Photo by Joshua Dunlop
https://expertphotography.com
This photo is from inside of the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas. There is a mixture of diagonal, horizontal, and vertical lines all came together to leave a really interesting texture to the photo, taken from an unfamiliar angle. If the flag wasn’t hanging down in this photo and you saw it, would you know straight away that it was a photo looking straight up?
To take this photo, Josh Dunlop rested the camera on a bench, and took a few shots to adjust the framing. It was a really easy photo to take… once he had spotted it.
When you look up, what do you see? This is what you want to think about when you’re taking photos. All too often we just look at what’s around us, without ever looking up or down.
Sometimes just placing your camera on the ground and snapping away is good enough for a low-angle shot. The idea is that you’re either close to the ground and looking up, or you remove the ground (and the horizon) from the equation altogether and look at something much taller than yourself. When you remove the horizon from the photo, it disrupts the balance of the photo and make the angle feel rather precarious. This can be a very powerful tool when it comes to composition as you can make the viewer feel uneasy, without them necessarily understanding why.
ASSIGNMENT:
4 Low Angle Photographs
Subject Matter: Photographs captured should show a variety of subjects
Some ideas: Architecture, street level, people, worm's eye view, nature, etc...
Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over exposed)
Edit to achieve a good range of shadows to highlights.
Photos contrast should not look flat and bland.
Label files as lowangle_yourname01.jpg, lowangle_yourname02.jpg, etc...