A journey of photographic adventure, Two Views was born by two friends having a blast and learning from each other on a photo shoot in the autumn sunshine, asking the question “How can we continue to push our photographic boundaries in terms of technical knowledge, new challenges and creativity and have fun at the same time?” The answer we came up with was to set ourselves a project every two weeks, and then publish the results together. Two Views of the same subject / idea or technical approach. By the end of this year we will have covered 26 subjects and produced at least 50+ awesome photographs, and have learned a huge amount along the way! We’d love your comments, critiques and ideas, and if you want to “play along” too, please do let us have your shots by links in the comments sections! TJ & The Brunette

Monday 3 September 2012

Low Angle by The Brunette


It took me a while to find inspiration for this one and in the end I just started moving my camera down to knee height after taking my "normal" shot and experimenting with what view that gave me. I was at the Chelsea Auto Legends car show at The Royal Hospital Chelsea and so thought I would see what effect a low angle had on these beautiful super cars. I was pleasantly surprised, it seemed to emphasise their predatory nature and make them look even sleeker. The final winner for me was this shot of an electric blue Lamborghini Aventador which is pretty low to the ground anyway. I did a little re touching in the background  to get rid of the inevitable people in the shot and then cropped it to be super wide and narrow again to emphasise that sleek low body. I'm really please with it - it seems to have something in "attitude" that the standard shot of the car (below) lacks.


A few others from the day, I like the fact that the low angle creates patterns and abstract forms allowing the bright paintwork to become the focus of the eye, and who can resist a line up of Ferraris? The final shot on the right hand side, was an "old favorite" of mine, composing at low angle and placing something in the foreground in focus and allowing the background to blur out  - I like that "worm's eye view" for a different perspective on the every day ground at our feet.
And finally the change from The Blonde to The Brunette? nothing more sinister than a hair clour change - it's still me :) I'll get round to updating that profile photo any day!
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  1. tim4 September 2012 at 09:00

    I have suddenly discovered I am teamed up with The Brunette and no longer The Blonde! :)

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  2. tim4 September 2012 at 09:04

    I love the contrast of the main photo and the more traditional view. Not only is it a perfect example of how low angle photography can give a totally different view on a subject, it shows how it can emphasis the subject matter too. This photo would grace any car magazine it's fantastic! I love the leaf shot too as it is beautifully simple and yet captures everything low angle photography is about.

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