Road Trip

Building:  Highway 80 East
Location:  Iowa
Time:  3:30-6pm
Composition:  I set my camera on the dashboard of the car and had it take a photo every 3 seconds.  It starts out a little jumpy, as the car was vibrating and the car dashboard is sloped.  While this photo isnt of architecture per say, it does capture a small glimpse of the Iowa infrastructure and landscape.  Take note of the stupid blue Dodge car that drove on the left hand side of the road and drove under the speed limit for 3/4 of the drive.
Process:  Combined photos approximately 3000 photos together at 10fps to create the video
Meta Data:  35mm     f/5.6     SS: X     ISO: 100

Guard Rail

Building:  Union Drive Bridge
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  10:58am
Composition:  On the right, I used the column as a start/termination point for the railing.  This also acts as a way to guide one's eye toward the center of the photograph.
Process:  None
Meta Data: 32mm     f/4.8     SS: 1/800s    ISO: 100

Electrical Connections

Building:  ISU Power Station
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  4:20pm
Composition:  Because of a fence, I took the photo from far away.  As a result the structure appears more compact than it really is.
Process:  The photo was taken in black and white for two reasons: 1) It allowed me to maximize the contrast between the structure and the clouds. 2) Power stations are an industrial construction, so I though the black and white photograph, which is also an industrialized process, would work together.
Meta Data:  120mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/800s     ISO: 100

Simple Chandelier

Building:  Durham Center
Location:  Ames, IA
Time: 4:48pm
Composition:  Standing directely underneath the chandelier.  What caught my attention was how parts of the chandelier that are hanging match up with the support structure for the chandelier.
Process:  I took this photograph in black and white to maximize the contrast between the chandelier and the ceiling.  The balls on the chandelier are a similar shade of yellow as the ceiling and they blended together in a color photograph.
Meta Data:  40mm     f/5.3     SS: 1/50s     ISO:  100

Expressed Connection

Building:  Durham Center
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  3:47pm
Composition:  Every time a vertical and horizontal expression connect on the facade, a rough stone square is used to mark the intersection.
Process:  Because the subject is about 12' off the ground, I used Photoshop to fix the verticals and horizontals of the grout lines.
Meta Data:  48mm     f/5.3     SS: 1/1000s     ISO: 100

Post Sculpture

Building:  200 5th Ave SE (OPN Architects Office)
Location:  Cedar Rapids, IA
Time:  1:41pm
Composition: Standing on axis with the sculpture and the awning.  While the sculpture and the awning are unrelated, their colors and positions work together to draw attention towards the building.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/13     SS: 1/60s     ISO: 100

How Clouds are Made

Building:  Power Plant
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  5:09pm
Composition: I oriented myself, in relation to the smoke stack, so that it appeared that clouds were coming out of the stack.  To get this orientation, I stood relatively close to the building and looked up.  A distance shot or zoomed in shot would have been more difficult due to the number of clouds in the sky.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  55mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/500s     ISO: 100