The subjects of architectural photography are some of the most dynamic forms ever captured. Architectural photography captures a series of elements including shapes, massing, and height. It also involves capturing details such as textures, colors, shadows, and light. Photographing architecture does not stop after pressing the shutter button. It also involves a post-production process that includes photo editing, cropping, resolution adjustment, and finally printing on a preferred medium. Architectural photos appear on several types of printed medium. Below are examples of popular, printed mediums for architectural photography.

Postcards – Postcards are one of the most popular mediums for architectural photography. Buildings around the world have become famous icons due to their appearance on postcards. Classic, architectural icons on postcards include The Pyramids of Egypt, The Coliseum, and The Parthenon. More contemporary examples include The Empire State Building, The Guggenheim Museum in New York, The Great Wall of China, The White House, and most recently, The National Stadium in Beijing or ‘Birdsnest’.  When taking architectural photographs as a freelance photographer, printing work on postcards can be fast, convenient and affordable using online printing services. Online printers offer custom printing of postcards at reasonable, often discounted prices.

Flyers – Flyers are also a graphic and informative medium for architectural photographs. Flyers are commonly used by real estate developers or realtors as sales flyers of current property on the market. Flyers are handy and direct, making them popular choices for marketing. Flyers today can also be printed in full color at both standard and customized sizes. Realtors, land and commercial developers can avail of professional printing services for printing wholesale orders of flyers.

Posters – Posters are ideal mediums for architectural photography due to their large formats. Large formats can mean higher resolution; capturing more architectural details, vividness and scale. Poster printing today uses full color, digital or offset printers. Travel photographers can make use of online printing services in order to print poster samples for personal or professional use.




By: Nikki Sabato