Shoot from different angles
When taking pictures most people want to be up front and center. This is great for portrait photography but sometime a different angle can be more dramatic. Stand above them, get on the ground, don’t frame them center but off to the side, don’t have them look right at the camera but at a different object. If you have more than one person in a group have them look anywhere but at the camera, no two people will pick the same spot to look at. This will give your shot a unique look on its own.
This photo taken with my HP315 point and shoot from the window of the house of my son at Holoween hanging out laundry before going to his party.
If you are taking a picture of a giant object stand under it and show off its height.
If you are taking a picture of a unique building take the picture from the corner going the length of the building, or frame the image so the corner is off to one side and get the angle of the front and side of the building.
Stairs are good to take from the top looking down or the bottom looking up.
Different angles to try, lay or crouch on the ground or climb above the object, frame the object off center.
Choosing your angle should be as much of your composition as the objects you are photographing.
Reference:
Digital-photography-school
Livingroom.org
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:06 am
When taking a picture of a person, I prefer profile shots. They seem more beautiful to me.
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:19 pm
profile shots are beautiful, I agreaa, when I do portraits, I like to photoshop them and turn them into a sketch drawing.