A presentation given at The Guildford Institute on photographing the local buildings

1. Photographing Buildings
and Architectural Details
With Mike Sleigh
of Polypodphoto

2. Some considerations , problems
and solutions when photographing
buildings and architectural details

3. Converging Parallels.
Perspective.
Angles.
Lenses.
Focus & Depth of field.

4. Lighting:
Shadows & Highlights.
Weather conditions.
Time of the day.
Time of the year.

5. Access to photograph.
Photographing on private property.
Permissions.
Property Release form.
Copyright.

6. Types of image:
Streetscape. General view of a
building group.
Photo of an individual building.
Angled views v straight on view.
Scale. Isolated parts and close-up
photo of details.

7. Software
Software for processing
and correcting images.

8. Collections of images:
Options for categorizing
and cataloguing images.
Storage options.

9. For further information
and PDF downloads
please see the
Polypodphoto website