Mar 1, 2025 - Five years ago, I transitioned from Adobe’s Lightroom to DXO PhotoLab and the NIK Collection, finding their plugins, particularly Silver Efex Pro and Color Efex Pro, to be superior editing tools. PhotoLab (their Lightroom alternative) integrates seamlessly with the NIK Collection along with ViewPoint, which provides advanced perspective correction for architectural images. I couldn’t be happier with DXO products and highly recommend them because of their robust editing capabilities. DXO will help bring your images to life!
Feb 25, 2025 - We all have our ‘go to’ gear that is important to us as photographers. So what’s in my bag? To begin, my default bag is a Billingham Hadley Pro. I also have a Lowepro Trekker bag and a Lowepro backpack. I shoot with a Nikon Z6II mirrorless, full-frame camera and three Nikon Z lenses (24-120mm f/4, 14-30mm f/4, and 50mm f/1.8). I also carry with me a Benro MeFoto Globe Trotter carbon fiber travel tripod, spare batteries, Nikon MB-N11 Power Pack, rocket air blower, lots of lens wipes, and a Tiffen ND filter. I couldn’t be happier with my set-up and the gear I have for taking architexturefotos.
Feb 22, 2025 - Creating a site is an interesting journey. For the last number of days, I’ve been bouncing around image selection, color schemes, fonts, navigation, layout, pages, and display. There are an infinite number of combinations, but I’m slowly getting into a rhythm of how I want the site to look and how I want viewers to navigate it. For now, I’ve settled on the following pages: Home - Portfolio - Collections (City Treasures, Local Gems, Rural Charms) - Art of the Angle - Latest (Blog) - About. We’ll see how it evolves from here, but I’m happy with how it’s starting to take shape. Attached is a super basic ‘logo’ I created as a home button for the site.
Feb 19, 2025 - After months of thinking, brainstorming, and planning, I’m finally launching Architexturefotos. When I look across the spectrum of my photography and the subjects and composition I love to shoot, I continually find myself fascinated by the stories buildings tell, not just in their form and design, but also in the textures etched into their surfaces. With that in mind - along with a curious eye and my camera in hand - I created this site to share my love, exploration, and celebration of the fascinating world of architecture. Today is only the beginning. Though the domain is registered and the site is ‘live’ (without anyone knowing it exists), I have a lot of work to build the collections, tweak the details, simplify the navigation, promote its existence, and develop it into a truly dynamic space that captures the soul of structures, one frame at a time. Exiting days ahead! Jeffrey
