208 Theme 1 Built Environment - David Churchill Professional Photographer

Assignment 208 Principles of Location Photography Theme 1 Built Environment

Research and influences - David Churchill Professional Photographer

David Churchill is an award winning architectural photographer who has worked with many leading designers and construction companies. For this reason the majority of his work is of modern new and refurbished buildings. 

This is an unusual image as there is no focal point as such. The frame is divided into thirds by the brightly coloured window shutters and grey balconies. The long shadows have linked the balconies and the windows. By concentrating on this small part of the building the photographer has conveyed the style of architecture.

This is a striking image which shows the beautiful curves of the staircase that gives such good shadows and smooth textures. The blue glass and reflections help to draw the eye into the frame and then up the curve of the stairs.

This image is possibly to show the building next to the Nat West Tower in London and its position compared to the other buildings. The exposure has been well handled as some of the old buildings in the foreground are in shade and some in full sunlight. The textures, details and colours are also well controlled.

This is an image of a famous and iconic building by the architect le Corbusier called Villa Savoie. It has been photographed many thousands of times so this photographer has taken an unusual view of the building by showing just a small part of the house but revealing its style and rural setting. The exposure and detail is very good as there is a large tonal range from the white of the building to the black under the elevated section. The eye is drawn towards the dark window and the white round elevation on the roof which is the focal point.  

This is a very well exposed image to balance the light of the foreground interior with the window light in the background. All of the details, colours and textures can be seen. The eye is drawn through the doorway into to the room and to the blue lit window which is the focal point.

For this image the camera was at a lower level and looking up at the building due to the different levels of the ground of the surrounding area. The image is well composed with good detail, texture and colour. The photographer has included some of the dark green trees on the left of the building to balance the trees that are in front of the right hand end of the building. As the roof domes are very pale the focal point of the image is the central part of the building with the dark doorway. 

A different view of a famous building. The photographer has made the statue the main subject of the photograph but the eye is then led to the clock tower which has been placed just off the centre of the frame. Not all of the main Palace of Westminster building is in the frame but by using this view it is probable that many other distracting items have also been left out of the frame. The lighting, exposure is very good which has given excellent detail and tonal range to the image.

By framing this stark modern building with trees the photographer has softened the image but retained the impact of the building. The deep blue sky complements the colour of the building and there is very good detail, tonal range and texture. The eye is drawn around the curve of the building from left to right to the lighter part of the frame which is the focal point.

A striking image of an unusual building. If the frame had been filled with the building the decorative architectural structures on the roof may have dominated the building. By having some space around the building the image is more balanced. The highly saturated sky and foreground colours lift the image from a record shot of the building. There is very good detail, texture and tonal range in the photograph. The focal point and single vanishing point of perspective is the darker entrance at the centre of the building.

A well composed street scene where as much of the road and parked cars as possible have been cropped to concentrate on the fine buildings. The eye is drawn towards the domed building which is the focal point and the lighter lower sky line at the end of the street. The image shows good exposure, colour, contrast and tonal range.