Taking photos through windows
When you’re inside a city, getting high up is easy, but you do have to suffer taking photos through windows. It isn’t that difficult, but you do have to do it right.
Your biggest enemy when trying to catch photographs through windows is reflections, but if you know how to get rid of them, you’re laughing.
With a bit of practice, you can make your cityscapes look as if they’ve been taken from a helicopter - like the photograph to the right, which is an impressive city-scape of Chicago!
Check out this article for the full low-down and 5 valuable tips.
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#1 - July 16th, 2007 at 18:36
Now I want to rent a helicopter :P
Thanks for the tips, Haje. I’m hoping to get access to one of the taller buildings in vancouver soon and put the tips into action.
#2 - July 22nd, 2007 at 11:08
You should also try to turn off all the lights in the room (if possible).
Using on camera flash is also possible if space bethween lens and the glass of sealed tight (this might be handy in museums of other kind of places where you have close subject and class window in front of it.