Hi everyone. I'm an aspiring Architectural Photographer and would really appreciate some feedback from you's guys on some of the images i've been making recently.

My latest pictures can be viewed at: http://www.threesixninephotographic.com

Regards,
Stuart.

Nice work Stuart.

What camera(s) are you using? I would say that anything that has a strong straight on view of a grid needs the lens distortion fixed. Fortunately there are not many of the these types of shots. I have attached the shot that has the worse problem with distortion. I would probably delete this shot anyway.

You do have some very strong images. I think you should do one more editing pass through and narrow it down to the absolute best. Make sure you have included a good cross-section on interiors, exteriors, editorial etc.

This is probably one of my favorites and probably why it's number 1 in the lineup. I can't make my mind up about the cloud though. I keep waiting for a UFO to fly out of it. Cool shot though.

barrel distortion can easily be fixed with DxO

wow great shots you got there! im also interested in archl photography but im not as good as you!

you can also view my photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/nheilcrisostomo/

barrel distortion can easily be fixed with DxO

I use panotools lens fix plugin for Photoshop. Works really well. Use it for QTVR work. Photoshop CS3 has a pretty decent lens distortion fix built in.

I use panotools lens fix plugin for Photoshop. Works really well. Use it for QTVR work. Photoshop CS3 has a pretty decent lens distortion fix built in.

is that camera body and lens specific? because dxo works for specific camera and lens to correct distortion, vignetting, lens softening amongst other things.

is that camera body and lens specific? because dxo works for specific camera and lens to correct distortion, vignetting, lens softening amongst other things.

Yes. There is a data base of specific cameras and specific lenses that's updated pretty regularly. The RAW data will tell the plugin if the image was shot at 22mm, or 23mm, 18mm etc and make a pretty good correction. Custom setting can be made if these presets aren't to your liking.

I have a Nikon D200 and one of my arch lenses is the 12-24. There is a bit of a "mustache" distortion at the low end. Pretty tough to fix since it is a compound distortion. Lens Fix does a pretty good job with it.

Hi Guys - thanks very much for your messages, very informative.

To answer a few questions......

I've decided to stick it out with digital (despite having experience of using 5x4) and i'm using a Canon 5d body and for the majority of those shots - a 24-70L lens. I know I need to invest in the 24mm T & Shift to correct verticals, until now I've just been correcting using crop and perspective in PS. I have heard of other tools to use for it, but have not been able to try them.

I will go through my portfolio and strip out some of the weaker shot.

Cheers guys!


Nice work Stuart.

What camera(s) are you using? I would say that anything that has a strong straight on view of a grid needs the lens distortion fixed. Fortunately there are not many of the these types of shots. I have attached the shot that has the worse problem with distortion. I would probably delete this shot anyway.

You do have some very strong images. I think you should do one more editing pass through and narrow it down to the absolute best. Make sure you have included a good cross-section on interiors, exteriors, editorial etc.

really nice work! I hope pursue arch. photography after I finsh school, my internship, get licensed, and get a decent paying job- please dont laugh I am actually being serious! I just do not have the time at present.

Does anyone know the project in post #3?

Stuart.

I have the older model of your lens, the 28-70L. I found that the 17-40L was a good complement, it seems to be no less sharp than the much more expensive 16-35L and is lighter. The only weakness could be that it's an f4 rather than f2.8 but given you're likely to be shooting with a tripod that won't be an issue.

I think you can correct well enough in an image editor to avoid needing to buy a T&S at least at the early stages.