Field Tips for Better Project Photos
The Exposure’s Field Tips series is all about giving you practical ways to capture photos you’re proud of—right in your own space, with your phone or point and shoot camera.
Construction and design are built on precision. Architects obsess over straight lines. Builders sweat the details to make a wall true, a corner square, and a finish level. Those details are what set professional work apart.
When you’re capturing this work, the second you tilt your phone or shoot from an angle just to “fit everything in,” that precision disappears. Walls look like they’re leaning. Ceilings sag. Corners stretch. Suddenly the photo looks casual and rushed when the work is anything but.
We tackled one aspect of this problem in Field Tip #1: Use Your Feet, Not Your Zoom. Just like ultra-wide distortion can bend a room out of shape, a tilted perspective can weaken the story your photo tells.
Take these two shots. One is taken tilted and off-axis to capture more. The other is taken straight on with the camera level
Nothing changed about the work itself but the impression each photo leaves is completely different. You can produce beautiful images with wild angles and quirky views, but when we’re documenting architecture we should focus on capturing craft of the builder and the vision of the designer.
👉 Good photos start with a straight shot. Great photos start with a pro. Let’s talk: taylorg@sitesnaps.com
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