Most photographers observe the world at a horizontal angle in most of the time, they are also accustomed to the use of horizontal angle for viewfinder when photographing, in fact, photographing from the low angle can give visual impact tor the audience, photographers may refer to the following low-angle photography techniques and see if these can bring new feeling to your photography.
Observe the world from low angle
Have you found that the resulting images are undesirable when you photograph children or small animals? Have you ever thought that this is because you use a daily angle? In fact, sometimes photographing from the low angle will bring you amazing images, because it is the visual effect people have little contact in daily life. However, low angle is not purely photography from the bottom to the top, photographing the mains subjects which are close to the ground from horizontal angle can also be regarded as a kind of low-angle photography.
Think flexibly photography angle
Photographing from a low-angle means in addition to daily angle, we can also take into account the low-angle photography and make the photos diversified. For example, when photographing children and small animals, you can try to squat down and photograph the images from their horizontal angle, so that let the audience see the world can in their perspective.
Use the characteristic a wide-angle lens
A wide angle lens has broad visual angle and is capable of accommodating more scenery; what's more, the wide-angle lens has perspective deformation, the objects close to the lens are larger, and vice versa. Photographer can use more of the characteristics of the wide-angle lens and photograph the image with rich scenery and exaggerated effect. In addition, the wide-angle image can also facilitate the photographers of post-processing images.
Control aperture and focus to highlight the main subjects
The aperture can control the depth of scene; the focus can determine the clear position of the image. Flexible collocation of aperture and focus together with the appropriate composition will be able to help photographers highlight the main subject of the work. Obviously, you can also blur the background of photos with photo editor, which achieve the same purpose of making the theme stand out.
Observe more and try more
Photography is not only art but also as science, which needs to go through different attempt and fumble in order to find a suitable angle for photographing. After reading this introduction, you may try to photograph from a new angle and explore the new world.
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