Sometimes known as building or structure photography, architectural photography includes capturing the exteriors of buildings and other man-made structures as well. For the avid appreciators of architecture, or even just as a new genre to master in photography, architectural photography offers many opportunities to practice and also to explore your own creativity too. Let’s dive into a few guides that can help you improve your architectural shots!

1. Utilizing Composition in Architectural Photography

Just about every photographer takes architectural photos at some point along their learning journey. Maybe you don’t do it all the time – just when you’re traveling. For example, maybe it’s about capturing the “essence” of that awesome cathedral you visited while on vacation in Italy. Regardless of the moment, when you set your mind to photographing a building that you find interesting, you’d like to get the best results possible. Ready to learn more? Download here →

2. How To Successfully Photograph Architecture at Night

There’s something special about photographing the night lights and viewing architecture by twilight. Not only do the lights bring about a magical element to your photography, the curves and structure of buildings can sometimes look different throughout the night. Author Aaron Seefeld will walk you through everything that you need to know to get started in this amazing area of photography. Mastering these techniques could put you in the winner’s circle at your next photo competition. Download here →

3. Artful Architecture

When you have a building like the one above, getting an art inspired angle probably isn’t all that bad. However, what if you have a regular everyday building? That might offer more of a challenge. There is something magical about photographing different angles of an average building that you might not think twice about. The lighting, the angles, the time of the day – it all creates a unique perspective to shoot! Delve into your artistic architecture journey today. Download here →

Recommended Resources

If you want to take your architectural photography to the next level, then check out Photzy’s Architecture Photography Creativity Prompts. These 5 Creativity Prompts will give you a sweet collection of practical photography assignments to dive into, whilst also giving you plenty of new ideas to beat creativity block. Covering architecture at night, to capturing interesting details, these Prompts are sure to help you improve your Architecture photography. Read more about them here.