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DIFFERENT VIEWS
Rather than seeing it as a
default angle, try to only use
an eye-level perspective
if it adds something
CHOOSE YOUR to your shot.
PERSPECTIVE
ARRATIVE IN size and position of different
an image can be elements that we can use
shaped and set by to inject meaning into our
the perspective images and make our story
N used when taking more engaging.
the shot. With subtle
positioning, you can entirely Pick a level
change the feel. Perspective is In its simplest form, choosing
the relationship between the a perspective is shooting from
things in your image and their eye level or from below. In
relative distances. It’s dictated a portrait, shooting from
by where you stand to take slightly below a model’s eye
your photo. For example, line will make them appear
stand close to a person and taller, more important, more
a mountain in the distance powerful or more confident.
will appear smaller than Shooting from above will
them. Move further back from have the opposite effect.
them and the mountain will The more extreme the angle,
appear much larger in the the more prominent the Above The use of space makes
frame, altering the relative effect. Shooting at eye level, this feel remote and isolated. USE PERSPECTIVE
perspective of the elements as you would expect, creates IN NEW WAYS ISHAN SEEFROMTHESKY
in the scene. a sense of equality. important or commanding. n Going up close and
It’s the perspective effect This principle also Lens choice plays a part here, using a wide-angle
that causes the sides of a tall translates into the perspective too. A wide lens close-up will lens to a person
building to converge towards created by positioning. The give dominance to elements will exaggerate their
a point, and a road to appear bigger something is in the in the foreground, whereas features into a
to narrow as it stretches off frame, the more dominant it a long lens from far away will cartoonish look. Great
into the distance. It’s this looks. Objects further away, lend dominance to elements for making a comical
ability to change comparative or smaller, will appear less in the background. or fun portrait, and
ideal for pets.
n An element’s size
within the frame plays
a big part in telling a
story. Place your
figure large and
CONNOR MCSHEFFREY
barely-contained
within the frame to
create a feeling of
being cramped and
claustrophobic.
n Have a figure
featuring small in the
frame, surrounded
by empty sweeping
space will invoke
a sense of isolation.
Left Two very different
GAVIN SPEAR feeling images can be
created by changing the
perspective of a shot.
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