Different types of location photography

Location GENRES

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• Architectural: Architectural photography is about capturing the characteristics of buildings/structures (bridges,stadiums, etc.) both interior and exterior. The main focus is on the building. The top priorities of the photographer are the lighting and the angles. That can help the photographer to add depth to the image and capture the building in a point of perspective. The shots are usually taken in daylight. And it's also important to include some of the formal elements, like patterns,lines,colors,shapes,textures,size to show the beauty of the building and add interest to the image. There is a typical type of lens used for taking pictures of buildings, called Tilt-Shift lens. This lens allows the photographer to manipulate the angle and distort the original perspective of the building is taken at and making it appear straight and face on. So the tilt-shift lens is an extremely useful piece of equipment to have, to create brilliant architectural images. Although it has a disadvantage. In full shift it decreases the sharpness of the image. However, if you do not have a tilt-shift lens, you can still achieve a similar effect by post production, using the skew tool in Photoshop. Other useful equipments can be: fish eye lens, wide lens, tripod.

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• Environmental portraiture: (It can include: Lifestyle {Family}, Events {Birthday party}). Environmental portrait photography is usually having the subject in their most natural environment. This can be anything from work, home to favorite places (own garden, beach, parks, fields, etc.). Obviously the place is depending on the subject, where the subject feels more relaxed,comfort and less pressured. Clearly, choosing the place is the most important bit in environmental portraiture, because the environment always has an impact on the subject and affect the way they present themselves in the shoot. The photographer aim here is to capture the subject in its most natural state without the subject becoming aware of you photographing. Bit like in street photography scenarios. The recommended kit for shooting portraiture is a lens between 50 mm - 200 mm, a tripod and 5 in 1 if it's required. These different types of lenses and other accessories will allow you to work in wide range. With the 50 mm lens you can shoot in darker conditions because it has a very low F stop which allows lots of light into the camera. However you can't zoom in. Therefore a zoom lens should be useful, that will allow you too zoom in and take close-up images without disturbing the subject. However, you won't be able to take darker images, only if you've got a tripod.

• Sport: Sport photography can be applied for all sports (basketball,football,bmx,swimming,tennis,etc.)
  and it's all about shooting fast and unpredictable actions. The images should always be in sharp focus and usually they have shallow depth of field when the main subjects are in focus and everything else around is completely blurred. The useful and advised lens for sport photography is a Telephoto lens (400 mm + ), due to the fact that allows the photographer to zoom far away and remain well in focus close without disturbing any action. Usually shooting in aperture value mode. The style of photography can be closely linked to journalism as the result are usually broadcast. Again, sport photography can be either shot indoor or outdoor. On places like: football pitch, tennis court, athletic field, swimming pool, etc. 
  
  
  

Few more genres:

• Wildlife: Place: safari, nature reserve, forest, rain forests, canon, rivers, oceans (underwater), desert
• Commercial
• Documentary: Wherever the event is taking Place: In/outdoor. War, public places, poor countries.
• Fashion
• Landscape: Place: skylines, hills, rivers, oceans, mountains, deserts, lakes, country sides.
• Nature
• Street: Place: high street, squares, parks, roads, gardens, playgrounds, any street.
• Scientific
• Wedding: Place: churches, registry office, seaside, hotel room, gardens, castle. 

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