Follow the Sun: A Field Guide to Architectural Photography in the Digital Age - Hardcover

Ewing, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415747007 ISBN 13: 9780415747004

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Follow the Sun will guide you through all aspects of architectural photography, from the genre’s rich history to the exciting new approaches brought by the advent of the digital age. It explains how to use the powerful tools of digital photography while employing many of the skills and traditions of the established genre. Written to be accessible to professionals, amateurs, and students alike, this book will be useful for photographers exploring architecture as fine artists, on editorial assignments, or on commercial shoots.

Key features include:

• Example photographs and diagrams

• Historical background of architectural photography

• Advice on essential equipment

• How to plan a shoot to your advantage

• How to use tilt-shift lenses for architecture

• Editing workflow and strategies

• Interviews with architectural photographers Peter Aaron, Magda Biernat, Ty Cole, and Elizabeth Felicella.

About this title

About the Author

James Ewing is an award-winning photographer of architecture, landscapes, and interiors. His work has been featured in publications such as Architect, Architectural Record, Metropolis, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper, Icon, Azure, Surface, l’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, A+U, and The New York Times, among others. James is the recipient of the 2010 and 2014 American Photographic Artists (APA) top prize for Architectural Photography. He has taught photography at CUNY Kingsborough Community College, Oakland Community College, and Indiana University School of Fine Arts. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415747007
• ISBN 13: 9780415747004
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 204