Architecture Photography By Yong Hao

[MGohzxc]

Hi MGohzxc,

Thanks for visiting, it was the view from the living room cropped from the panoramic virtual tours, it was not shot through mirror.

Vignetting and editing was added in lightroom.


Cheers
YongHao

Oh ok, and there is something on the left frame above the pool, thought it was a reflection or some kind of motion....

 

[yhphotography]

Oh ok, and there is something on the left frame above the pool, thought it was a reflection or some kind of motion....

Oh, that is the glass fence surrounding the pool, separating from the sea. Keen eyes!

 

[yhphotography]

It was about 7:15pm, and then there was the sound of heavy rain, went out from my room and had a look outside, it was raining heavily and the whole scene was a magnificent orange landscape.

Grab my camera, had a few shots, really nice colours. Hastily set up my tripod and took some shots. While shooting, the rain started to subside. By the time i was editing, the rain had already stopped.

This photo is a stitched panorama from 3 shots each consisting of 9 exposure.



Cheers
YongHao

 

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Cheers
YongHao

 

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[Kit]

I see that most of your interiors were shot with very contrasty outdoor lighting. While the exposure for the interiors remained largely under control, the harsh outdoor lighting cast very disconcerting reflections on shiny surfaces in the interiors e.g. t.v., table top, metallic surfaces, etc. This could be a potential deal breaker for someone who is trained to look at the details. If you are going to have natural lighting in your shots, I find rainy days and dusk to be good time for interiors. Of course, you might have dark spots around depending on how the lights are being designed and access to the property could be an issue too.

 

[yhphotography]

I see that most of your interiors were shot with very contrasty outdoor lighting. While the exposure for the interiors remained largely under control, the harsh outdoor lighting cast very disconcerting reflections on shiny surfaces in the interiors e.g. t.v., table top, metallic surfaces, etc. This could be a potential deal breaker for someone who is trained to look at the details. If you are going to have natural lighting in your shots, I find rainy days and dusk to be good time for interiors. Of course, you might have dark spots around depending on how the lights are being designed and access to the property could be an issue too.

Dear Kit,

Thanks for dropping by.

Reflections, dark spot(Shadows) are equally important in a photo.

To have a well balanced exposure interior photo -no dark spots, you need to have the right quantity of lights at the right location.

To have a natural looking interior photo, you need to have the right quantity and *quality(Very impt) of lights, and shadows, reflections play an equally important part of a photo.

For interiors, i often shoot in different timing of the day, as you can yield interesting results from each time of the day.

E.x In the morning, units getting morning sun, can have beautiful morning sunshine coming into the unit through windows, casting lights and shadows all over the room. Although harsh, it can be balanced with strobes. And done properly, you can have a far more interesting photos.

For metallic surface, TV screen etc, normally i will go with these logics, they are reflective surface, so nartually they tend to be brighter than surrounding, but as photographer we have to control them, but not to the extent where it doesn't look natural to the eyes. So as a guide, in lightroom, as long as they are not clipping(no red highlight if you roll over highlight in the exposure) then it is fine for me.

Do drop by more often, as there are so few Architecture & interior photographer around to discuss the different techniques of lighting architecture photography.

Thanks
YongHao

 

[yhphotography]

Wow! What a place.. Wonderful design of paradise. I hope you enjoyed virtual tour with full excitement at this awesome place.

Hi Wilson,

Thanks for dropping by.

Yes i definitely enjoyed all my photography shoot, my job takes me to beautiful places, and i count my blessing everytime. One of the perks of being an Architecture Photographer ^_^

This was a real estate assignment, and it was an overcast day. This house is situated at Sentosa Cove, where some of the most beautiful & most pricey houses are in Singapore

Cheers
YongHao

 

[Kit]

Do drop by more often, as there are so few Architecture & interior photographer around to discuss the different techniques of lighting architecture photography.

Thanks
YongHao

There are a few around. Just that they chosed to be dormant for one reason or another.

 

[NineEleven]

Hi YongHao, thanks for sharing them. My screen is not calibrated but somehow I find that you favour a little more "whitewashed" tone? I like architecture + ID & most of the pics I see have a slighty higher contrast but these can obviously be easily adjusted during print. Did you do multiple exposures with some metered on skies to combine them?

 

[yhphotography]

Hi YongHao, thanks for sharing them. My screen is not calibrated but somehow I find that you favour a little more "whitewashed" tone? I like architecture + ID & most of the pics I see have a slighty higher contrast but these can obviously be easily adjusted during print. Did you do multiple exposures with some metered on skies to combine them?

Hi NineEleven,

Thanks for dropping by, do let me know which photos are you refering to, so i can see whether i can explain it further.

For the virtual tours and exteriors, the technique used are mainly mulitple exposure, with exposure covering brightest to darkest tonal range if possible, so it can be between 5 to 9 frames.

For Interiors, they are lighted by strobes.

Beautiful portrait works btw!

Cheers
YongHao

 

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Cheers
YongHao