Behind the Digital LensMusings of an Amateur Photographer

12th Feb, 2012 It’s all in the angle

I am mainly “known” by my landscape and nature photos because I rarely take “people” photos.  Butterflies, bugs, animals, trees, flowers….those photos are common for me, but another “love” of mine is buildings with unusual angles, especially “high-rise” buildings.  I am not a big city kind of guy, so I try to stay out of big cities, but now that I am living in Dallas, tall buildings are all around me.

I recently was in a building that was very interesting.  Twelve stories high, the top of the building was graced with an oblong skylight stretching from one side of the building to another, and the entire building was open from the atrium to the skylight, leaving the offices to reside on the four sides of the building.  In the atrium, nestled against the elevator shaft, is a two-tiered water fountain and small pool.  The interior had some incredible angles.  I just had to take some photos, so the next time I was in the building, I brought my camera along.

As a photographer, I know that security is tight now around a lot of professional buildings, but I was given assurance there wouldn’t be a problem taking photos.  Ehhh…that didn’t turn out to be the case, as security informed me after I had taken around 80 photos.  Even though I asked, the security guard allowed me to keep the photos I had taken and not erase them in front of him, which I was willing to do.  Unfortunately, I did not get all of the angles I had wanted to take, but I got enough to satisfy me.

So, just a cautionary warning. always make sure the places you wanted to photograph are “safe” or you at least have permission from security to take non-descript photos of buildings.

Reflective angles