Wide-Angle Photography by Chris Marquardt

Author:Chris Marquardt
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

Figure 4-44: Taxi, New York City. The bright color and the proximity of the taxi in the foreground make it a doubly important feature. For this shot, I used a 24mm tilt-shift lens to correct the perspective and hide the foreground.

(24mm, ISO 400, 1/160 sec., f/7.1)

Photos that don’t have a human subject are defined by lines, lighting, and the interplay of geometric shapes. Here, too, your photos will turn out better if they have an obvious main subject.

To make sure you don’t capture too many objects that get in each other’s way, try the following:

Shoot from a low standpoint. This draws attention to the foreground and emphasizes the details that are closer to the camera.

A low viewpoint combined with a backward-tilted camera can completely hide the foreground.

Shooting from very close with a short lens makes the subject appear disproportionately large and relegates a busy background to the role of contextual detail.

When shooting on city streets, always consider the direction the light is coming from. Depending on the time of day, different parts of the scene will be in the shade, while others will be brightly lit. Reflections from glass frontage often add exciting spontaneous detail.

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