Architecture Photography for Beginners: The Complete Course

Learn about architecture photography from an historic perspective. Explore evolution of photographic devices, from the 11th century to nowadays, as well as photographic style evolution over history. 

Explore optics fundamentals to better understand how light and colours are created, and how the camera mechanism can capture those rays to generate pictures.

Learn about one of the most important element to photography : the Exposure Triangle. Understand what are Aperture, Shutter speed and digital ISO and how those settings affect light captation.

In this short lecture, we answer to this question of photographing architecture with a phone. Explore what are the differences between a camera and a phone's camera and how it might affect your pictures.

Explore a list of camera bodies, their strengths and weaknesses, to learn which may be adapted to architecture photography.

Explore a list of camera lenses, their strengths and weaknesses, to learn which may be adapted to architecture photography.

Explore a list of accessories that you may find useful to acquire in the long run.

Let's review the four modes on the functions wheel of your camera, and why you have to stop using the automatic setting to increase your mastering of photography

Before starting to photograph, let's discover what are the two picture formats used nowadays, what are their differences and which you should choose

Learn to master aperture, depending on your environment and what kind of photographic result you want.

Learn to master shutter speed, depending on whether you want to show movement or stillness in your pictures.

Setting up digital ISO, depending on your light environment.

Learn about the different focusing modes available on your camera : Single-shot/continuous auto-focus and manual auto-focus.

White balance defines the tone for pictures according to the lightning environment : learn how to control this setting in this lecture.

Explore what is architectural photography composition and what are the main types used in the domain.

Despite architecture having several shapes, architecture photography often relies on a few angles of view that helps capturing a building and conveying its atmosphere into pictures. Learn 4 main views in this lesson.

Summer and winter light mainly differs due to the sun's height and angle. Take benefit from both situations to create beautiful pictures

Explore how to create order and stability thanks to vertical and horizontal axis, symmetry and patterns repetition.

Storytelling is probably one of the most important thing to learn in architecture photography. Explore how to create stories thanks to your pictures.

Photographing interiors is an important part of architecture photography. Learn to shed light on the essence of interior spaces controlling lightning and shadows.

Monochrome photography is a great style for several reasons. In this video, we explore why and when to photograph in black and white.

In this lecture, we will explore the shots I had the opportunity to take in the iconic Louis Carré house designed by Alvar Aalto in Bazoche-sur-Guyonne, France.

In this lecture, we will explore the shots I had the opportunity to take of traditional Japanese architectures in Hokkaido and Hiroshima prefectures, Japan.

Get to know the library and import features of Adobe Lightroom software.

Learn to solve distortions created by your camera : one of the most important characteristic of architectural photography.

Lightness and contrast play a great role in the legibility of your photographs : learn to control them in this lecture.

Master color and hue correction to enhance the legibility of your picture.

Learn some additional edition in Adobe Photoshop softwares.

Learn how to export your pictures from a RAW to a JPEG file.

Learn from an editing case study of a photograph taken at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.

Learn some last tips before starting your architectural photography journey.

A last acknowledgment video.