ABSTRACT

This is a must-have guide both for aspiring students and for established professionals who need to keep up to speed with the current impact of recent digital developments.



In this highly visual, full colour text Michael Harris shares his professional secrets and demonstrates how to achieve top quality architectural images. Brief histories of both architecture and architectural photography lay the foundations for the technical applications that follow. This third edition provides increased coverage of the revolution in digital photography, which is forcing all photographers to review their practices. The pros and cons of these developments are assessed through a comparison of the film and digital mediums and the highly debated variances in their quality and cost.

Michael Harris is a freelance photographer specializing in architectural and interior photography. His work covers a wide spectrum from industrial and commercial, to residential photography. He is author of 'Professional Interior Photography', also published by Focal Press.

chapter |5 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|17 pages

OBJECTIVES: INTERPRETATION AND CREATION

chapter 2|14 pages

RECORDING MEDIUMS: FILM AND DIGITAL

chapter 3|29 pages

SPECIALIST HARDWARE FOR IMAGE CAPTURE

chapter 5|12 pages

FILTERS FOR LIGHT MODIFICATION

chapter 6|19 pages

COMPOSING THE IMAGE

chapter 7|13 pages

TECHNIQUE IN PRACTICE

chapter 8|25 pages

CREATIVE TECHNIQUES

chapter 9|12 pages

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEM EXTERIORS

chapter 10|20 pages

FROM IMAGE CAPTURE TO PUBLICATION