Viewpoint/Angle

Viewpoint/Angle

Viewpoint is a way of looking at or thinking about something.

Before photographing your subject, take time to think about where you will shoot it from. Viewpoint has a massive impact on the composition of our photo, and as a result it can greatly affect the message that the shot conveys. Rather than just shooting from eye level, consider photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long way away, from very close up, and so on.

Below are some examples of different viewpoints, or angles, used when taking photos.

Bird’s-eye View/Looking Down

When photographing a subject from above, it is known as a “bird’s-eye view”. This could be taken from up in the sky, such as when flying in a plane, or could simply be taken by standing on a ladder, slightly above your subject.

Eye Level

This is the most common way to photograph a subject. After all, it is typically the way we regard most subjects in our day to day lives, especially other people. However, there are other ways you can take pictures at eye-level and make it look different or more interesting.

Worm’s-eye View/Looking Up

Photographing from below is sometimes referred to as “worm’s-eye view”, as if you were a worm looking up at the world around you. As you can imagine, this makes all subjects look very large, even if they are very small in reality

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HW: Take 9 pictures total - 3 Birds Eye View

                                           3 Eye Level

                                           3 Worms Eye View

Due Monday, 11/19!