Structure Evaluation
Structure Evaluation
For the Structure brief, we had to produce five images in total of the structure and architecture of a building. Throughout doing this we were informed to consider factors that may affect our images, such as weather, time of day and lighting. There were also photographic factors to consider as well, including leading lines and composition, so that we could capture the important features of your chosen structure. We were told to shoot the college building as it had everything that we needed features wise and there was also a competition draw. Three of the images were to be exteriors, which included a full image of the building along with two interior images. At least two of the images had to have a controlled perspective on them also.
Despite having other ideas, shooting the City college building worked better than I anticipated, due to the easy accessibility and also the stunning features that the building had to offer. Thankfully, the weather was bright, with clear blue skies and plenty of sun throughout shooting. This also helped with timing as it was like this until quite late at night, so this was a factor that I didn't really need to worry about a lot. I was going to try a night shot of the building for my full exterior image, however, due to the bright sun complimenting the building beautifully, I preferred this shot than a night one as the white of the building and stone was highlighted and the windows reflected very well in some of my test shots.
Exterior
I shot these images over two days, the first being test and recci shots and the second being my finals. I managed to show a variety of angles of the building, such as the corner at the main entrance looking up at the building. This is my favourite exterior image as it shows how the weather and blue of the sky compliments the building so much.
I only had to bring up the whites and clarity up by a little to make the image really pop. You can really see the detail of the architecture and lines of the stone work/ structure perfectly in this image. My full exterior is my least favourite as it looks bland compared to the rest. It annoyed me that you could not see as much detail due to being far away to fit it in. In post-production. I cloned out a lamppost, and also cropped the traffic from the bottom of the picture, as it was distracting. Despite not having to worry about weather, next time I will need to consider peak times for traffic etc. so that I can capture the best that I can.
Interior
I knew that I wanted to shoots the ceiling and lights at the side door entrance of the building on floor 2 as it contrasts with the rest of the buildings architecture and really stands out. The main Atrium is filled with natural light, which I used for my staircase image, but the natural light of this contrasts well with the artificial lights of my ceiling image, and that was my main aim after doing my test shots for this brief. My staircase image shows the artificial light that runs down it, but also the natural window light falling onto the wooden texture, leaving a soft spot of light in the middle. I love the composition of this image also, as the stairs come from the side and go down, and it lets your eyes flow with it, which is what caught my eye in the first place. I made little to no changes in these pictures as they did not need it.
I chose portrait canvas layout for my five final images, as it worked with my full exterior in the middle, with the rest placed around it. I made a solid border around it as it looked more neat and professional. For my optimising and editing process, I used; Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw and Adobe Photoshop. I only had to fix highlights, contrasts and some whites as well as cropping for these final Structure images.
