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  • Canon 17mm TSE

    Gear: Tilt Shift Lenses

    For our architectural photography, we use tilt-shift lenses. We prefer Canon and firmly believe they make the widest range and possibly the best . Tilt-shift lenses are essential simply because they allow us to correct perspective; which is extremely important for the kind of work we do. This is a highly technical aspect of architectural…

  • Gear: Lighting

    Our architectural shooting style is to use natural lighting rather than supplementing with flash or other lighting. The reason is quite simple the designers of the space we are photographing went to great lengths and no doubt expense to create the lighting atmosphere and for us to sanitise this with artificial light isn’t our preference.…

  • Gear: Heads

    Choosing a head that fits with your workflow is a balance between size, precision, speed of use and plate style. We prefer gear heads rather than ball heads though we do have both types, gear heads provides fine control of the camera position sacrificing speed. There is little need for rapid changes in our style…

  • Gear: Tripods

    Architectural photography usually involves the use of a tripod, it isn’t just to support a camera it acts as a datum. We can keep the same camera height when working in a room or space. It provide a stable platform for longer exposures and bracketing shots. It holds our field monitors, remote triggers and tether…