The Frame

Cropping: how much information is in the frame

  • a long shot

Toktogul Reservoir, Kyrgyzstan. 2021. Photographer: Anush Babajanyan

  • a medium shot

Photographer: Ralph Pace

  • a close up

Fashion Week, New York. 2023. Photographer: Dina Livitsky

  • an extreme close up

Photographer: Aaron Siskind

Alexander Rodchenko, Portrait of his mother, Olga,side view, 1926
Alexander Rodchenko, Portrait of his mother, Olga, , 1926

Angle of View:  describes the camera position in relationship to the subject. The angle of view may be:

  • a worm’s-eye view
  • a low-angle
Berenice Abbott.
  • Eye-level

Photo by Mel D. Cole

  • a high-angle
Edward Weston. 1931.
  • a bird’s-eye or aerial or overhead view
George Steinmetz.
  • oblique angle
Tram on Sukharevsky Boulevard, 1928. Alexander Rodchenko.

Angle of View Examples By Alexander Rodchenko

Fire Escape, from the series Building on Miasnitskaia Street, 1926
Pioneer Girl, 1930
City Street, Moscow, 1927
Courier Girl, 1928
Steps, 1930

Lab: Week 2 – Composition

HW 2: Hula Hoops