Photography tips

Perspective

View through a shaded passage towards the Lucerne Water Tower

Key tips

  1. Look for architectural details like a railing to use as a natural perspective framing your main subject.
  2. Pay attention to perspective by positioning your subject against a clean background like the clear sky.
  3. Find perspective: Choose a viewpoint that uses a calm element like the cloudless sky as a background to isolate the subject.

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Related topics

  • Architecture
  • Landscape
  • City
  • Mountains
  • Light
  • Camera settings
  • Perspective
  • Composition
  • Lucerne
  • Central Switzerland
  • Pilatus
  • Lake Lucerne
  • Evening light
  • Snow
  • Rain
  • Sunset
  • Night
  • Fog
  • Blue hour