It's really difficult to figure out how a cat sees things but here's a photo of a fireplace and gloves along with some fireplace tools.

I just walked along on my knees through my house and when I thought I wanted to take a photo, I bent down as low as I could get and tried to see with new eyes.

I will keep on working on this for the next week or so.

See what you can come up with!

Perspective - Take a Walk with a Cat

As a photographer if we change our position we change our perspective.

Above is a photograph I took when I decided to take a walk around my home from the perspective of my cat. I don't know if cats can see color but this is seeing something from the same position as my cat. It's a photo of a comforter on a bed. Very close up and personal.

I found it a very interesting exercise and got some shots that I wouldn't ordinarily get.

Dig out some knee pads, a towel or small pillow and move around your home or outdoors at about the same level as a cat.

Then see what happens. I will share more of these later but would love to have you share what you have done as well.

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.