What is Your Angle?

Photography Points of View

Experts stress composition when they’re referring to how to place your subjects in the viewfinder to get that best looking photograph. Your subject may be a face, a full body portrait, a tiny flower or a majestic canyon.

You have many ways to approach those subjects: move closer, move farther away, bend your knees to lower your viewpoint, point the camera upwards slightly, climb onto a nearby bench to take in more of the subject, and so on.

By simply changing the angle of your camera in relation to the subject you can get totally different – and hopefully better – results.

Here are a few samples of how I’ve come up with different angles.
 

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Straight UpThe camera is pointed vertically to capture the two girls playing on the jungle gym bars 2012

Striaght UpI'm standing directly beneath the center of the Eiffel Tower using a fisheye lens 2011

Tree HuggingI leaned against the base of the tree to show the bark and emphasize the tremendous height of these coniferous trees 22011

Window SeatI was able to take this "selfie" of our aircraft shortly before landing 2018

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It doesn’t take much to make your snapshots slightly more interesting. And remember that these days with digital cameras (or cellphones) – it’s pretty cheap to take a few extra “experimental” photos. Have fun!
 
 
Written by: Arnie Lee