Buildings and Sky

Our photography focus today was on buildings, specifically capturing angle and perspective, framing your subject,and including people to give a picture life and to indicate scale. What I am most drawn to is how buildings appear against the sky. I like the movement of the sky around the stability of the building. Also, the nature of the sky influences the feeling of the building.

Today the sky was blue with white clouds, so the buildings appeared playful and positive. I think the ornateness of the architecture contributes to that as well. Clouds in the sky draw your eye to both parts of the picture, whereas a solid blue sky allows you to focus more on the building. What do you think?

 

A gray, cloudy sky can give a building an ominous feel, especially along with the austere lines and the imposing angle of the picture.  This building was portrayed as the "Ministry of Truth" for the film of George Orwell's "1984". The building is actually the Senate House of the University of London in the Bloomsbury section.

Some examples of "framing" a photograph, taken at Westminster Abbey.