Tuesday, March 29, 2011

An Imperfect World

It's really easy to take pictures of beautiful houses, as I demonstrated yesterday. But what about situations like these:

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In both cases, the houses are nice, but the yards aren't. In the first one, I was able to focus on the nice, curved driveway. In the second one, I let the tree and flowers help me, as well as the blue sky. I also cropped liberally. I also focused on the spaciousness of the house.

How about if the house itself is so-so, like this one:

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The solution is easy - take the picture at angle, and look for blue sky.

There were two other things about this neighborhood that I had to face:

1) It's cherry blossoms season, and there were "No Parking" signs everywhere. I had to photograph around them.

2) This neighborhood has huge, above-ground power lines. I had to stand under them to take my pictures. This is why a wide-angle lens is so important. Standing under the lines put me very, very close to some of these homes. Without the wide-angle lens, the houses would have been "cut off".

I have dinner meetings the next two days, and I'll therefore be working quite late. So, Friday - I'm going to compare my pictures with those of a house that is on the market. Whose are better?

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