The uses of illustrative architectural pictures in the Navy vary greatly. The commanding officer may want pictures that concentrate on overall design to show at a meeting with the admiral. The civil engineer may want pictures that show functional aspects of a building to be included in a report, and the operations officer may want a picture of the operations building, crash and rescue fire house, and the control tower to decorate his office. The editor of the station paper may need pictures that show a building before and after a self-help project. And, of course, the publisher of Welcome Aboard wants a picture of the BEQ and the mess hall. All these pictures are considered illustrative architectural photography and should be made to show the buildings to best advantage.

This type of photography is best done with a view camera so horizontal and vertical distortion can be overcome as much as possible. When making this type of picture, be sure there are no distracting elements in the picture area. The foreground and background should be clean. When possible, have all the windows and doors the same; for example, the windows should all be open or closed and the same for doors. When the windows

133.499 Figure 6-20A. Construction in progress.

133.500 Figure 6-20B. Construction in progress.

have shades or blinds, they should also all be in the same position.