5 tricks and settings I use when I shoot architecture for my travel photography

Architecture photo by Yasser Alaa Mobarak
1/400 sec, f/14, ISO 100 (Image credit: Yasser Alaa Mobarak)

I am a travel photographer from Alexandria in Egypt, and would like to share how I photographed the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Center is a 57,500-sq m building complex designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, and is noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles.

Here are five things to bear in mind when you are shooting architecture, whether it’s close to home or in a far-flung location...

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