Architectual Property.......

Having never spent any time actually looking were I walk (Yes I'm the one with my headphones in and head down), I spent most of my afternoon building gazing and it led me to the conclusion that most inner cities are a complete mongrel hive of buildings from art - deco, Neo classical, corporate modern, Post modern.. I could go on.

But needless to say it led me into a new avenue of photography that I had never comprehended until this point.. It's not rock and roll but I like it. The lines, abstract angles, and complete freedom of artistic licence was brilliant and well worth it, I came away looking at most buildings in a completely different way.

Main things to look out for:
Reflections - When adjusting the colour spectrum in PS you can reveal more reflections than originally shown.
Parallel lines and symmetry - When choosing close ups or parts of buildings make sure the composition of the shot is even
Experiment - Obscure angles and objects make great material
Orientation - Shoot in both Portrait and landscape as its hard to get the full feel of the scene until you revisit it at home
Scale - when shooting whole buildings or city street its always good to try and fit a tree, car, post box as this gives a visible scale of height in relation to the building in the frame.

ISO400 - F8 - Shutter 1/80

ISO400 - F11 - 1/80