People in Photographs

People often add scale and a sense of purpose to an architectural photograph. The proper mix of people in a photograph is subjective but should always be considered and discussed when planing photography. In this view of a glass wall in a newly constructed hospital lobby it was important to balance the time of day to properly illustrate the wall's light transmission properties with the day of week when some control over the people could be exerted. We ended up photographing on a Sunday as other days of the week would have been too busy for an efficient shoot. For this angle we determined that people were not necessary to show a sense of scale. For other views we included people in motion to show how the space is used.