Professional Studies - 5 Career choices - Architecture

Architecture - I have chosen to look at architecture because I have a genuine interest in this. I like the older buildings as they have character and designs that you don't see in the newer buildings as they are mostly always containing lots of glass. I like the older buildings as normally they have intricate detail which I think is great to photograph as the buildings can look amazing with their design. They can either be Edwardian, Victorian, Tudor, Gothic, classicism and Renaissance, Ancient Rome, Islamic, Early modern Architecture and Postmoder. I think an example of a building that would be good to photograph is St Pauls Cathedral in London as the style of this building is Renaissance architecture and English Boroque. I like it because new buildings are nothing like this nowadays. I like the columns and detail on the stone work and this is why it has been photographed many times and even from the 18th Century it has been documented through imagery. One of the photographers I have found from England is Francis Frith. Another from Britain is Roger Fenton. This image is an example of the buildings I think are good to photograph as they, to me, are interesting. The image was took in 1900 in the town of Paisley, England. Frith also took images in my hometown of Hartlepool, which I was pleased to find out.

This image was taken of the County buildings in the 1900s in the Town of Paisley, England. Francis Frith took images of around he country capturing architecture at its peek. i was pleased to find out that he had taken images of my hometown Hartlepool. 

This image is taken by Francis Frith and found on the link below; http://www.francisfrith.com/paisley/photos/county-buildings-1900_45994/#utmcsr=google.co.uk&utmcmd=referral&utmccn=google.co.uk

The image to the left is of Buckingham Palace taken in 1857. He took it as part of a series he shot of public buildings. It was originally named Buckingham House and was constructed for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703. You can notice here that the balcony isn't there as it wasn't built until the mid 19th Century.

This image was taken by Roger Fenton and found on this site below;


http://photographyandarchitecture.com/19th-century-architectural-photographer-roger-fenton/

I think Architectural Photography is a great way to document your local area, town and country as well as going further afield to other countries. You can capture older buildings as well as knew ones and even the changes in an area where they may be knocking existing structures down and making way for a new improved site. This in itself could be a little project. I think I will definitely take photos of buildings for myself regardless if it is for a project as, like previously mentioned, I have a genuine interest. I will take photos as I travel, as will many people (photographers or not) and so architectural photography is great because you can take images wherever you go to.

Here is an architectural photographer I have found whilst searching. His name is Matt Livey. His work contains a mixture of exterior, interior, details and construction. His images include houses, public buildings, street scenes and mostly include great colouring within the majority of his images.
His site is http://www.mattlivey.com/