Where Art Meets Architecture is a tutorial series for those interested in architecture, interior, and real estate photography. The tutorials are produced by Fstoppers.com and Mike Kelley, who used to be a real estate photographer but now an architecture photographer. Where Art Meets Architecture has three series, and as the serial number increases, the level of knowledge required to understand workshops increases. In other words, Where Art Meets Architecture 1 is proper for the intermediate level, Where Art Meets Architecture 3 is more useful for a person who is already working in the sector. Fstoppers.com has a YouTube channel where they share behind the scenes and sneak peeks of the series, and I reviewed the series according to videos on their YouTube channel.

Over the last five years, Mike's career has all but abandoned the real estate market, and now his clients range from high end architects, interior designers, custom home builders, exotic beach property owners, large hotel chains, and other major commercial clients. These high paying clients often require much more attention to detail than is typically required from the real estate market, and therefore every aspect of the photography itself must be flawless. The staging needs to be perfect, the lighting has to be natural looking yet still polished, and the retouching must be both seamless and refined. Unlike the real estate market where a handful of images are used to attract a potential home buyer, the photography in this market is almost always used for a client's personal portfolio and regional advertising campaigns. As you can imagine, a photographer looking to break into this high-end market needs to be extremely well versed not only in photography but also in the nuances of expensive architecture.

Fstoppers Mike Kelley's Where Art Meets Architecture 2