image stitching – UK Architectural Photography

14 August

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St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew's Church, Ridlington, Rutland

Rectified images and photography

Keith Cooper | Construction, Heritage, High resolution photography, image stitching, Panoramic photography, Rectification, Stonework, Surveying, Take better photos

Creating rectified images of architectural features allows for measurements to be taken, and to create reference photos that can be annotated and used for archives, reports, modelling and project planning purposes. The most useful rectified photos do require some more careful planning though....

20 May

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10 inch width print on roll paper using P800 printer

Large panoramic prints

Keith Cooper | Cityscapes, High resolution photography, Hotels and Venues, image stitching, Landscapes, Leicester, Panoramic photography, Prints and printing

Producing some 3 metre long panoramic prints whilst testing the new Epson P800 printer. Roll paper support makes it easy to produce some impressive looking prints - if you have the photos for it....

14 March

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Southwell minster doorway to chapter house

A new lens at Southwell Minster

Keith Cooper | Heritage, image stitching, Interiors, Southwell, Take better photos

Exploring Southwell minster, during testing of a new ultra wide angle lens. A superb English cathedral with it's distinctive towers, combining Norman and Early English styles inside....

05 December

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A wider view – stitching offset shifted images

Keith Cooper | High resolution photography, image processing, image stitching, Interiors, Landscapes, Offices, Panoramic photography, Shift lens, Staircases, Take better photos, Tilt lens

Keeping the camera still and taking two photos with a shift lens, shifted up and down, lets you create very wide angle rectilinear photographs that also benefit from higher resolution....

18 November

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Axa building, looking along civic drive, Ipswich

Axa building, Ipswich

Keith Cooper | Cityscapes, image stitching, Monochrome, Offices, Prints and printing, Shift lens

The Axa building in Ipswich, seen from Civic Drive. Just a few hundred yards from the Grade 1 listed Willis building and the remnants of the mid sixties Greyfriars development....

08 October

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Working inside the tip of a church spire

Seeing cracks – photography of old buildings

Keith Cooper | Ceiling, Heritage, High resolution photography, image stitching, Interiors, Leicester, Staircases, Stonework, Surveying

Taking photographs of cracked stonework requires care and good lighting, but 150 feet up inside a needle spire dating from the 15th century needs a bit more flexibility and inventiveness to show the state of the structure....

20 September

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The problem with fixing images in software

Keith Cooper | Cityscapes, Construction, Heritage, Hotels and Venues, image processing, image stitching, Interiors, Projects, Rectification, Residential, Shift lens, Surveying, Take better photos

Why the shift lens is so important for professional architectural photographers. Correcting images with software is often a partial solution at best...

05 September