A Complete Guide to the History, Practice and Techniques of Architectural Photography and Composition.
If you’re a photographer who would like to specialize in architecture; or one who as worked on other subjects and would like to learn more about architectural photography; or an architect or designer who wants to shoot your own work, then my new 360-page e-book, Architectural Photography and Composition is for you. With over 300 photographs and illustrations and dozens of workflows it is the most comprehensive e-book of its kind ever published.
LEARN FROM THE MASTERS
Architectural photography is part of a long tradition that goes back over 500 years to the work of the great Dutch painters like Vermeer and de Hooch; the Italian view painters like Piranesi and Canaletto; and modern era painters such as Cezanne and Hopper. My new e-book covers this history in depth and examines in detail the systems of proportion and composition that have been gifted to us by these artists of genius and which have guided my work for decades. I know they will help you to see with increased acuity and to have greater confidence in your own compositional choices.
MASTER YOUR TOOLS
We discuss the cameras, lenses and accessories that you need-- and equipment that you really don’t need. I supply easy-to-follow workflows -- the same workflows that I use in my work --for setting up your computer, your camera, making the photographs; and for processing your files. You’ll receive complete procedures for Bridge; for Camera RAW, and detailed Photoshop workflows including vertical and horizontal alignment, photo-merging, layering exposures, fixing localized color problems, repairing a bad sky, and much more.
WE WILL EXAMINE ALL ASPECTS OF THE ART
Single buildings and building complexes
High rises
Architectural details
Landscape
Interiors
Still life
Night Photography
Black and white photography
Architectural models
And for each of these areas, I offer suggested assignments with detailed guidelines.
RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS
At the end of the book there are Appendices with suggested readings and movies and my “Preparation for Photography” guidelines that you can use for your clients. And, lastly, some valuable business principles that will help you immeasurably.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Steven Brooke is an internationally recognized leader in the photography of architecture, landscape, and interior design.
Based in Miami, Steven has worked with an elite clientele for over thirty years. He produced landmark books on the Miami Beach Art Deco District, the influential town of Seaside, Florida, as well as the definitive book on the Houses of Philip Johnson. Among his 40 books on architecture and design are his highly acclaimed Views of Rome and Views of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Photographed in the tradition of the 18th- and 19th- century view painters of Europe, the books were the first of their kind in decades.
Steven won the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. He is a Fellow of the Albright Institute in Jerusalem, winner of the AIA National Honor Award for Photography, recipient of two Graham Foundation Grants, and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture, teaching architectural photography and composition.