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Architecture photography has a lot of scope for commercial purposes like in real-estate business etc. While photographing exteriors requires focus on composition, you have to be particular about lighting when photographing interiors (check out the article on photographing architectural structures here). You have to be particular about the geometry of structures and the presentation of the photographs, especially when you are shooting for commercial purpose. It requires you to be ready with appropriate equipment, proper technique and a few composition tips to get started with taking stunning interior shots.

via Photographing Interiors — How To Make Excellent Photographs Of Interiors.

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Auto focus is of unquestionable benefit in a large variety of shooting scenarios, but there are often times when it could actually be wiser to plump for manual focus. In these scenarios, which are outlined below, it is fair to say that autofocus doesn’t perform as well on some cameras, so simply rotate the focus mode selector to M and use the focus ring to sharpen the subject in view. It is also worth remembering that it can be easier in some situations to use the focus lock, in this instance simply focus on another subject at the same distance and then recompose the frame accordingly.

via 7 Situations When Manual focus is better than Auto.

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Focus stacking is a technique used to increase depth of field in a shot with post production. This works especially well for shots using long lens and in this case, a macro lens. Let’s go back to some photography 101 here. There are three factors that will affect depth of field or ‘bokeh’:

1. Focal length. Essentially the longer your lens, the more shallow your depth of field is.

2. Distance to subject. The nearer you are to your subject, the shallower your depth of field is and it very much applies to macro lens.

3. Aperture settings. The more you open up the aperture of your lens, the resulting image has a shallower depth of field. This, however, does not matter as much where the photo above is concerned.

via An Introduction to Focus Stacking.

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