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PE Architecture Photography: Introduction
Architecture Photography: Introduction

Welcome to the #projecteducate Architecture Photography Week!
Boy oh boy! I've been preparing this for a few weeks now so I gathered quite a few articles for you guys! To begin with, I will introduce you to the Architecture Photography Gallery on deviantART with all its sub-categories. Then we'll move on to the basics in Architecture Photography in order to help you take successful photographs. We will also see some of the trends around the Gallery with inspiring examples, just to give you a taste of what you can do and encourage you to give it a try as well!
Along with all these articles, I've also prepared interviews with remarkable architecture photographers within the community, but also outside deviantART! I hope you'll enjoy to get to know these people better. 
There is an Architecture Photography Critique Event plan
PE Architecture: Perspective
Architecture Photography Basics: Perspective

Taking photographs is basically capturing a 3-dimensional space in two dimensions. The main principle governing this transformation is the principle of perspective, which represents the effect of a subject's space and depth in a 2-dimensional plane. The perspective effect in a photo is determined by the position it is taken from and the direction the camera is pointing. In other words, you can only change the perspective within an image by changing your standpoint. 

'Godspeed' by ~Sigurd-Quast
Vanishing points play an important role in the portrayal of architectural forms. If parallel lines in 3-dimensional space extend into the distance, a photographic image will represent them as intersecting on a defined vanishing point. If you point your camera directly at the horizon, all vertical lines within the fram will actually appear vertical in your image. This is an
PE - Photojournalism - Masters of Photography IIWilliam Eugene Smith (December 30, 1918 – October 15, 1978) was an American photojournalist known for his refusal to compromise professional standards and his brutally vivid World War II photographs.
He began his career by taking pictures for two local newspapers. He moved to New York City and began work for Newsweek and became known for his incessant perfectionism and thorny personality. Smith was fired from Newsweek for refusing to use medium format cameras and joined Life Magazine in 1939. He soon resigned from Life, too. Smith joined the Magnum photo agency in 1955. There he started his project to document Pittsburgh. This project was supposed to take him three weeks, but spanned three years and tens of thousands of negatives. It was too large to ever be shown, although a series of book-length photo essays were eventually produced.
In January 1972, Smith was attacked by Chisso employees near Tokyo, in an attempt to stop him from further publicizing the Minam
PE Architecture: It's a Wrap!
Architecture Photography: It's a Wrap!

The #projecteducate Architecture Photography week is now over! I would like to thank everyone who participated, the interviewed people that kindly accepted to answer my questions, as well as everybody else, who left comments, added the articles to their favorites and those who participated at the Critique Event on Wednesday! All your support was greatly appreciated! :heart:
I hope this week was indeed educational! :w00t: I wanted to feature some more Architecture Photography Basics and Trends, but some technical difficulties have gotten in my way, so feel free to watch my personal Journals, because I might continue submitting them outside the #projecteducate week, as well as a few other kinds of articles. 
And now I leave you with a summary of everything that has been submitted this week! 
Monday:bulletpink:
PE - Photojournalism - SportI Photojournalism
Photojournalism is taking photos of events, and using the photos to tell the story.

1. Sport
Photographs of sporting events, locations, equipment, or athletes taken to document the wide world of sports.






:thumb60142941:LB by ~Dodo1
Sumo 2 by ~JamesBardolph:thumb272199458:
Falken Smoke by ~kanokus:thumb312136184:
People + Portraits Photography: Body Art RecapWithin the People and Portraits Photography Gallery there are various galleries that have their own Community Volunteer and go to person for Daily Deviation suggestions and so on. Body Art has its own niche within the People & Portraits Gallery and this has been the case since 2010. `Exillior explains the changes more fully in this journal.
The Photography Body Art Gallery is for Photographers who would like to showcase the Body Art that has been executed by somebody else. If you've created the Body Art or you have the permission to post the creation of somebody else's Body Art then you need to submit it to Traditional Art -> Body Art. Check out `JZino's latest Daily Deviations Roundup for more information on her Daily Deviation suggestion guidelines. Below is a recap of useful Body Art Blogs and Features
People + Portraits Photography - Uncovering Talent*JaredWingate has been on deviantART for over a year and has a rather varied Gallery. You may have recently seen him quoted in Photography Weekly as his reasons for taking up Photography as a hobby are quite poignant. He shoots with a Nikon d5100 and a Nikon d800 with an array of Tamron and Nikon lens. *JaredWingate uses photo editing software for light retouching depending on what his subject desires.

Firstly, and most importantly - Why people?
Well, as a lot of people already know here... I have Autism, and like most people with Autism we have a lot of problems understanding people & facial expressions.... I believe I was drawn towards people to learn more about this. I gravitate towards Street Photography specifically people in the street because people are alive and moving which makes them harder subjects than say, still life.

What do you find are the challenges of staging y
People + Portraits: Capturing WeddingsThe Weddings category within the People & Portraits Photography gallery is often misused and misunderstood. It's not for capturing those generic wedding shots of shoes, cakes, decorations and rings. The idea is that there needs to be a person or people captured in the shot to make it portraiture photography. There also (and i know it's mind blowing) needs to be a wedding theme going on! Simply cropping in close on hands or shoes or a part of a dress isn't enough to get it into the gallery. If the gallery were simply 'Weddings' then it would be different of course. You should consider the use of the Photojournalism - Weddings Gallery too and if your shots are journalistic in style they need to be pushed towards that gallery.
:bulletblack: Fiddle with your settings to ensure you capture the bright white of the wedding dress (as this is the common colour anyway). A lot of cameras will over compensate if you've got this large white area in your view finder and expose the dress as being
PE Architecture: Staircases
Architecture Photography Trends:  Staircases

The staircase is one of the most vital parts of a multi-story construction. The first step in the design of such a building is to find the perfect position of the staircase, the rest of the project would result from this as spaces will find their place around it. 
Architecture photographers love staircases just as much as they give opportunities for stunning images with very intriguing visual effects. Check out these wonderful examples of staircases in Architecture Photography gallery!

'Stairs of Art' by =Nightline

'05 blue' by `gnato

'y h' by `gnato

'y star.' by :devgnato'

'Life is Golden' by *Matthias-Haker

'Rise 02' by =Nightline

'rise and come down' by ~ChristineAmat

'stair confusion' by ~kraftseins
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PE Architecture: Subject
Architecture Photography Basics: Subject

The central element of every architectural photo is the building. The sheer size of buildings makes them very different from almost every other type of photographic subject. An architectural photographer can not only photograph the subject from outside, but can also step into the subject and capture images of its inner life. Additionally, a building is immovably connected to its environment, which means that the photographer has to make the effort to visit the subject.
The building as primary subject
Typically, all elements surrounding a building play a secondary role in the composition of an architectural photograph, resulting in an image with univocal message. The significance of each individual building in images that contain more than one major structure can vary.
Sometimes a single building will dominate due to its size or central position, while the other times, the arrangement of
Project Educate: Classic Portrait PhotographyClassic Portraits are Photographs of people in traditional pose. These are often formal, refined and restrained in style. As you will see within the  Gallery they often involve a plain and simple background which is a popular feature of Classic Portraiture. One of the most notable things within the Classic Portrait Photography Gallery is that there are a lot of art nudes. This actually occurs across the board with People & Portraits and I cannot stress enough - that if your work features nudity, it belongs within the artistic nude gallery!
:bulletblack: Conversion to black and white with concentration on bringing out tones and shadows creates that timeless classic look and is often favoured by the elite artists that submit to the People & Portraits - Classic Gallery.
:bulletblack: Whilst D-SLR's have a monochrome function, for the most part (mine h
Project Educate: Improving Spontaneity Spontaneous Portraiture 
Here on deviantART there is a whole gallery for your  casual, candid, secretive shots. I don't mean fetish. The Spontaneous People & Portrait Photography Gallery is where you should go if you are wanting to things that are less arranged, less planned and much more spontaneous. Have a browse here to see what's popular but keep in mind that miscats are in abundance, and that's why these education weeks exist - to try and educate and put the record straight.
I prefer to shoot all of my portraiture and people photography as candidly as possible. I believe that capturing people unawares gives them no time to organize their facial expressions and consider arranging their emotions. Eyes, are the windows to the soul - as they say, and if you're making someone stand and pose (which works well a lot of the time) you're closing off the honest
Project Educate: Being a People PersonSo you've got the equipment, you've got the top notch camera, the lighting, the studio, the backdrop and even the perfect weather - everything you need for a portrait photography shoot right? Wrong. The key behind all photographs that contain a living and breathing subject is to have the natural look. Just like the key to a conceptual shot is having the idea, the key to portraiture photography is having the eye. Co-operative subjects help too!
I have especially found in the past, that people develop a pained and strained look on their face when the camera is pointed in their direction. Interestingly enough, it happens more often at Weddings. The bride and groom quite often develop the look that they might have when they've just finished writing out the cheque for me to photograph their big day...
Then, quite suddenly one day, I got it. It was when a stunning bridesmaid at a wedding lifted her hands in front of her face and squealed when I clicked the camera in her
PE - Photojournalism - Masters of Photography IIIAlfred Eisenstaedt (1898 – 1995) was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He is best known for his photograph of the V-J Day celebration and for his candid photographs.
Eisenstaedt began taking photographs as a freelancer for the Pacific and Atlantic Photos' Berlin office in 1928. Eisenstaedt successfully became a full-time photographer in 1929.
Four years later he photographed a meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Italy. Other notable, early pictures by Eisenstaedt include his depiction of a waiter at the ice rink of the Grand Hotel in St. Moritz in 1932 and Joseph Goebbels at the League of Nations in Geneva in 1933. Although initially friendly, Goebbels scowled for the photograph when he learned that Eisenstaedt was Jewish.
Because of oppression in Hitler's Nazi Germany, Eisenstaedt emigrated to the United States in 1935 where he lived in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, for the rest of his life.
He worked as a staff phot
PE: Community Week - Starter's GD to Fan FictionA Starter's Guide to Fan Fiction
Have you ever seen a show, or read a book, and wanted to add to it? Do you like writing? Why not write a fan fiction? 
Here at deviantArt, amidst the plethora of art galleries, is a thriving fan fiction community. Fan fiction, or fanfic, is fiction written by someone not affiliated with the franchise (i.e. a fan). Fanfics can be written about books, movies, television shows, video games, and even musicians. That's the beauty of fanfics. They can be about whatever you like.
In this feature we will delve into considerations to make when writing your own story (such as genres and character choices, common mistakes and writing tips). Please keep in mind these are just guidelines, and nothing is ever set in stone. Nor am I the absolute expert on all things (despite what I tell my children). These are merely things I consider when I write.
:bulletred: What Are You Writing About?
The first, and probably eas
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PE - Photojournalism - Military

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I Photojournalism

Photojournalism is taking photos of events, and using the photos to tell the story.
3. Military
Photographs of military personnel, equipment, or other images documenting armed forces around the world.









Photojournalism groups on dA (Active):
:iconthecorrespondent: :iconthepeopleavenue: :iconthestreetjournal:



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