Perspectives

What is Perspectives in Photography?: There are different perspectives at which you view photos. Each one shows a different angle and brings out a new part of the scene that you might not have seen from a previous photo. The four perspectives are:

1. Normal Viewpoint: These photos are taken at eye-level; how we naturally see the world.
   • Use: familiar, balanced, and relatable feel.
2. Birds Eye View:  When taking Birds Eye view photos you are above the subject looking down.
   • Use: emphasize patterns, shapes, and spatial relationships.
3. Worms eye view: These photos are taken from below the subject looking up. 
   • Use: These photos add drama, makes the subjects appear larger or more powerful.
4. Point of view (POV): The camera becomes the subject showing what the subject would see. You are in this photo. (the photographer).
   • Use: The pictures creates an immersion and a story.

The Perspective Photos

This photo is the normal perspective, how you would normally see your daily life.

This picture shows birds-eye view. You are above the subject looking down.

This picture is showing point of view, when the "camera" is in the photo. It's the photographers POV.

This photo is worms-eye view. This is when you are looking up to the subject.

These photos above are showing the four types of perspective. The four types are normal view, birds-eye view, point of view, and worms eye view. The subject in these picture is one of my classmates, Megan.

This photo above is representing birds-eye view because the photo was taken above the subject.

This is my point of view, as the photographer, of the staircase.

This picture above is the normal view from the staircase at my school.

This is the worms-eye view picture of the staircase. Looking up to the staircase from below.

This photo above is my point of view of the fireplace, from where I was sitting. I was sitting by our fireplace doing homework with my dog. I really like this picture because it has a very relaxed feel to it, in my opinion. I really like "fireplace season".

This was a photo taken on our banister looking down at our fireplace. It is representing birds-eye view.

This is the normal view of the fireplace. Also the window, from where I was sitting.

This is the worms-eye view looking up to the fireplace. How I took the picture, I imagined the "worm" was below the blanket I was using, looking up to the fireplace.

This picture was taken from worms-eye view. It is looking up towards the subject.

This picture above is showing the normal view. Looking straight at your subject and how you would normally see the world.

This picture is showing birds-eye view. It was taken from above my subject, looking down.

This picture is representing my point of view. I am in this picture with my niece. The camera became the "subject. I really like this picture because that afternoon when I took this picture me and my neice jumping on the trampoline and having a lot of fun outside, there are a lot of good memories attached to this photo. I also like it because in another picture previous to this one I accidentally closed my eyes, so my niece kept looking at me and saying, "Your eyes aren't closed!" and it was very funny!