Digital Photography 2025-2026: May 2026

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

How to Color Black and White Photos with Photoshop’s Colorize Filter

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Sunday, May 10, 2026

Weekly Vocabulary- Architecture

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https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/technique/leading-lines.html

1. Worm's eye view

2. Bird's eye

3. Leading lines

4. Slant view

Hisao Suzuki

How to Photograph Architecture

https://www.adorama.com/alc/outdoor-architecture-photography-tips-for-beginners/

Shoot in a Variety of Weather Conditions and Times of Day

Light decides how a photo is perceived. Hence, you need to visit your subject multiple times of the day to determine the kind of effect you wish to give your viewers. For example, when you stick to a sunny day alone, you will miss how the building appears at other times of the day and a potential detail that may be visible only without the sun. Additionally, weather elements such as rain, cloud, or fog can drastically change the resultant image and set a different mood.

Shoot from Various Perspectives

Shooting from different perspectives enhances the beauty and appreciation of the image. For this, you can zoom in and focus on a single detail to create an abstract image. Additionally, you can fill your frame with a large building hiding its entry and exit. You can even try framing a shot from a different place within the building.

Integrate Lines and Shapes

Further, look for lines and shapes to create leading lines and emphasize symmetry and shapes. Images with lines create a visual effect for your viewer. For example, you can integrate diagonal lines to create the feeling of movement. Horizontal lines portray calmness, while vertical lines can indicate power or growth. Additionally, curved lines are prominent in the natural environment; hence they give a real feel to your viewer. Finally, shapes instill interest in your images. For example, focusing on taller heights retains the originality of the image while capturing it from a low angle makes your subject dominate, and looking down on a building enhances its shape.

Include People

If you want to show the actual size of your building, you need to include objects that help you scale the image. For this purpose, photograph the buildings along with the people. This way, your pictures get a human element and appeal to your viewers.

Overcoming Challenges In Architecture Photography

Relying on Existing Light

In the case of interior photography, the existing lighting condition is relatively low, whereas exterior photography is flushed with light. Therefore, when you remain outside the building and wish to capture the interior details, it can be challenging as the interior lighting contrasts the outside environment. To tackle this situation, you have to create an HDR image that balances your image’s tone and exposes it correctly.

Combating Distortions

When your lens projects the straight lines as curved lines in your image, your image is said to be distorted. However, you can negate this phenomenon at the click of a button with the help of editing software like photoshop and lightroom.

Know When to Use Photoshop

As an architectural photographer, you need to acquire photo editing skills to give a touch of abstraction to your images. However, some photos may have to retain their originality; hence they don’t have to be edited. Therefore, before jumping into a project, you need to understand its requirements primarily.

Artist of the Week- Julius Shulman

Los Angeles California Fire Station No. 28 by Julius Shulman

Shulman setting up for the now iconic shot

Julius Shulman, Self-Portrait, c.1935

https://www.holdenluntz.com/artists/julius-shulman/

Julius Shulman's iconic image: Designed by Pierre Koenig in 1959 for Buck Stahl as part of the Case Study Houses sponsored by Arts & Architecture Magazine, the Stahl house achieved its fame, in part, due to Shulman’s iconic image. The glass house appears to levitate over the Los Angeles skyline. Shot at f32 on his 4x5 camera, he used two flash heads for the interior and kept the shutter open for 5 minutes to expose for the city lights.

Winner of several awards including Best Documentary at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Lone Star Festival,‘Visual Acoustics – The Modernism of Julius Schulman’ is an elegant, considered and unreservedly lavish expose of the most prolific architectural photographer of our time.

       1. How is the technical quality?
   2. How’s the composition?
   3. What do you find interesting about his work?

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/clip/julius-shulman-man-behind-the-camera

Color Photography - Photographic Processes Series - Chapter 11 of 12

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Weekly Challenge- Thermal images- Architecture

Take 3 images of architecture with the thermal camera

This thermogram shows excessive heating on a terminal in an industrial electrical fuse block.

Thermogram of a traditional building in the background and a "passive house" in the foreground

Importance of Thermal Imaging

Preventive Maintenance: Detects hot spots in electrical panels, motor overloads, and friction in machinery before failures occur.
Energy Efficiency & Building Inspection: Identifies insulation gaps, moisture intrusion, and air leaks (drafts) in walls, windows, and roofs, leading to energy savings.
Safety and Security: Enables navigation and surveillance in complete darkness, thick smoke, or fog.
Medical/Veterinary Diagnostics: Identifies physiological changes (fever or inflammation) through surface temperature changes.

Common Applications