This is the sixth part in a series of tips looking at the “rules” of photographic composition.

While these “rules” are by no means exhaustive or compulsory, learning how to use them will help make your images more aesthetically pleasing and help you move from taking “snapshots” to more professional-looking photographs.

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Sometimes, when you’re stuck in a photographic rut, a Change of Perspective can make all the difference between taking an average snapshot and a dynamic photograph.

So, in what ways can you change your perspective? You can:

• Change your physical position - move sideways, crouch down, stand on something and look down on your subject or even lie flat on your back and shoot directly upwards. All these can give you a fresh viewpoint and a more interesting shot.
• Change your camera’s lens - for those with DSLRs, try using a wide angle lens when you’d normally choose a telephoto or vice versa. If you have a point and shoot camera, experiment at either end of the extremes of your optical zoom.
• Change your camera’s orientation - instead of using the traditional portrait orientation while taking a portrait photograph, try it in landscape. Take a portrait-orientated landscape.

Remember, with a digital camera you really have much more freedom to experiment - take lots of photographs of the same subject using lots of different perspectives.

You never know, you might just capture something spectacular!

Have a go and post a link to your photographs using Change of Perspective in our comments. Most of all, have fun!