Perspective

This photography represents a young child's perspective on how to use a placemat for a dog.
Notice that the bowls are above the placemat but still lined up and the placemat is a "place" for the dog to sit or stand and eat. I find it wimsical and very, very fresh.

One creative aspect of taking photographs is to shift perspectives. That means being able to conceive of an object from someone else's perspective like the one here - what a child would conceive a placemat is used for.

Or our perspective can shift from centered to above or below the object. A change in how we "usually" see things.

Imagine taking a photograph of a person from below - which you're probably used to if you're short. But what does an adult look like to a child? Perhaps a set of knees, belly, breasts, chin and nose. Or taking a photo of a person from above them as though you are tall. Then you might see a part in a person's hair, the top of the nose, lip line from above shoulders. You get the picture!

We'll talk a bit more about perspective in preparation for our next activity when we will have an exercise that will help us do that.

Meanwhile think about what would be different and creative in your photography if you changed the perspective from one that you always use.