through it all at home and delete the crap.

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>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
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>>90790
suppose i'd deserve it. i'm working on redeeming myself by posting buildings.

shitty and kinda blurry..somewhere in tampa.

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>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
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sicily.

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>> spiderman !!Q+JluTncCte
>>90790
>>90782

felt guilty, so i deleted them thar pics.