The biggest enemy of anyone in the professional architectural photography field is the weather. This is for two major reasons: it impacts the light – a vital part of any photography – and it can turn the most picturesque backdrop or skyline into a miserable one, not something clients and customers want to associate with the building. Because of both these factors, before picking any shoot date and leading up to those shoots, architectural photographers have to be weathermen: it’s the difference between great photography and unusable shots.