Friday Fun

The ilovephotography blog is a great place to get some good photo tips. Tip number one suggests to lower your camera to half the height of the subject. I certainly don't think about this every time I take a picture, but 90 percent of the time I am squatting and getting down to level with my subject. I think the way you angle your camera and level your camera can help with the composition of a picture. Try lots of different ways; sitting, squatting, standing, stand on a chair and look down at your subject, lay down...find any different point of view that seems fun. Give it a try!

Here I'm pretty level with Grant.

Slightly lower.

I tend to like the "angled" frame, where I tilt my camera...notice the brick in back is not all horizontal now.

Switching the angle in which you shoot can yield some of the most interesting photos. My favorite as of late, taking shots from above.

And of course, close ups...I'm always right there in his face...head to head.

Lastly I am laying on the ground here to get the close up of the ground in front of the subject, another one of my favorite angles.


Hope this was in any way helpful. I was wanting to get out and take a bunch of photos and have some fun with this, but alas we have reached the 104 degree mark today...thus a popsicle was bribery for my subject to stand outside.

Happy Friday! Have a GREAT weekend, doing anything fun?