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Photographing Buildings.....
« on: June 18, 2011, 09:45:03 pm »
What kind of DSLR Camera and Lens set up would be best for taking photos of buildings?!

Basically, we are builders and were currently getting a new website made which requires some nice fancy pictures of jobs we've done and current jobs as they progress. I'd been wanting to get a decent DSLR camera to learn with for a while so now seems like a good time to get one. I've looked around a little bit and think I fancy either a Nikon or Canon although I'm open to any suggestions. Budget probably around the £500 mark

Also, I'll be using it when I'm away watching motorbike racing so in time I could do with a lens for that as well?!

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Re: Photographing Buildings.....
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2011, 09:52:45 pm »
For shooting building I'd want a 12-24mm (or thereabouts) and for motorsport I'd want something like a 200-400mm..

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Re: Photographing Buildings.....
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2011, 11:03:54 pm »
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It's been a long time and I've forgotten what the lens is correctly called but basically it shifts and consequently 'corrects' perspective. It was a 35mm system Nikor lens. But I think you can now do some of this in Adobe Photoshop CS. It's always a problem with architectural photography when you can't position yourself far enough away. It's another reason why we used plate cameras but that all that gets mighty expensive and cumbersome.
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Re: Photographing Buildings.....
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2011, 11:06:37 pm »
Think your talking about Tilt Shift, Robin!

A proper Tilt Shoft lans in VERY expensive (a good few grand  :stupid:)..

Search Tilt Shift in Google and there are websites that lets you turn a normal photo into a Tilt Shift effect for free..

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Re: Photographing Buildings.....
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2011, 11:17:25 pm »

Think your talking about Tilt Shift, Robin!

A proper Tilt Shoft lans in VERY expensive (a good few grand  :stupid:)..

Search Tilt Shift in Google and there are websites that lets you turn a normal photo into a Tilt Shift effect for free..


....Yep, that's the one  :happy2: - I'm talking back in the days before the hyperwebbyinterthingynet existed. We used to either hire what we needed for a job (all paid for by the client) or I would commission a specialist photographer who already had the gear.

I used to give a lot of work to this guy and he's a very good friend (I haven't seen him for a while!): http://www.gsol.co.uk/library/architecture/icons.html

EDIT: I've just been looking at his site and realise that I Art Directed a few of those pics!
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Re: Photographing Buildings.....
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2011, 09:09:13 am »
Pushing the budget a bit but what about something like this........

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/80640/show.html

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Re: Photographing Buildings.....
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2011, 09:15:27 am »
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Re: Photographing Buildings.....
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