Help me with photographing buildings?

[siopaopei]

hello, this is one of the older churches here in the philippines. can you help me out with improving my future shots of buildings? I'm finding that I want to make the photo wider but can't seem to find space enough to back up and do that. what can you do for shots like these when space is constrained? Thank you.

[usapatriot]

You would probably want a camera with a wider lens (28mm or less).

[yokolok]

hi pao, which church is this? Quiapo Church? Where the recent Black Nazarene festival was held?

it would help if you could post what lens you used for this...

the sky is washed out though...

[Drew84]

Maybe try composing the shot from an angle, not right in front of building.

[clockdoc]

Even if you do not have a wide angle lens, download the free application called Autostitch from www.autostitch.net . Then position yourself to take several shots of the building, overlapping each frame by about 30 percent (you can pan from left to right for the shots or walk in a line parallel to the building to get the three overlapping shots). Use the Autostitch to blend them together. Try shooting on a different day and time when there is no traffic in front of the church. Also, As Drew84 suggested, shoot from an angle for variation. One last suggestion is to shoot the same building from the same position but at three different times of the day. This will help you better understand how light plays on the structure and when the best lighting may occur for that building.

[Ewie]

I agree with Clockdoc on this one... several images stitched together would be the best way to go. If you're keen enough, you can actually zoom in on the details of the facade, take as many shots as you need to capture the whole scene and stitch together. Yes you'll end up with a large file, but the benefit is that you will have retained all of the finer details that make the subject interesting in the first place.

[siopaopei]

hello yokolok, i'm just using a point and shoot camera for now, still saving up for a dslr. yeah it's the quiapo church of the black nazarene. are you filipino too? or you've been there before? thanks clockdoc and ewie, i'll download that and go back to take another shot. thanks for the tip!