High Angle looks down

You can change the power of an image and adjust the background content just by changing the viewpoint through the three different camera angles













Traditional use of a High Camera angle
		Lots of information can be packed in from high camera angles, providing an overview of your subject or a large area.










High Camera angles can be used to include interesting background
		Adding people in to the image allows you to use the high camera angle to include lots of scenery in the background. Don't forget the rule of thirds.













High Camera angles & panoramas
		High camera angles can really set the scene. This is several shots stitched together as a panorama. Great from high camera angles










Unexpected use of a High Camera angle can be powerful
		This high camera angle portrait of two Guys is so unusual that it makes a powerful image. Think outside the box Shot you images from different camera angles to see the effect.













High Camera angle
		Only a high camera angle would give this view of the wind patterns created by the helicopter down-draft.













Low Camera Angles
Low camera angles can be used to hide unsightly backgrounds, however they are better used to add drama and impact to an image

		This low camera angle hides a messy background of lorries, boxes and workmen. The diagonal line of heads also leads you through the image.










		This unusual angle Shooting from below through glass compacts the image information in a dramatic way. The coloured samples are also arranged to "frame" the person.









	looking up at the pilot from this low angle adds natural importance to the figure and allows the aircraft to be used to best effect in the background. The slight image tilt, achieved in cropping, adds to the sense of drama in this shot.












		This unusual low viewpoint demands attention and informs you about the churches rural surroundings.










Eye-Level Camera angles
To achieve this you have to be eye-level to the subject you are shooting with the camera horizontal to the ground. e.g.. to be eye-level to a flower you may be lying on the ground, this can achieve some most unusual and effective images.



		What is it? The legs of a supermarket trolley in a car park at night photographed at eye-level.













		A more obvious eye-level shot of a flower. Bend those knees










		With the camera at eye-level on the handcuffs this creates an interesting shot. All the information is there you do not need to see the whole subject. Get in tight.










		True eye-level to a cow