Architectural Photography Books

[michael_mutmansky1]

Hello all,

 

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My bookstores in the neighborhoood have a relatively limited selection of photo books, so I can't browse any on the subject of architectural photography. I am intrested in a book that discusses professional methods, equipment, resources, etc. with a large format perspective. Can anyone recommend a couple of books? I'll probably end up getting them from Amazon...

 

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Thanks,

 

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---Michael

[charlie_strack]

The Kodak Large Format Photography is a good basic introduction to

using view cameras.

 

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Ansel Adams, The Camera, is another good source. It might be

available from your local library.

[trevor_crone1]

The above books that Charlie has mentioned plus "Photographing Buildings Inside And Out"by Norman McGrath.

Regards,Trevor.

[david_nash]

Hello Michael

 

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I remember seeing a Sinar book on Large Format Architectural

Photography, although I can't remember much about it. I think it was

first printed about three or four years ago. Your Sinar distributor

should be able to help (I think the USA web site is

www.sinarbron.com)

 

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Regards

 

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David Nash

[neil_poulsen1]

I don't know the bibliographic references, but there is one noteworthy

book that is currently available by Ezra Stoller. Check books in

print. Another is for photographer Norman McGrath.

[neil_poulsen1]

I think I have the name about right, a third is by Julius Schuller.

(If memory serves.) View Camera focused on in an article within the

last year or so, and it's reasonably priced.

[masayoshi_hayashi]

Two books by Micheal Harris:

Professional Architectural Photography and Professional Interior

Photography, both 2nd editions.

[kahheng]

As someone else has already mentioned, Norman McGrath's "Photographing

Buildings Inside & Out" is what you would want. Excellent book filled

with good technical explanations from equipment to process.

 

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Julius Shulman's books are utterly inspirational. I have both of them

(see Amazon for the titles).

 

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I just ordered Ezra Stoller's book - another giant of American

architectural photography. I think that falls into the same category

as Shulman's.

 

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You can actually see some of Stoller's work online at

http://www.esto.com.

 

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Shulman's work is also widely available on the net. Do a Google search

for his name. There are some pictures from his book "Architecture &

its Photography" at the book publisher, Taschen's site

http://www.taschen.com/arc_pub/arcpub.htm. The USC has an online show

of his work at http://www.usc.edu/dept/architecture/shulman/

[arfle barfle gloop]

Gerry Kopelow's "How to Photograph Buildings and Interiors" is the

best book on the techniques involved in architectural photography

that I've found so far. "Professional Architectural Photography" and

"Professional Interior Photography", both by Michael Harris, are good

adjuncts to this. For inspiration, the Ezra Stoller or Julius Schulman

books mentioned above are good, especially if you like modern

architecture. The Stoller book doesn't touch on the mechanics of

photography at all, but is a magnificant "coffee table" book.

[michael_mutmansky1]

Thanks for the responses everyone. There is definately a fairly short

list of architectural photography books out there. I'll get a couple

from Amazon and see if they fit my needs.

 

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Thanks again

 

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---Michael