Hyori's Photography Blog

 "Straight/curved lines, patterns, colors, textures, and geometrical figures." These are the elements of buildings that I admire and love to take pictures of. Every day, we wake up in a building. Then, we leave the building to visit different buildings. We do our things there and again, we come back to the building we had left earlier to take a rest. Architectural photography  is just all about capturing these architectural structures we made from a different point of view. Of course, one can just capture it the way it is but, in order to make it a good one, we need to approach it from a different perspective and add some aesthetics into it. Here are some tips to add that aesthetics. 1. Study the structure You first have to really 'study' the building you want to capture. Stand back to study the whole composition. Also, step closer to find lines and patterns you have missed. Dig out small details that might be interesting to examine. Take your time and understand the ...

"What makes a good photo?" It's a hard question. There is no right or wrong when talking about photography. There could be some 'better' photographs but those are still subjective evaluations of the majority. Everyone can have different opinions towards what is a good one.  This used to be a hard question for me too since the moment I got into photography.  The first camera I had was the camera in my iPod touch. I was a 10 years old girl who liked to capture a moment of her life. Then, my father gave me my first DSLR camera. I enjoyed experimenting with different camera settings. Friends and families said that I was a good photographer. Over time, however, I realized that I was just a big fish in a small pond. There were so many people out there who liked to take photos and were better than me. I began to think about photography more seriously. I wanted to know what was different about them and what made their works special.  So, I went to Instagram to see the wor...