UICKSTEPS
ADDING PERSPECTIVE
TO A PHOTOGRAPH
When you??™re photographing a landscape or a cityscape
on a clear day, you can see for miles. You can capture
this sense of distance in a photograph when you add
perspective. You add perspective when you compose
the scene. For instance, if you??™re photographing a long
city street, you can use the roofline to show perspective,
which appears smaller in the distance. When you
photograph a long city street, the cars parked on the side
of the road appear to converge in the distance.
1. Zoom all the way out, or switch to a wide-angle
lens if you??™re photographing with a digital SLR.
2. Switch to aperture priority mode, and choose a
small aperture (large f-stop number) to ensure
maximum depth of field. Switch to landscape
or infinity mode if your camera doesn??™t have an
aperture priority mode.
3. Compose the scene so that you??™ve got either tall
buildings in the foreground or a wide city street.
If you??™re photographing buildings, the top of the
building nearest the camera should fill the frame
vertically or extend slightly beyond it to add a sense
of grandeur to the picture. If you??™re shooting a city
street, make sure the bottom of the frame shows
the street from side to side for the same reason.
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