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Author: Gerry Kopelow
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 191925

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.9 x 0.5

ISBN: 1568986971
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.94
EAN: 9781568986975
ASIN: 1568986971

Publication Date: July 26, 2007
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In this day of online media, architects and designers are increasingly faced with exciting and critical marketing and publishing opportunities. Simply documenting a project is no longer enough.

Architectural Photography the Digital Way teaches the reader how to take first-rate photographs of buildings, inside and out. Step-by-step instructions help you learn how to choose the right kind of camera, to use it effectively, and to enhance and manipulate your images. This complete course begins with an introduction to the world of digital imagery and its unique aesthetic considerations. Advanced chapters cover areas such as perspective correction and other features made possible by image editing software. Illustrated with a wealth of color photographs and diagrams, this clearly written, easy-to-use handbook will be your indispensable guide whenever you pick up the camera.

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1 out of 5 stars

extremely disappointing January 18, 2008
Mike (Tucson AZ USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful

Unfortunately, this book is a waste of time and money for anyone who is serious about learning anything significant about using digital technology for architectural photography. Here's why:

1. The book has 135 pages. 77 pages are dedicated to information about
equipment, digital work flow and post shooting. The information in these 77 pages is widely available in other, more complete, sources and only serves as padding in this book.

2. Significant portions of each page are blank. But many of the photo illustrations are so small that they can not convey the kind of information that someone needs to evaluate them. On page 58, there are several photos sized at .375 square inch (a postage stamp is .8 square inch). Although other pictures are larger, they are so small that they do not illustrate enough information. Why is not the wasted, blank space on each page used for larger, easier to read photos?

3. The use of High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography, the digital technique of combining the useful segments of more than one exposure, is of important consideration to someone contemplating the extreme brightness range of many architectural interiors and some exteriors. The author devotes only 1/2 page of text (if you consider the blank area), and 1 photo slightly larger than a postage stamp and 3 others .06 square inches in size to this important topic.

In the middle ages, alchemists would write books about their experiments but withhold essential information that would have allowed the reader to duplicate the process. The author of this book, who apparently is an experienced architectural photographer, has succeeded in upholding the archaic tradition of these alchemists.

1 out of 5 stars

I've already returned it. November 26, 2007
Ron Greer (Seattle, USA)
5 out of 10 found this review helpful

If you know anything about architectural photography don't waste your money. This book wastes a photographer's time describing what an "slr" is, and then goes on falsely claiming Adobe rgb has more colors than sRGB. Wrong, they both have same number of color; Adobe's are simply further apart. It also says sRGB has only 256 colors, I hope this is a typo, as it's the same as Adobe rgb: 256 colors; cubed = 16.7 million colors (at 8 bit). Don't believe me, you can start your research here: http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/srgb-versus-adobe-rgb-debate.html

I returned this book the day after receiving it.

4 out of 5 stars

From an architect's perspective December 22, 2007
Donald J. Peitzman (Colorado)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book is for the architect or engineer who doesn't want to hire a professional photographer, so it's a little dry and covers ground that most photographer's already know, such as how a camera works. However, it gives a lot of good information for the novice architectural photographer such as using shift lens and "painting with light." My favorite part was how to cut and paste in Photoshop when windows are blown out by exposure

5 out of 5 stars

Fine book January 14, 2008
P. Street (Austin, TX USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

This is the first book I have found dedicated to shooting architecture digitally. Thankfully it is also quite a fine little book on the subject. While I would have liked a tad more depth, what is there is extremely good. It is aimed at the beginner but is also helpful to an experienced photographer who needs to make the switch from 4X5 film to DSLR.

4 out of 5 stars

for the right audience August 5, 2008
K. C. Ramsay (Raleigh, NC USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I was a practicing architect for 30 years before becoming an architectural photographer. As the negative reviewers have stated (with such passion) experienced photographers will find this book elementary. Regardless, I highly recommend it for those starting out in architectural photography (digital or otherwise) and for designers who want to photograph their own work. The chapter on the author's post processing workflow is worth the price of the book alone.

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