From the course: Architectural Photography: Exteriors

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Finding the first exterior detail shot

Finding the first exterior detail shot

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Finding the first exterior detail shot

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So I'm waiting for the light to become ready for the evening overall shot. And in the meantime I've been shooting details in the garden, and details in the house. Because really to document this space, the exterior of this space. We have to have a lot of garden details, because the garden is a big part of what the house is. The first detail that I wanted to get was from the boardwalk. Because I wanted to show that the house was above grade. That there was landscaping down below the level of boardwalk. And how the boardwalk related to the house itself. So I looked for that spot and I found a spot that I think really combined all those elements together and made it work. and after I got the camera there, I realized my lens was too long. I wasn't seeing enough. So i went from the 80mm lens down to the 55, so that I could see a bit more and frame the corner of the house over to the tree and caught all of the foliage in between. So now I had a camera position that I was really happy with…

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