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Definitions of Perspective

For example,
Definition 1: Perspective as artistic interpretation of the world:

Perspective: Your artistic vision of the world. Your opinion of the world and reality.
Definition 2: Perspective as angle of camera lens

Also,
Perspective: The angle you photograph the world with your camera. What lens and focal length you use. What direction you aim your lens (low perspective looking up, or high perspective looking down).
Therefore in photography your perspective in the mental and artistic sense and your perspective in terms of the angle you shoot is what makes photographs.
Anti-objectivity in photography

If photography is a matter of perspective, realize:
All pictures you make are subjective.
That is what makes you a great visual artist — that you interpret the world according to your own lens or perspective of the world.

For example, I want my photography to be positive. I want to inspire my viewer to love their lives, and not to waste life.
I want my photos to uplift, motivate, and inspire my viewer. Also, most of my viewers are fellow photographers. Therefore my ambition is to help encourage and empower all photographers to paint their own subjective reality — to assert their own artistic vision.

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Do you have artistic confidence in yourself?

Do you believe that your artistic perspective of the world is unique, and that you should share your artistic vision with the rest of the world?
I say, yes.
As a photographer, you have a unique perspective of the world.
We all decide to photograph different things. Depending on what we photograph, we dictate importance.
For example, if you decide to photograph something, or a person, you are saying:
This person, scene, or object is important. I am blessing it by photographing it.
For example, I love my sister ANNETTE KIM with all my heart and soul. I believe in her artistic abilities, and her creative power. I want to empower her, and therefore Cindy and I have been giving her a HAPTIC INDUSTRIES internship — and she has helped us produce the books CREATIVE EVERY DAY and MODERN PHOTOGRAPHER.
While she was with us for a week in Berlin, I made her the subject of many of my pictures. To show my love for her. To show my perspective as a photographer:
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Dynamic Perspective in Photography

To me, composition is all about having a dynamic perspective. I generally like wide-angle lenses like 28mm, and shooting from a low perspective, looking up.

One of the greatest photographers and visual artists who embraced unique camera angles and perspectives is László Moholy-Nagy.
Look at some of his pictures, and see how he made photos from very high perspectives, and very low perspectives:

Another great photographer to study is Alexander Rodchenko, with his dynamic perspectives and compositions:
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Some of my favorite Perspective compositions:
Low Perspective pictures
By shooting from a low angle with a wide-angle lens like a 28mm, you create the ‘SUPERMAN EFFECT’— making your subject seem larger than life:









High Perspective pictures




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Perspective photography assignments
Two assignments for you to try out:
- For an entire day, crouch down, and only shoot low perspective pictures.
- For an entire day, use the LCD screen on your camera, and shoot from a high Perspective looking down (hold your camera in the air, and shoot looking down).
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