Thursday, May 19, 2011

Try Lowering Your Camera Angle

Copyright Scott Bourne 2010 - All Rights Reserved

Simple tip today: Try moving the camera height to get a different look with your photography.Whether I am photographing birds or babies, I often find that a low camera angle can have a stunning impact on the resulting image.

Especially when photographing animals, eye-level shots are more exciting. There are other benefits. I was able to eliminate distractions in both the foreground and background by using this angle. A low angle is helpful for separating the subject from the background.

You don’t need to make every shot at five feet, six inches. Get low and see what happens.

19 comments:

  1. Its amazing how much of an impact the angle can have on a photo

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  2. Really helping a wannabe with useful tips here, keep it up.

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  3. yep and you gotta have an eye for that also

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  4. a new point of view can produce an origina photo. I agree

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  5. Actually, your totally right! just tried it out with my dog :)
    =following

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  6. Thanks for the tip, I'll try it for sure :)

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  7. This is actually a great tip :)

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  8. good tip when out in nature

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  9. I love getting low, I'm on it.

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  10. I usually take photos high, I never thought about taking low shots, good advice.

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  11. what kind of duck is that lol

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  12. It's something so easy to execute but I never think about it! Maybe now I will!

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  13. Wow! great picture! i will save this.

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  14. Thats a great tip, thanks for sharing!

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  15. Angles are everything, so key to a photo.

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  16. That's a great tip, it's too easy to forget that different angles can make such a difference.

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