Telephoto Lens for Architectural Photos

Video Transcript

"In this segment we are going to talk about taking architectural photographs with a telephoto lens. Now, usually when we are taking pictures of architecture, we tend to use the widest angle lens possible. But, in certain cases, what we can do is use the telephoto lens. In this case, it is a Canon one hundred to four hundred. And, it has an image stabilizer on it too, which means that you can hand hold this. However, with this photograph here of Cesar Pelli's Carnival Center in Miami, the camera was set on a tripod, and it is a long-time exposure of about thirty seconds. But, what the telephoto lens has allowed us to do is to shoot across the expansive water is Biscayne Bay here in Miami, and squash the perspective so that it looks like the two buildings are actually relatively close together. Where, in fact, they are separated by Biscayne Boulevard by the distance of about a hundred yards or so. So, when you want to take pictures of buildings, especially across water like this, always think in terms of trying to use a telephoto lens because that will enable you to give it a completely different perspective as if you were using a wide angle lens. Now, what is also interesting about this photograph here is the time of day that it was taken. Now, you can see that this is sunset and which has allowed the contrast of the photograph to be fairly evenly placed across the whole level of the picture."