Looking at an interesting photo, most of us simply experience certain emotions: from tenderness and joy to real disgust and anger. We either like the picture or not. But at the same time, we hardly ever thought about what the photographer wanted to tell us.
Chance ...
Meanwhile, even the simplest subject can be captured in the picture so differently that it would not even occur to us to admire it. Of course, beautiful pictures can be obtained both from a professional photographer using ultra-modern technical devices, and from a simple amateur armed with a banal "soap box". However, it happens to someone by chance, and someone deliberately and consciously creates such masterpieces.
Or art?
In order to get truly beautiful shots, professionals use many different tricks. And even the same subject may look in the pictures of the same master in a completely new way. What can I say about if this subject will be removed by different people. It is this individual view of various things, showing us what the photographer wants to convey, and there is one of these techniques, called the angle.
Is perspective a vision or a device?
Let's see what is the angle, and what role does it play in photography. Is this a little trick of the photographer or his own outlook on things? In simple terms, the angle is the location of the photo lens in relation to the subject. And if you move the camera in space, then you can get completely different images of the same subject. Moreover, they can be so different from each other and from the original that each time they will create a completely new impression.
Thus, the angle of shooting as if reflects not only the individual vision of the photographer, but also his attitude to the subject. That is why, looking at photos, we also experience certain emotions.
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So, let’s look at how you can take pictures so that the overall impression of the picture changes depending on the position of the camera relative to the shooting model.
Firstly, a picture can be taken by placing the camera at the same level with the subject.
This allows us to see the objects in the frame as they really are. And how artistic and interesting the picture will turn out depends not only on the skill of the photographer, but also on the real beauty and uniqueness of the frame. And also from the future purpose of the picture.
This aspect of the photo is most often used in portrait shooting, when the photographer is faced with the task of conveying the maximum similarity of the picture to the original. But here completely different secrets are hidden.
Secondly, you can take pictures by placing the camera below the subject.
This angle gives us the opportunity to perceive various objects more significant, and even more magnificent than they really are. A glance striving upwards, as it were, raises an already high monument of architecture.
However, the same technique can be applied to a small object and thereby give it weight and significance.
Thirdly, by positioning the camera above the object of interest to us, we can significantly reduce its size, show its insignificant essence in relation to something more significant.
Using this angle allows you to capture more space in the frame than when shooting at the level or bottom. It allows you to make large-scale small and insignificant. It helps to look at many things with completely different eyes and show all the insignificance of the structures elevated by man.
Experiment is the key to success
The choice of an interesting subject for shooting, of course, is important. However, the right angle can give the picture an individuality, meaning at last. And to choose his photographer will help not only a professional instinct, but also a creative approach to the process. Own vision of the subject and a non-standard approach to shooting.
The perspective is what helps a professional to experiment. And sometimes getting completely different stories, just changing the camera’s position relative to the subject. The choice of angle also depends on the goal that the photographer is pursuing. But more often it’s a moment of creativity.
Knowing the three basic approaches to choosing a perspective, you can use its various options. For example, shooting "in the forehead", from above or from below, you can still direct the camera directly or sideways. You can zoom in or out by simply changing the position of the camera. And already we get a completely different vision of the usual objects.
In general, various professional tools, including the angle, help the photographer to create, in addition to the camera. This is what allows you to express yourself, express your own opinion, no matter how non-standard it may seem to others. And the ability to unrecognizably change things we are familiar with, just by changing the position of the camera, and in general can be called magic. The real magic of creativity, which is under the power of truly passionate people.