Perspective isn’t something dictated just by focal length. I am six foot one. I know I’m not the tallest guy in the world. I’m not even the tallest I know. Yet just about every photo I take standing sucks. It took me a while to figure out what was wrong, as I am self taught, but when I finally figured it out, I had a look through my older work and could only imagine what a huge difference a lower perspective would have made.
It’s really pointless how many megapixels your camera has, or how many “L” lenses you own if you make no effort to look beyond the obvious. Sometimes it takes a while to find a good angle. Time you haven’t got. If you keep doing it constantly though, you’ll find a way to tell instinctively what works for your subject and what doesn’t. The habit of looking for new angles won’t stick to you over night, but after it does it’ll be among the first things you‘ll start doing when shooting.
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