Old School NY Photographs

For this week's post, I decided to go through all photographs I found that I had taken in New York when I was just getting into photography. These are all from my Aunt's house, and I forgot how much I loved these photographs!

Low Angle Photography

Low angle photography is the opposite of high angle photography - which we covered last week. With low angle photography, you want to shoot below the subject. You could do this by either laying on the ground below them, or setting your camera on a timer, sticking it beneath the subject and shooting. You can get some really cool looking landscapes and still life's with low angle photography.

Here is my main tip for taking low angle photography -

If you are doing portraits and want to do low angle photography, be cautious because this can unintentionally make the subject look bigger than they are. If the subject is posing above you and you stand though instead of laying on the ground, you should be okay.

High Angle Photography

High angle photography is when you shoot your subject on a level that is higher than them. You can do this by either standing and have them (if the subject is a person) lie down on the ground, or you can stand on something like a set of stairs or a chair and have the subject set up below you.

Here is my main tip when it comes to high angle photography - if you are standing on something like a chair or stool, be careful so you don't fall!

Hand Photoseries

This week, I decided to experiment with some hand shots - weird, I know, but still cool nonetheless. There is a point to hand photographs as well though - they can be used to show off your manicures, or jewelry. Or you could be like me and just take them for no real purpose. There are a lot of fun ways you could edit your hand photos as well, so we'll take a look at that below.

Here are my top 2 tips for if you want to experiment with hand photography-

1) When you are preparing to shoot them, you can either set your camera up on a tripod and set a timer and take them that way. Or you could try to hold your camera up in front of your other hand and try that way. If you are a beginner, I would recommend trying it the first way.

2) Get creative with your editing! Add a black and white or other color filter to it. Or, you could experiment with double exposure with your hand photographs - like I did with one above.