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Lobby, Courtyard Downtown Santa Barbara © Douglas Hill #

Dining Room, Residence Inn Millbrae Station © Douglas Hill #

Restaurant, Courtyard Downtown Santa Barbara © Douglas Hill #

Poolside, Courtyard Downtown Santa Barbara © Douglas Hill #

Restaurant, Hotel Cerro, San Luis Obispo © Douglas Hill #

Rooftop Lounge, Residence Inn Millbrae Station © Douglas Hill #

Entrance, Residence Inn Millbrae Station © Douglas Hill #

Wine Tasting Room, Hotel Cerro, San Luis Obispo © Douglas Hill #

Restaurant, Hotel Cerro, San Luis Obispo © Douglas Hill photography #

Entrance, Hotel Cerro, San Luis Obispo © Douglas Hill photography

Recently had the great pleasure of shooting El Granjero Cantina , designed by Amy Knoll Fraser, at the Original Farmers Market , with an assist from Roel Kuiper ©️Douglas Hill

Using the 12 Steps to Creating an Architectural Image Checklist

Step 1: Walk Around
Before setting up the camera to make the first shot on an assignment to photograph a building it's absolutely necessary to walk around it, look at it from every conceivable angle with an eye to determining what its most important elements and components are. When shooting a relatively small house, the options may seem limited, however, until you've actually walked up and down the street you really won't know. The house with the high hedge running along the edge of the property may be virtually invisible from the sidewalk, but be quite clearly seen from across the street. If you don't do the reconnaissance you won't know. And don't stop at the obvious, dig deeper. Good walking shoes are essential. If the building is on the edge of a hillside in a canyon the best angle to view it in its entirety may be from the adjacent hillside. Be ready for this with a longer lens than you think you're going to need. By the way, generally speaking the taller the structure the wider the effective radius around it that will need to be covered. In the case of mid- and high-rise buildings this will often mean getting in the car to explore possible vantage points. Sometimes the best view is the one from across the freeway on the dead-end street that you didn't even know existed.

The 12 week, 6-session Architectural Photography CRITIQUES course begins Tuesday, March 16th at 2pm PST via Zoom. Attendance is limited. Sign up now to secure a spot. https://shootingarchitecture.com/

Shooting Architecture presents

Architectural Photography CRITIQUES

Where we have offered master classes and workshops in the past, Shooting Architecture has evolved into an online critique group. Join a lively, fun and informative discussion featuring your architectural photography, facilitated by Douglas Hill and Martin Cox, and presented via Zoom.

You’ve spent a day shooting an extraordinary building and now have loads of photographs to review, but what to make of it all? Which are the keepers? Why do some of the images you thought were going to be great fall flat when you look at them later on your computer? And what can be done to improve them?

Receiving insightful feedback from experienced architectural photographers as well as fellow participants in a constructive framework can improve one’s work substantially.

Create a compelling narrative from your work that adds up to much more than a collection of good photographs and improve the focus of your online portfolio in the process.

The 12 week, 6-session course is $210 and begins Tuesday, March 16th at 2pm PDT via Zoom.

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Fence, Agave, Flags, Glendale © Douglas Hill

Former Car Dealership, Harvard St, Glendale © Douglas Hill

Window, Roman Shade, Glendale Ave © Douglas Hill

What Wall?, Culver City, Eric Owen Moss Architects © Douglas Hill

LAPD Olympic Station, Koreatown, Gruen Associates © Douglas Hill

Samitaur Tower, Culver City, Eric Owen Moss Architects © Douglas Hill

Claremont McKenna College, Claremont © Douglas Hill

Two Doors, Euclid Ave, Pasadena © Douglas Hill

Plaza Las Fuentes, Los Robles Ave, Pasadena © Douglas Hill

New City, Culver City, Eric Owen Moss Architects © Douglas Hill

The Waffle Building, Culver City, Eric Owen Moss Architects © Douglas Hill

Church, Oakwood Ave, Pasadena © Douglas Hill

Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles © Douglas Hill

Cleaners, Walnut St, Pasadena © Douglas Hill