Building and Architectural Photography

At Highshots Photography we provide high quality photography for builders and architects across Brisbane and south-east Queensland. If you’re looking for a photographer for your project, give Linda a call on (07) 3103 4995.

What’s important when hiring a building and architectural photographer?

Here are some basic tips to keep in mind:

Hire a specialist.
The photography of buildings and architecture is a unique field, quite different to the more common forms of photography such as wedding and portraiture. An architectural photographer will focus their training and day to day shooting on the photography of buildings (both residential and commercial). At Highshots Photography we only shoot architecture. We know what we’re good at, and we stick to it.

Carefully look at their portfolio of images.
Look for a photographer that produces images you like.  You may want to go for the photographer that gave you the cheaper quote, but just as you don’t select your building materials based on price alone, neither should you select your photographer in that way.

Talk with the photographer.
You want to find someone that is easy to work with, flexible, experienced, and knowledgeable.

Find out what you get.
Will the photographer provide you with the license to use the photos as you would like, or will that cost extra?  Using photographs is a lot like buying a DVD.  When you buy that DVD, you agree to a license to use that movie for personal use only.  If you were to copy that DVD and sell it at your local market, you would be breaking that agreement. It’s very simliar with photographs.  The photographer retains the copyright and ownership of the images, and agrees to sell them to you for a particular purpose.  That cost will often change depending on what you as the client wants to do with the images.

For further information on copyright and photography in Australia, check out the Copyright Council of Australia’s document, “Photographers & Copyright”.