Most photographs are made from the standing height of an adult human being. As a result, lots of pictures tend to look alike. If you change the camera position to something lower or higher than this, your pictures will stand out from the rest.
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| From standing height looking down |
Start by moving your camera to the level of your shoe tops.
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From the ground below looking up
Shot without looking through the camera |
Then try getting your camera higher than your head, usually by standing on a chair or the side of a mountain.
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| From the level of the waterfall |
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| From above the waterfall looking down |
To learn this and other techniques to strengthen your compositions, check out my
Better Photo Composition class beginning February 1, 2018, in Missoula, Montana.
Click here to register online.
