Perspective

How do you normally stand when you shoot?

If your answer is straight up like a 5-foot-something human being then this assignment is for you.

The perspective assignment challenges you to view the world from an entirely new perspective, which in turn gives the viewer a new look at the ordinary. So today you are going to explore shooting angles. You can use whatever program mode you want, but you have to use manual focus on the lens not automatic focus.

• Take this period to photograph your partner and 9 other objects. (you should take at least thirty pictures each.

• Every time you find something to photograph, stop!

• Ask yourself: How would a squirrel see that tree? How would a bird view two people sitting below? How would an ant see a toy spinning top?

• Take your photographs from very high or very low angles. Get on your belly or stand on a chair, whatever you have to (safely) do to get the 'right' angle on your subject.

If you pay attention to professional photographs, many of the images that have the WOW factor are photographed from extreme angles. People enjoy these photos because they've never seen an object from that viewpoint. It is new and unique, and you can train yourself to shoot with this in mind.

Save your Best 10 in google drive in a folder named "perspective" and share them with me.