Full Frontal View: The Standard Documentation Perspective

A standard frontal documentary photograph of a paifang. The camera is positioned on the central axis, at a height of approximately half the total height of the paifang, using a tilt-shift effect to ensure vertical lines are perfectly parallel and do not converge, thus presenting the facade as an orthographic projection without perspective distortion, where all horizontal and vertical lines are straight, allowing for direct measurement of proportional relationships. The entire paifang is fully within the frame, with about one-tenth margin left on all sides (top, bottom, left, right). The lighting is uniform diffused light from an overcast sky, without strong shadows obscuring details, but still providing enough three-dimensionality to discern the layers of dougong. The background is clean, free of wires and vehicles. Avoid: using a low-angle upward shot causing trapezoidal distortion, allowing vertical lines to converge upwards, using strong side lighting causing large shadows, or having objects in the foreground obstruct the view.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座牌樓的標準正面紀錄照。相機的位置在中軸線上、高度約牌樓總高的一半,使用移軸的效果讓垂直線完全平行不匯聚,因此立面呈現為一個沒有透視變形的正投影,所有的水平線與垂直線都是直的,可以直接量測比例關係。整座牌樓完整入鏡,上下左右各留出約十分之一的餘裕。光線是陰天的均勻漫射光,沒有強烈的陰影遮蔽細節,但仍有足夠的立體感讀出斗栱的層次。背景乾淨,沒有電線與車輛遮擋。避免:使用低角度仰視造成梯形變形、讓垂直線向上匯聚、使用強烈的側光造成大片陰影、讓前景有物件遮擋。