For several weeks I have been dealing with something completely new to me. I have been photographing architecture. Not trees, not forest, not river, not macro, but just the architecture. And I must say, I like it a lot :-)
Why this very field of photography, I do not know. Neither could I take a trip to the woods nor stay home not taking pictures. So I went to the city. You have to develop your skills, I thought. Probably nothing special would come out right away, but I would learn. But a surprise was waiting for me, one of those good surprises.
Since I really like the panoramic format, I started off with it. So I took the dog for a walk, grabbed the cropping frame, and I went to look for shots. I found something that got my intrest quite quickly. Industrial areas, with remnants of the old factory in the background. The next day I made a series of photos which needed to be put together to create a panorama. I had edited them the same day. And that was my first image of the city I made. A cityscape.I kept up the momentum and made a few more panoramas.
I took also a few photographs in a square format. It was also new to me. I have never been photographing in a square before. But this is different experience than just a standard format which I am accustomed to.However, the square format has proved to be very interesting.Photographs that I made are not generated by cutting the frame but like the panorama from a series of photos.This gave a superb effect. High resolution, lots of details and great experience -that what it gives in combination. Now I know why people like to shoot in medium-format.
Learning has resulted in two interesting series of photographs.
Such series crystallized itself, there were no assumptions and inventing the concept. But after completing the first photograph, it was clear what they would be.
Here are the photographs.
Panoramic cityscape
Portrait of a building
