With the right lens on your Nikon camera body, you’ll be able to capture fine architectural images in a very short time. To make your photos a cut above the rest, you need to understand your gear and set it thoroughly. Read on to find out what to look for when shooting, which photography gear will enhance your perspective, and how to avoid planing line and vision distortion.
Architecture and perspective
When you are looking to shoot a unique perspective: a NIKKOR fish eye lens, a NIKKOR lens with perspective correction or a NIKKOR lens with manual focus can help you create images in a whole new way. Whether you want to distort or straighten things out, Nikon’s special lenses give you the creative opportunity to take your personal perspective and express your perspective to the world.
Setting the scene for architecture
Architectural photography is especially exciting because there are many interesting lines of buildings, bridges, railway stations, historical structures. Many of them are in our daily environment, we do not take the time to consciously notice them. When you slow down and focus on the architecture, you will notice many interesting features. You can study the lines of historical or modern architecture to guide the viewer’s eyes and reveal new perspectives. Use them to show everyday in a new light. By carefully drawing these lines through the detailed selection in the figure, the perception of space can be efficiently changed.
Tips for perfecting architectural shots
Focus on your position
When taking pictures of your subject, make sure that you position yourself parallel to the subject so that the lines do not merge. If you are not careful when setting your position, it can “tilt” the photo, which is not always intentional. To help with this, when selecting NIKKOR lenses, those with Perspective Correction (PC-E) allow you to easily adjust the plane of focus without changing the position of the camera. This type of lens allows you to correct blurred lines that may occur when shooting architecture. For example, with PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f / 3.5D ED.
During the day
Daylight has a direct effect on the intensity of lines and shadows on your subject, so when planning the day of your shooting architecture, consider the time of day. Ideal for mornings and evenings, when the sun is low in the sky and the light is soft.
Perspective
Take the time to play with as much perspective as possible while in position. For example, photograph the bottom to emphasize the size of the building. Unusual attitudes create excitement and attention. The diagonals suggest a spatial relation in the picture Include existing lines in the image and use them to guide the viewer’s vision
Use a tripod
It is also helpful to shoot using a tripod. This allows you to work with a medium aperture between f / 11 and f / 16, as well as work with higher exposure times, while your Nikon camera records the best possible image quality to comply with low ISO.
Image composition
Last but not least, focus on the front. Especially with short focal lengths or wide-angle shots, the front of an image dominates very strongly. Here, you run the risk of losing the real subject in the picture.
Extreme perspective with Fisheye
The AF-S fisheye-NIKKOR 8-15mm f / 3.5-4.5E ED The lens combines the versatility of a zoom lens with the creativity of a very wide angle. A simple change in focal length gives you two effects at once. At 8mm you can shoot round objects, while at 15mm you can shoot a full-frame fishy view. The result is a fantastic high-resolution image that is sharp in the corners of the frame, even at an open aperture of 1: 3.5. Combined with very fast and quiet autofocus and reliable exposure control, nothing stands in the way of your breathtaking architectural photos. What’s more, image quality is also top notch for close-ups. The nearest focusing distance is 0.16 m.
Right lens
When shooting, it is important to choose a suitable lens. NIKKOR wide-angle lenses have a shorter focal length and higher field depth which makes it perfect for sharp architectural shots. Unlike portrait photography, for example, bokeh effects should not be used in architectural photography, such as visible and intentional blurring in the background. In order to capture artistic and authentic interior or large buildings, all areas of the image should be in sharp focus. In this way, the leading line of building and perspective cues are emphasized.
The AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f / 2.8G ED Scores with high resolution and great contrast of ultra-wide-angle lenses. Ghost pictures and misleading lights are skillfully avoided. It has a wide open aperture of f2.8 and a special nano-crystal coating. For Z cameras with a full-frame sensor, we recommend NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f / 2.8 S And NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f / 4 S, And if you’re shooting with From 50 Or Z FC And DX sensors, we recommend NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f / 3.5-6.3 VR.
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